Which Turkish dumpling dish is often served with garlic yogurt? Mantı is the answer.
Turkish mantı consists of small dough parcels, traditionally filled with seasoned minced meat such as lamb or beef. The best-known version is Kayseri mantısı, associated with the central Anatolian city of Kayseri. Its unusually small dumplings are boiled and served with a sauce of yogurt, garlic, melted butter, mint, and red pepper.
Mantı belongs to a wider family of dumplings found across Central Asia, the Caucasus, Anatolia, and the Balkans. Related names include manti, manty, and mantu, but recipes and serving styles vary considerably by region. Turkish mantı is commonly boiled or baked rather than steamed.
A common mix-up is treating every similarly shaped dumpling as mantı. Hingel and Tatar böreği are related Turkish dishes, but they are generally larger and are not the standard answer to this question.