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Mangal is the name for Turkish barbecue . In a more social context, it resembles braai of South Africa . Mangal is popular in Iran , Iraq , Turkey , Israel , Armenia , and countries in the Levant . Mangal is also used in the former Soviet Union to make Shashlik . Beyond just consuming food, mangal often means a family or friends gathering. Generally held in gardens or picnic areas, it stresses the hospitality towards the guests. The menu always has a kind of meat. A typical mangal meal will consist of grilled vegetables, shish kebabs of various kinds and meatballs named köfte . Grilled chicken wings, chicken breasts and offal is also common. Salads and other cold foods accompany the meal. Şalgam or ayran are common drinks, alcoholic drinks are also consumed by some. Mangal was originally the name for a kind of indoors heater that was replaced by Western-type stoves in early 20th century.1
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Mangal ( , , , , , Russian: мангал ) is the Middle Eastern name for barbecue , referring both to the event and the grilling apparatus itself.
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Meat prepared on a mangal Mangal as heating device from nineteenth century in Serbia ( Museum of Vuk and Dositej ).Mangal ( , , Kurdish ; مقەڵی, , , , , Georgian : მაყალი , , Russian: мангал ) is a Middle Eastern barbecue —both the event and the grilling apparatus itself.
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Middle Eastern barbecue Meat prepared on a mangal Mangal is a Middle Eastern barbecue — it is the grilling apparatus on which meat, vegetables and etc. is cooked.
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Middle Eastern barbecue Meat prepared on a mangal Mangal is a Middle Eastern barbecue — it is the grilling apparatus on which meat, vegetables etc. are cooked.
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middle eastern barbecue — it is the grilling apparatus on which meat
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grilling apparatus on which foods are cooked in middle eastern barbecue
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