Spinach Balls with Yogurt

A yalancı dish, literally a ‘deceptive’ or ‘false’ dish, is usually a simplified or mock version of a well known one. This yalancı ıspanak köftesi, a simple dish of cooked spinach rolled into balls and served with garlic-flavoured yogurt, acts as an impostor to the more labour-intensive köfte, which consist of mashed ingredients, kneaded and moulded into a variety of shapes which are then usually fried or grilled.