İsot Pepper
İsot pepper (Capsicum annuum), associatied with Şanlıurfa, is a kind of chili pepper with a name derived from the Turkish words “hot” and “herb”. İsot is the general name of green and red pepper in Şanlıurfa.
It is very difficult to prepare the red chili pepper called “dry isot”. The isot is homemade. 200 to 40 kilograms of fresh red pepper are carefully picked, dried in the sun, and then beaten in a cloth bag or a mortar and turned into “dry isot”.
İsot is used in most local dishes, especially çiğköfte. It is rich in vitamins and appetizing.