Kebabs are considered to have originated in Turkey when soldiers used to grill chunks of freshly hunted animals skewed on swords on open field fires. The name was firstly discovered in a Turkish script of Kyssa-i Yusuf in 1377, which is the oldest known source where kebab is stated as a food item.

Who started Kabab?

Originating in the Turkish kitchen, brought to India by the Afghans, and later popularised by the Mughals, the kebab is one of the most versatile dishes ever.

Are kebabs from Turkey?

Origins of kebabs

It is generally accepted that the first kebabs in Turkey originated from the Erzurum province in Eastern Turkey, as cağ kebab, with meat stacked and cooked on a spit horizontally, rather than vertically as today's döner kebabs are.