Shashlik

Shashlik or Shishlyk (Hebrew: Shishlyk שישליק, Persian: Šišlik شیشلیک , Bulgarian: Шишче, Russian: Шашлык, from Crimean Tatar Şışlıq) - Turkic way of grilling meat, popular in India, Israel and Russia. This form of skewered dish is popular throughout Israel, the former Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Mongolia.

Left: Shashlik.

The largest shashlik in the world was 120 meters long; called the Shashlik of Friendship, it was cooked in April 2009 in Cherkessk, Russia. It took approximately 400 kg of meat to cook this shashlik.

Left: A record-breaking shashlik.

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