I was going to give you a brief primer on 'kebabs', the derivation of the word, differences between cultures, and so on.

But after reading the Wiki entry on the kebab (or kabob, kebap, kebav, kebap, kebabie….), which was concise. informative, fascinating and rather long, I'll suggest, if you're interested, check it out yourself.

Here are two bits…

A 'kebab', as we think of it, is normally a 'shish kebab', or meat and vegetables cooked on a skewer.

There is also a 'doner kebab' which is the tall spindles of roasted meat, slivered off and served, often in a pita, sometimes in a salad, sometimes in a pita with salad, and, mon mari's favorite, in a pita with fries (stuffed in the pita).

Kebabs are, most traditionally, made with Lamb, and served with a yogurt sauce.

But they can also be made with Beef

Or pork or chicken or seafood or tofu or, as in these, turkey.

I always cook the slower-cooking vegetables on separate skewers.  I know a lot of recipes suggest pre-cooking the vegetables, but we prefer to do it all on the grill.  We start the skewers with the onions, peppers and zucchini about 10 minutes before we do the skewers with the meat, mushrooms and tomatoes. 

I marinated the turkey kebabs in teriyaki sauce and served them with Sesame Couscous and Peanut Sauce.

Teriyaki Turkey Kebabs

10oz (300gr) turkey tenderloin
8 large cherry tomatoes
8 large cremini mushrooms
1 large red onion
1 medium zucchini (courgette), about 8" (20cm)
1 orange or red pepper
3 – 4 tbs teriyaki sauce/marinade 
8 skewers, if wooden soak in water 

Cut turkey into chunks, put into a bowl with the teriyaki sauce. Stir to coat.
Cut pepper in half, then each half into 4 squares. Cut onion into 6 or 8 wedges.  Clean mushrooms. Slice zucchini into 1/2" (1.25cm) slices. Add pepper, mushrooms, onions and zucchini tio bowl and stir gently. 
When ready to cook: Put turkey, mushrooms and tomatoes onto 4 skewers, alternating.
Put peppers, onions and zucchini on the other 4 skewers, alternating.
Start to cook the vegetable-only skewers first, over indirect heat with the cover closed. After about 7 minutes, lift cover and turn vegetables, moving over direct heat. Add turkey skewers over direct heat. Cook for 6 – 10 minutes, or until turkey is done. 

Warm Peanut Sauce 
1/3 cup chunky peanut butter 
2 tbs snipped fresh chives
1 tbs snipped fresh parsley 
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbs olive oil
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp brown sugar 
1/3 cup chicken stock

Heat oils in small saucepan. Add chives and chili powder and sauté briefly. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring well to combine. Remove from heat and cover to keep warm. 

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