kuymak
Sign in to savethumb|alt=Cheese dish in a copper pan|Kuymak in a sahan Kuymak or khavitz () is a dish popular in the Black Sea region that lies in northern Turkey. Its primary ingredients are cornmeal and cheese. It is typically served with bread and a spoon.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Kuymak
- Food.image
- Kuymak, 2020.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 200px
- Food.caption
- Kuymak dished out on a spoon
- Food.country
- Turkey
- Food.region
- Black Sea region
- Food.type
- Cheese dish
- Food.main_ingredient
- Minci or golot cheese, cornmeal or wheat flour, cream or butter, water
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|alt=Cheese dish in a copper pan|Kuymak in a sahan Kuymak or khavitz () is a dish popular in the Black Sea region that lies in northern Turkey. Its primary ingredients are cornmeal and cheese. It is typically served with bread and a spoon.
==Variations== The Pontic Greeks, who have lived in the region of pontus since roughly 800BCE make a dish similar to kuymak; theirs is called (pnt), which can be Romanized as or . , like kuymak, is made with butter, cornmeal, cheese, water or milk, and salt. It might also include yogurt, honey, or bacon. Cooked cornmeal sometimes goes by the same name.
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