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Kumpir is a baked potato with various fillings. It is a popular fast food in Turkey, and is popular throughout the Balkans.

Kumpir

Name

The word kumpir comes from Turkish. It has various names throughout the Balkans - for instance, in Serbian: krompir; in Croatian: krumpir; and in Macedonian: kompir. It is suggested the name comes from the Bulgarian компир, "potato".

Production

It is made with potatoes that are wrapped with aluminum foil and baked in special ovens. The potatoes are cut straight from the middle and the insides are mixed with unsalted butter and puréed with kaşar cheese added.

Variants

The above describes the basic kumpir. However, all sorts of foods can be added to the potato: mayonnaise, ketchup, pickles, sweetcorn, sliced green and black olives, sausage slices, carrots, steamed peas, mushrooms and Russian salad. The cafés in Ortaköy, Istanbul make kumpir that are especially popular with the tourists and offer even more ingredients.

See also

References

  1. ^ MICLĂUŞ, Lucian (2004–2005). "Criterii de delimitare a elementelor slave vechi de cele croate şi slovene din istroromână". Diacronia (in Romanian) (XLII–XLIII): 225–240. ISSN 2393-1140. Archived from the original on 2021-09-27.
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