Bici bici
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{{short description|Light summer dessert from Southern Turkey, especially Adana and Mersin provinces}}
{{lang|tr|Bici bici}} or {{lang|tr|bicibici muhallebisi}} is a Turkish dessert.
Description
{{lang|tr|Bici bici}} is a very light dessert, typical of southern Turkey and the Mediterranean region in general, especially the provinces of Adana and Mersin, where it is especially consumed in the summer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.turkeysforlife.com/2014/07/turkish-food-sweets-desserts-seker-bayram.html|title=Top 9 Turkish Desserts & Sweets • Turkey's For Life|date=2014-07-29|website=Turkey's For Life|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-06|archive-date=2020-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921200540/http://www.turkeysforlife.com/2014/07/turkish-food-sweets-desserts-seker-bayram.html|url-status=live}} The name of the dessert comes from the sound made when the starch is squeezed between the fingers.{{Cite web|url=https://ci.turkpatent.gov.tr/cografi-isaretler/detay/1215|title=No: 537 – Mahreç İşareti Adana Bıcı Bıcı|lang=tr|website=Türk Patent ve Marka Kurumu|date=17 September 2020}}
Production
{{lang|tr|Bici bici}} is prepared with crushed ice, starch, and syrup. Once the starch is cooked in water, it is left to cool in a tray and then chopped - this part of the dessert is called bici. Then, it is flavored with the syrup to taste, usually rose flavored, and is draped over ice, finally served with sugar on top.{{Cite web|url=https://turkishstylecooking.com/bici-bici-recipe.html|title=Bici Bici Recipe|last=Kevser|date=2014-08-20|website=Turkish Style Cooking|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-06|archive-date=2019-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506010812/https://turkishstylecooking.com/bici-bici-recipe.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://english.turkishcookbook.com/2011/07/bici-bici.html|title=Binnur's Turkish Cookbook: Bici Bici|language=en|access-date=2019-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506010046/http://english.turkishcookbook.com/2011/07/bici-bici.html|archive-date=2019-05-06|url-status=dead}} The ice should be ground finely enough so that it immediately melts in one’s mouth and does not have to be chewed with the teeth.