kuymak
{{Short description|Dish of cornmeal and cheese}}
{{distinguish|Kaymak}}
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| name = Kuymak
| image = Kuymak, 2020.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Kuymak dished out on a spoon
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| country = Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran
| region = Black Sea region
| creator =
| type = Cheese dish
| served =
| main_ingredient = Minci or Golot cheese, cornmeal
Or Wheat flour, cream (or butter), water
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Kuymak is a dish popular in West Asia and the Caucasus. Its primary ingredients are corn meal and cheese.{{cite book | last=Swan | first=S. | title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Turkey | publisher=DK Publishing | series=EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES | year=2012 | isbn=978-0-7566-9318-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WsLeLgMFRKwC&pg=PA369 | access-date=July 31, 2016 | page=369}} It is typically served with bread and a spoon.{{cite web |last1=Liljegren |first1=Katherine |title=1 foods you have to try in Turkey's Black Sea region |url=https://matadornetwork.com/notebook/11-foods-try-turkeys-black-sea-region/ |publisher=Matadornetwork.com, Feb 04, 2016 |access-date=Feb 1, 2020}} In Azerbaijani language, it is called Quymaq. In Iran it is referred to as Kāchi penir(Persian: کاچی پنیر).{{cite web |last1=Alkan |first1=Sena |title=A traditional Black Sea treat: Mıhlama |date=26 November 2016 |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/food/2016/11/26/a-traditional-black-sea-treat-mihlama |publisher=Daily Sabah, Nov 26, 2016 |access-date=Feb 1, 2020}}
Similar dishes
Muhlama, also referred to as "mıhlama", is a similar dish.{{cite book | last=Campbell | first=V. | title=Turkey | publisher=Lonely Planet | series=Country Guides | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-74104-556-7 | url=https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetturk00veri | url-access=registration | access-date=July 31, 2016 | page=[https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetturk00veri/page/556 556]}}
The Pontic Greeks, who originate from the Black Sea region, make a dish similar to kuymak; theirs is called {{lang|pnt|Χαβίτς}} (pnt), which can be Romanized as {{lang|pnt|chavítz, havítz}} or {{lang|pnt|khavítz}}.{{cite journal |last1=Verbrugghe |first1=Gerald P |title=Transliteration or Transcription of Greek |journal=The Classical World |date=1999 |volume=92 |issue=6 |page=511 |doi=10.2307/4352343 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4352343 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=JSTOR|jstor=4352343 |url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |title=Guide to Greek Usage in Cataloging |url=https://library.princeton.edu/departments/tsd/katmandu/greek/romanization.htm |website=Princeton University Library's Cataloguing Documentation |date=2010}}{{cite web |author1=United States Board on Geographic Names and the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use |title=Romanization of Greek |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/geonames/GNSSearch/GNSDocs/romanization/ROMANIZATION_OF_GREEK.pdf |date=October 2017}} {{lang|pnt|Chavítz}}, like kuymak, is made with butter, cornmeal, cheese, water or milk, and salt. It might also include yogurt, honey, or bacon.{{cite web |title=Chavítz |url=https://www.pontosnews.gr/260601/syntages/chavits/ |website=Pontos News |language=Greek |date=September 26, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Recipe for Chavítz |url=https://www.lelevose.gr/xavits-me-fournikon-aleuri/ |website=Lelevose |language=Greek |date=August 4, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Theodoridou |first1=Despina |title=Chavítz |url=https://www.elverias.gr/deltia-typou-3/koyzina/425-xavits |website=Club of Veria |language=Greek}}{{cite web |title=Chavítz |url=https://www.pontiaka.gr/xavits-r-20.html |website=Pontiaka |language=Greek}} Cooked cornmeal sometimes goes by the same name.{{cite web |author1=Dimitris Vasiloudis |title=Chavítz or Katsamaki |url=https://vdimitris.net/χαβίτς-ή-κατσαμάκι/ |website=vDimitris |language=Greek |date=April 20, 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_LiGmgNKIs Video of {{lang|pnt|havítz}} preparation]
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i3p0__W0wLA
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