Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Kuymak
Dish of cornmeal and cheese From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Kuymak or Khavitz (Greek: χαβίτς) is a dish popular in the Pontus region that now lies in Turkey. Its primary ingredients are corn meal and cheese.[1][2][3] It is typically served with bread and a spoon.[4]

Remove ads
Variations
The Pontic Greeks, who have lived in the region of pontus since roughly 800BCE make a dish similar to kuymak; theirs is called Χαβίτς (pnt),[5] which can be Romanized as chavítz, havítz or khavítz.[6][7][8] Chavítz, like kuymak, is made with butter, cornmeal, cheese, water or milk, and salt. It might also include yogurt, honey, or bacon.[9][10][11][2] Cooked cornmeal sometimes goes by the same name.[12]
Remove ads
See also
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads