Kumpir
An easy Turkish lunch. Ready in about 32 minutes. Difficulty: easy.
- 32 minPrep (about)
- 32 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- EasyDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
- 2 potatoes
- 2 tbsp butter
- 5 oz cheese Shopping tip: Cheddar is a safe pick.
- 1 onion
- 1 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
Spices & seasonings (1): red chile flake
- Pinch red chile flake Shopping tip: Crushed red pepper flakes.
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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If you order kumpir in Turkey, your standard filling is first, of butter mashed in the potato, followed by cheese.
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There’s then row of other toppings that you can point at to heart’s content – sweetcorn,, salami, coleslaw, Russian salad, allsorts – plus you walk away using over-stuffed potato because got ever-excited by your choices on offer.
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Grate 5 oz of cheese.
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Finely chop one onion plus one sweet red pepper.
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Put these ingredients in a big bowl using a good sprinkling of salt plus pepper, chilli flakes.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.