How to pronounce Kapama

Kapama is written капама where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kɐpɐˈma/. In plain English letters that is ka-pa-MAH, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Kapama?

Kapama is a main dish of Bulgaria. Where it comes from: Pirin (Razlog). People usually eat it on festive days and at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are pork, rice and vegetables. It tastes sour and rich.

Where Kapama comes from

Kapama is one of 18 signature dishes of Bulgaria on this map.

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• Shopska salad шопска салата · Snack · Sofia region (Shopluk)

  Shopska salad is chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and roasted or raw peppers, dressed with oil and vinegar and covered with a thick layer of grated white brined cheese, sirene.

• Lyutenitsa лютеница · Snack · Plovdiv and Thrace

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• Patatnik пататник · Main dish · Rhodopes

  Patatnik, also spelled patetnik, is a potato dish of the Rhodope Mountains in south-central Bulgaria.

• Smilyan beans смилянски боб · Main dish · Rhodopes (Smilyan)

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• Cheverme чеверме · Main dish · Rhodopes (Zlatograd)

  Cheverme is mutton, lamb or goat roasted whole in a special way, and it is closely tied to the Rhodopes, where the town of Zlatograd holds a cheverme festival every May.

Food of Bulgaria

Dishes like Kapama in other countries

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