How to pronounce Katmer

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /katˈmeɾ/. In plain English letters that is kaht-MER, 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 Katmer?

Katmer is a dessert of Türkiye. Where it comes from: Gaziantep. People usually eat it for breakfast. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour, nuts & seeds and dairy & cheese. It tastes sweet and rich.

Where Katmer comes from

Katmer is one of 80 signature dishes of Türkiye on this map. See all dishes from Gaziantep.

• Baklava · Dessert · Gaziantep

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• Ali nazik · Main dish · Gaziantep

  Ali nazik is a home-style dish of Gaziantep in south-east Türkiye: aubergines are charred over coals until the skin is black and the flesh smoky, then mashed with garlicky yogurt, and topped with cubes of lamb sautéed in butter and drizzled with more butter.

• Beyran · Soup & stew · Gaziantep

  Beyran is a spicy soup of lamb and rice from Gaziantep, eaten for breakfast.

• Yuvalama · Soup & stew · Gaziantep

  Yuvalama is a yoghurt soup from Gaziantep with tiny balls of rice flour and minced meat, cooked with chickpeas and lamb, and finished with butter and dried mint.

• İskender kebap · Main dish · Bursa

  İskender kebap carries the name of the man credited with it: İskender Efendi, who ran a restaurant in Bursa in the second half of the 19th century.

• Lahmacun · Street food · Southeastern Anatolia

  Lahmacun is a round of very thin dough spread with minced lamb or beef, onion, tomato, peppers, parsley and spices, then baked hot and fast in a stone oven.

Food of Türkiye

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