Kumpir

Side · Turkish classic.

Ingredients

• 2 large Potatoes
• 2 tbs Butter
• 150g Cheese
• 1 large Onion
• 1 large Red Pepper
• Pinch Red Chilli Flakes

Method

1. Continue cooking — If you order kumpir in Turkey, the standard filling is first, lots of butter mashed into the potato, followed by cheese.
2. Continue cooking — There’s then a row of other toppings that you can just point at to your heart’s content – sweetcorn, olives, salami, coleslaw, Russian salad, allsorts – and you walk away with an over-stuffed potato because you got ever-excited by the choices on offer.
3. Continue cooking — Grate (roughly – you can use as much as you like) 150g of cheese.
4. Prep and chop — Finely chop one onion and one sweet red pepper.
5. Chill — Put these ingredients into a large bowl with a good sprinkling of salt and pepper, chilli flakes (optional).

More Turkey recipes

• Adana Kebab
• Lahmacun
• Mantı
• İskender Kebab
• Cheese Pide
• Stuffed Peppers