Kadayıf is a traditional
Ottoman dessert. Several varieties exist, including
tel kadayıf,
yassı kadayıf and
ekmek kadayıf.
Preparation
Kadayıf is made by pouring liquid wheat dough onto a rotating hot plate, after which sweeteners are added and the preparation is baked or fried. Kadayıf can also be used as the base for
pudding, or prepared as
noodles
Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is either rolled flat and cut, stretched, or extruded, into long strips or strings. Noodles are a staple food in many cultures (for example, Chinese noodles, Filipino noodles, Ind ...
.
History
The exact origins of kadayıf are unknown. The
Turkish Patent Institute
The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ( tr, Türk Patent ve Marka Kurumu or TÜRKPATENT) (TURKPATENT) is an intellectual property organization with a special budget being attached to the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of ...
states that the dish originated in
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...
in the 19th century, but there is a rival claim of origin in
Bingöl
Bingöl ( diq, Çolig; ku, Çewlik; hy, Ճապաղջուր, translit=Chapaghjur) is a city in Eastern Turkey and the capital of Bingöl Province.
Etymology
One of the historical names for the city, ''Bingöl'' literally means ''thousand lake ...
. According to
oral tradition
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (1985) ...
in Diyarbakır, the first kadayıf vendor in the city was an Armenian shop owner named Agop.
Varieties in Ottoman cuisine
In the first Ottoman printed cookbook
Melceü't-Tabbâhîn, various different kadayif recipes are given.
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Tel kadayıf
* Kadife,
Kenîfe
* Saray tel kadayıfı
* Beyaz kadayıf
* Kaymaklı kadayıf
*
Yassı kadayıf
* Yağsız kadayıf
* Yufkalı kadayıf
*
Ekmek kadayıfı (Şam Kahki)
* Fodula kadayıfı
* Burma Kadayıf is a circular sweet pastry commonly made in Turkish cuisine. Instead of having layers of phyllo pastry, such as in baklava, it has shredded phyllo pastry called 'kadayıf' or 'kataifi'. 'Burma' is Turkish for 'twisting' and refers to how the noodle-shaped pastry is twisted around the nuts.
Taş kadayıf
Taş kadayıf (Stone kadayıf) ( tr, Taş kadayıf) is a
Turkish dessert commonly served during the month of
Ramadan, a sort of sweet
dumpling filled with walnuts. Adana Taş Kadayıf; is porous. It is a dessert with syrup, which is folded in a circle of 9-10 cm and fried with walnuts in between. Adana Taş Kadayıf was registered by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office on 06.01.2021 and received a geographical indication.
See also
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Şekerpare
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Revani
Basbousa () is a sweet, syrup-soaked semolina cake that originated in Egypt. The semolina batter is baked in a sheet pan, then sweetened with orange flower water, rose water or simple syrup, and typically cut into diamond (lozenge) shapes or squa ...
*
Baklava
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Tulumba
Tulumba or Bamiyeh ( Persian: بامیه) is a deep-fried dessert found in Turkey and the regional cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire. It is a fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to jalebis and churros. It is made from unleavened doug ...
*
List of Middle Eastern dishes
This is a list of dishes found in Middle Eastern cuisine, a generalized term collectively referring to the cuisines of the Middle East and the Maghreb region. The Middle East is home to numerous different cultural and ethnic groups. This diversi ...
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Knafeh
Knafeh ( ar, كنافة) is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert made with spun pastry called ''kataifi'', soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream, pis ...
Gallery
File:Künefe.jpg, Antakya künefesi
File:Turkish dessert.jpg, Kaymaklı ekmek kadayıfı
File:Burma kadayif.jpg, Burma kadayıf
File:Kadayif.jpg, Tel kadayıf
File:Yassı_kadayıf.jpg, Yassı kadayıf
File:Kadayıf Dolması.jpg, Kadayıf dolması
References
External links
Tel Kadayif (Special Turkish Dessert). Turkey standard TS 10344
Turkish desserts
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