Bıttım Turşusu
City
Bitlis
Meal Type
Soup
Prep Time
45 min
Bıttım Pickle is one of the prominent local flavors in Bitlis cuisine. It reflects the character of the city cuisine with the ingredients and cooking method used in the local table culture.
Ingredients
- Local main material
- Butter or oil
- salt
- spice
Recipe
- 1
The sorted and washed bıttım is boiled in water with two tablespoons of yoghurt and washed with cold water.
- 2
Salted water is added to the bıttım filled in a pickle container and allowed to ripen for a week.
- 3
Bıttım is consumed as pickles or fried in oil with eggs to make bıttım eggs. Source: Past to Present Bitlis Mutfağı, Compiled by Cesim Çelebi.