Çorum Cuisine
From leblebi to İskilip dolması, from keşkek to dried mantı — Çorum's millennia-old culinary heritage, with the story behind each dish.
Çorum Roasted Chickpeas (Leblebi)
Çorum's signature snack: double-roasted yellow leblebi made from soaked, rested chickpeas peeled with a wooden tool call
İskilip Dolması
A traditional İskilip wedding dish in which meat and rice are slow-cooked for hours in giant cauldrons, the rice steamed
Keşkek
A ceremonial wedding and special-occasion dish made by slow-cooking and pounding cracked wheat together with meat until
Çorum Dry Mantı (Kuru Mantı)
A geographical-indication dumpling unique to Çorum: rolled dough filled with minced meat in small pieces, dried for stor
Madımak
Wild madımak greens cooked with plain butter (and sometimes pastırma or meat) — a traditional herb dish of Çorum tables.
İskilip Pickles (Turşu)
A geographical-indication regional pickle unique to İskilip, made by preserving various vegetables using traditional met
Toyga Aşı
A nourishing yoghurt soup of cracked wheat, chickpeas and yoghurt — the soup of Çorum's winter and wedding tables.
Tutmaç Aşı
A hearty dish of lentils, small cut noodles and garlicky yoghurt — one of Çorum's most rooted aş (soup-meals).
Tatar Aşı
Parcel-shaped dough filled with minced meat, served in a garlicky yoghurt broth — a Çorum dish between mantı and soup.
Kargı Tulum Cheese
A geographical-indication cheese unique to Çorum's Kargı district, matured in a skin (tulum) by traditional methods, wit
Oğuzlar Walnut
A geographical-indication regional walnut unique to Çorum's Oğuzlar district, known for its large kernels and high-quali
Hingal
A traditional dough dish of the Çorum region: rolled dough boiled and served with yoghurt and butter; the Alaca Hingali
Yanıç
A local saç (griddle) pastry from the gözleme-katmer family: thin yufka dough filled with minced meat, cheese or spinach
Kömbe
A traditional baked pastry of the Çorum region, usually made from plain or sweetened dough; often prepared for special o
Has Baklava
A traditional Çorum baklava made from thin layers of pastry with walnuts and syrup; the classic dessert of wedding table
Teltel
A pişmaniye-like sweet unique to Çorum, made by pulling sugar syrup with roasted flour and leblebi (roasted-chickpea) po
Hasıda
A traditional Çorum pudding-paste sweet made by thickening starch with water and sugar or grape molasses and butter.
Çorum Beşlisi (The Çorum Five)
Çorum's traditional wedding and engagement spread: wedding soup, yahni, pilaf, su böreği and baklava — a five-course fea