Kumpir

Ingredients

1. 2 large Potatoes
2. 2 tbs Butter
3. 150g Cheese
4. 1 large Onion
5. 1 large Red Pepper
6. Pinch Red Chilli Flakes

How to prepare

If you order kumpir in Turkey, the standard filling is first, lots of butter mashed into the potato, followed by cheese. 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. Grate (roughly – you can use as much as you like) 150g of cheese. Finely chop one onion and one sweet red pepper. Put these ingredients into a large bowl with a good sprinkling of salt and pepper, chilli flakes (optional).