The Magical Ingredients for a Wholesome Life From the Heart of my Home: Kumpir

This is a delicious and ultimate baked potato -Turkish style! This is a street food in Turkey and has lots of flavorful components and textures that make it one of a kind delicious meal!

Who doesn't love baked potatoes? Baked potatoes are the ultimate comfort food. Baked potatoes are also called jacket potatoes in Europe and this flavor variation with different components in this baked potato make it stand alone from our regular baked potatoes. With a little butter and mozzarella cheese, this is heavenly with lots of toppings. We loved the bites of dill pickle and green olives in this version! mMmmm Just Delicious!

Let's get a closer look of what this kumpir consists.

Potatoes - I recommend Russet potatoes that are ideal flor baking

Kisir - Turkish bulgur salad

Turkish Olivier Salad - potato salad

Pickled cabbage

Green and black olives

Sliced dill pickle

Corn - canned ones work

Salt

Butter

Mozzarella cheese - shredded ones are good, I have used thinly sliced ones as I ran out of the former.

This is a street food and hence anything of interest can also be used as topping, like any sauce too!

The flavors from the fresh cabbage pickle and the dill pickle are amazing! Each component adds to magical layers of flavor and everything blends so well with the baked potato. No wonder that this is a popular street food. Now, the next time you have a little potato salad and/or bulgur salad as leftovers, then this kumpir is an amazing one to use up the leftovers too!

This street style baked potato reminds of Egyptian Kushari which had different components that is a national dish and street food of Egypt. Street food is always fun and delicious and my Indian spin on chaat style Baked Potato Ragada Chaat is one of the best! This Turkish style baked potato, Kumpir is no exception and is yet another one that you'll love!

This month we are traveling to Turkey virtually in our #eattheworld group. Turkey is a country that has a unique place, it is partly in Asia and partly in Europe. Turkish cuisine is a heritage of Ottoman cuisine and is influenced by its neighboring countries. The food also varies across the country based on the region and the local bounty creating an array of specialty foods. In my trials, we enjoyed this baked potato, kisir, the potato salad, gozelme. Today I am sharing this recipe for this event. Click here to find out how to join and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!

I am also linking this to Sundays on Silverado, What's For Dinner, Full Plate Thursday, Wonderful Wednesday, and Share The Wealth.

Ingredients

Medium Russet potatoes - 4

Oil - 3-4 tsp

Salt - 1 tsp

Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Cayenne - 1/4 tsp (optional)

Corn - 6 to 8 tbsp

Butter - 4 tbsp

Mozzarella cheese - 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup

Turkish olivier salad - 2/3 cup

Kisir - 2/3 cup

Parsley chopped

Purple cabbage pickle

Purple cabbage - 1/2 cup, thinly sliced

Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Method

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Wash and dry the potatoes. Drizzle a little oil and sprinkle about 1/8th tsp of salt on each potato. Wrap them and bake for 45-50 minutes.

When the potato bakes, in the meantime, mix the cabbage , lemon juice, and salt and set aside.

Once the potatoes are done, slit them open, add salt, pepper, cayenne, and butter, and mash well to get a smooth consistency.

Add the mozzarella cheese and mash again.

Place the potato in a serving plate. Add 2-3 tablespoon of kisir followed by 2-3 tablespoons of Turkish Olivier Salad. Then top with corn,olives, dill pickles, followed by pickled cabbage.