What Makes Turkish Ice Cream Different?

In a real sense the Turkish word for 'frozen or freezing', dondurma is the scrumptious neighborhood interpretation of frozen yogurt. Somewhat unique in relation to western-style frozen yogurts, notwithstanding; conventional Turkish frozen yogurt is sweet, rich, stretchy, and chewy simultaneously. This stretchy surface is because of the incorporation of a dull base of wild orchids called salep.

Salep is an extraordinary sort of powdered orchid bulb. These orchids are endemic to the Kahramanmaraş locale of Turkey and conventional Turkish frozen yogurt dondurma was first made in this city hundreds of years prior.

Notwithstanding salep, the customary dondurma formula depends on goat's milk and sugar.

In certain pieces of the country, Turkish dondurma is likewise made with a sweet-smelling gum called gum mastic. This gum mastic is gathered from gum trees become on the Aegean shore of Turkey and Greece.

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Elements of Turkish Dondurma

Goats milk
Sugar
Salep (powdered bulbs of wild orchids)
Gum mastic (seldom utilized)
Famous Flavors of Maraş Dondurması

Regardless of whether it's your first time in Istanbul, or you're a returning guest, dondurma ought to be high up on your rundown of things "everything scrumptious to eat"! You can observe Turkish frozen yogurt dondurma all over the nation sold at baklava shops, road merchants, and eateries.

Turkish frozen yogurt is accessible in a bewildering exhibit of flavors. In any case, a portion of the top choices relished by local people (this dondurma-adoring blogger included), are plain, pistachio and cocoa.