What to Eat in Bayat: Famous Dishes and Local Products

Famous Dishes of Bayat

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  Hingel (boiled dough squares)

  Thin dough is cut into squares and boiled. Served topped with yoghurt and sizzled butter, hingel is one of Bayat's traditional flavours.

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  Oğmaç Çorbası (crumbled dough soup)

  Dough made from flour, egg and salt is crumbled into the soup. A soup specific to the Çorum region, it is an essential hot dish in the winter months.

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  Banduma (soaked bread dish)

  A traditional dish in which stale bread is soaked in meat broth and butter. It is one of the distinctive flavours of Çorum cuisine.

These dishes are known throughout Çorum province; see the provincial food guide for details.

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  Çorum Leblebisi (Çorum roasted chickpeas)

  Roasted chickpeas with a registered geographical indication, the symbol of Çorum.

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  Çorum Kuru Mantısı (Çorum dried dumplings)

  Dumplings (mantı) with a registered geographical indication.

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  İskilip Dolması (İskilip slow-cooked stuffed dish)

  A slow-cooked rice-and-meat dish with a registered geographical indication.

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  Alaca Hingali

  A dough dish with a registered geographical indication.

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  Osmancık Malak Tatlısı

  A dessert with a registered geographical indication.

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  Çorum Su Böreği (boiled-pastry börek)

  A börek with a registered geographical indication.

What to Buy in Bayat: Local Products

• Wheat The Bayat plain is known for its fertile farmland. Wheat production is the district's most important agricultural activity.
• Sugar Beet Sugar beet is grown on Bayat's fertile soils and makes an important contribution to the regional economy.

What Bayat Is Famous For: Culture and Traditions

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  Bayat Tribe Tradition

  The district takes its name from the Bayat tribe, one of the 24 tribes of the Oghuz Turks. The Bayat tribe is the bearer of the tradition of Dede Korkut, who is considered the author of the Dede Korkut epics.

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  Traditional Handicrafts

  Kilim and carpet weaving continue as traditions in Bayat. Kilims woven with local motifs are important examples of Anatolian handicrafts.

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What to Eat in Other Districts of Çorum

• Çorum Central District 4 dishes Çorum Leblebisi (roasted chickpeas), Çorum Mantısı (dumplings) and Banduma (bread and broth dish)
• Alaca 3 dishes Alaca Borana Yemeği (Alaca borana dish), Alaca Çılbır Yemeği (poached eggs with yoghurt) and Alaca Yarma Aşı (cracked wheat soup)
• Boğazkale 3 dishes Çorum Leblebisi (roasted chickpeas), Keşkek (pounded wheat and meat) and Gözleme
• Dodurga 3 dishes Keşkek (pounded wheat and meat), Cızlak (griddle-baked flatbread) and Tirit (bread in meat broth)
• İskilip 5 dishes İskilip Baklavası, İskilip Dolması (stuffed dish) and İskilip Su Kabağı Yemeği (bottle gourd dish)
• Kargı 6 dishes Kargı Tulum Peyniri (Kargı tulum cheese), Kargı Pidesi (Kargı pide) and Yanıç (filled flatbread)
• Laçin 3 dishes Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Hedik (sweet wheat dish) and Cızlak (fried dough)
• Mecitözü 3 dishes Borani (yoghurt and mushroom dish), Teltel Makarna (hand-cut pasta) and Helise (wheat and chicken dish)
• Oğuzlar 4 dishes Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Madımak Yemeği (wild herb dish) and Has Baklava
• Ortaköy 3 dishes Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Oğmaç Çorbası (noodle soup) and Cızlak (fried dough)
• Osmancık 6 dishes Osmancık Domates Kavurması (tomato stew), Osmancık Kaypak Yemeği (local dish) and Osmancık Malak Tatlısı (dessert)
• Sungurlu 3 dishes Çorum Leblebisi (Çorum roasted chickpeas), Mercimek Çorbası (lentil soup) and Keşkek (pounded wheat and meat)
• Uğurludağ 3 dishes Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Oğmaç Çorbası (noodle soup) and Banduma (bread and broth dish)