Dishes you should try in Hınıs: Hınıs Köftesi (Hınıs meatballs), Cağ Kebabı (horizontal spit-roasted lamb), Ayran Aşı (yoghurt and wheat soup) and Hınıs Peyniri (Hınıs cheese). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Hınıs is famous for.
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Hınıs Köftesi was registered as a protected geographical indication on 4 November 2024 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1655). Product group: dishes and soups. Registered by: Erzurum Commodity Exchange.
Cağ kebabı is prepared by roasting lamb on a horizontal spit over a wood fire. In Hınıs, it has a special flavour from the sheep raised on the district's wide pastures.
Traditional soup made with yoghurt, cracked wheat and mint, a nourishing dish that never goes missing from tables during Hınıs's cold winter days.
Cheese made from the milk of animals raised on the Hınıs plain by traditional methods. Salty and firm in texture, it is an essential of breakfast tables.
These dishes are known throughout Erzurum province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A kebab with a registered geographical indication, cooked on a horizontal skewer over a wood fire and served on the cağ skewer.
Shredded kadayıf filled with walnuts and soaked in syrup; it has a registered geographical indication.
A registered börek made with layers of boiled yufka and cheese.
A registered soup made with yoghurt, wheat and herbs.
A syrupy dough dessert with a registered geographical indication.
A registered traditional dessert made with flour, butter and sugar.
Hınıs was one of the important settlement centres of the Urartian Kingdom in the 9th–7th centuries BC. Castle and settlement remains from the Urartian period are found in the region.
The Hınıs plain and the surrounding plateaus have for centuries been the centre of livestock farming. Cattle and sheep and goat rearing form the basis of the region's economic and cultural identity.
Hınıs is known for 4 local dishes, above all Hınıs Köftesi (Hınıs meatballs), Cağ Kebabı (horizontal spit-roasted lamb), Ayran Aşı (yoghurt and wheat soup) and Hınıs Peyniri (Hınıs cheese). Hınıs Köftesi was registered as a protected geographical indication on 4 November 2024 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1655). Product group: dishes and soups. Registered by: Erzurum Commodity Exchange.
Hınıs is known for Hınıs Köftesi (Hınıs meatballs), Hınıs Fasulyesi (Hınıs beans) and Urartian Heritage. Its best-known sights include Hınıs Castle and Hınıs Plain.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Hınıs include Hınıs Fasulyesi (Hınıs beans), Hınıs Honey and Hınıs Peyniri (Hınıs cheese).