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Menemen

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Menemen is a popular traditional Turkish dish of eggs, tomato, and green peppers cooked in olive oil with spices such as ground black and red pepper, usually served with bread as a breakfast staple. Onions are sometimes added, more often when menemen is served as a main course rather than at breakfast. The dish takes its name from Menemen, a town in Izmir Province, Turkey.

Facts
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1923 2
Origin Region
Menemen, Izmir Province, Turkey 2
Classification
Dietary Suitability
Contains Meat or Poultry 1
Connections

In Cuisine

Turkish Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Menemen (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Black Pepper, Ingredients
Source Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
Chili Pepper, Ingredients
Source Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
Egg, Ingredients
Source Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
Garlic, Ingredients
Source Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
Onion, Ingredients
Source Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
Oregano, Ingredients
Source Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
Salt, Ingredients
Source Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
Tomato, Ingredients
Source Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Turkey, originated there.
Sources
1. Menemen (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menemen (dietary-suitability)
    Menemen is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.
  • In Cuisine: Turkish Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
2. Menemen (dish) - Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    The dish takes its name from Menemen, a town in Izmir Province, Turkey.
  • History section
    According to several accounts, menemen developed in Menemen after Cretan Muslims resettled there during the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
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Wikidata: Menemen
Wikidata Q1920415, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Menemen (food) (Wikipedia)
  • Uses Ingredient: Egg, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Tomato, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Chili Pepper, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Black Pepper, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Salt, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Oregano, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Onion, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Garlic, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
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