Kattama ( kk, қаттама, translit=qattama; ky, каттама, both ), katlama, katmer ( tr, katmer), qatlama Azerbaijani , катма Bulgarian , qator gambir ( mn, гамбир, ) is a fried layered bread common in the cuisines of

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...

. Qatlama in traditional Turkish means "folded", which comes from the verb ''qatlamaq'' "to fold", likely referring to the traditional method of preparation. The Turkish variety katmer is made as a dessert with

kaymak Kaymak, sarshir, or qashta/ashta ( fa, سَرشیر ) ( ar, قشطة or ar, قيمر ) is a creamy dairy food similar to clotted cream, made from the milk of water buffalo, cows, sheep, or goats in Central Asia, some Balkan countries, som ...

( clotted cream,) and like many other delicacies from

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approxi ...

, is also filled and topped with pistachios.

Turkish Regional Katmer Styles

*Sivas Katmeri *Antep katmeri *Kilis Katmerihttps://www.ci.gov.tr/Files/GeographicalSigns/193.pdf

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