Type | Porridge |
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Place of origin | Armenia, Greece |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Rice |
Lapa ( Turkish) or lapas ( Greek: λαπάς; Armenian: Լապա) is a kind of rice porridge or gruel eaten in the Balkans, Levant, and Middle East. It is made of just rice, water, and salt and has the consistency of a thick soup.
In Greek cuisine, it is used as a remedy for diarrhea, served with lemon juice. [1]
The dictionary of the Türk Dil Kurumu considers it a loanword from Pontic Greek (" Rumca"). [2]
Robert Dankoff gives it an Armenian origin: լափ lap’ 'watery food for dogs, pap for babies'. [3]