Lâpa

Lâpa

Lapa prepared with poppy seeds.
Type	Porridge
Associated cuisine	Greece, Armenia, Turkey
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]

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