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{{Short description|Turkish dish of broth and bread}}
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| name = Tirit
| image = Konya Tiridi.jpg
| caption = Tirit from Konya
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| country = [[Turkey]]
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| course = Main dish
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| main_ingredient = [[domestic sheep|lamb]], [[pita]] bread, butter, sheep butter and [[yogurt]]
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'''Trit''', also known as '''tirit''', is a [[Turkish cuisine|Turkish dish]] prepared by soaking broken-up [[Staling|stale bread]] in a broth prepared from [[offal]], and then seasoned with ground [[Black pepper|pepper]]  and [[onion]]. Some variants add cheese or [[yogurt]].<ref>What is Tirit? (Turkish language web article) http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/tirit-nedir-tirit-nasil-yapilir-40968550 Retrieved at 12.47 on 28/2/19.</ref>[[File:Tirit Kofte.jpg|thumb|Tirit]]Tirit is based on [[List of cooking techniques|cooking techniques]] from Central Asia, where similar dishes were prepared using [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]] and [[leftovers]] of various kinds, often including stale bread; see [[kuurdak]].

Tirit is sometimes found in the [[Saudi Arabian cuisine|cuisine of Mecca]], where the story is told that the morale of a community hungry from famine brought about by a [[drought]] was boosted by being sustained by this dish until the return of times of greater plenty.

[[Khash (dish)|Khash]] is a similar offal-based dish eaten in many countries in [[Eastern European cuisine|Eastern Europe]], [[Middle Eastern cuisine|Western Asia]], and the southern [[Caucasian cuisine|Caucasus]].<ref> Edelstein, Sari (2009). Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Competency for Culinary, Hospitality, and Nutrition Professionals. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 236. {{ISBN|0-7637-5965-1}}.</ref>

Similar combinations of offal and grain are found in [[haggis]] and some kinds of [[white pudding]], which use [[oatmeal]] as the starch.

The forms of tirit involving cheese are similar to the [[barley]]-based [[Tibet|Tibetan]] staple [[tsampa]].

==See also==
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* [[Tharid]]
* [[Popara]]
* [[Beshbarmak]]

==References==
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[[Category:Saudi Arabian cuisine]]
[[Category:Uzbek dishes]]
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