Salep ( from , cf. ) referring to both orchid as well as the salep drink. It is a flour made from grinding the dried tubers of various species of
orchid, which contain a nutritious starch-like
polysaccharide called bassorin.Salep is also the name of a beverage made from salep flour, whose popularity spread beyond
Turkey and the
Middle East to
England and
Germany before the rise of
coffee and
tea. In England, the drink was known as "saloop".The beverage salep is sometimes referred to as
Turkish Delight, though that name is more commonly used for
lokum. Other desserts are also made from salep flour, including salep pudding and
salep ice cream. The
Kahramanmaraş region of
Turkey is a major producer of salep known as Salepi Maraş.
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An extract from the tubers of orchids. It can be found in most Mid-Eastern markets. It can be quite expensive, but cornstarch may be substituted.
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