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Mekitsa
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Mekitsa is the Bulgarian fried dough breakfast: a soft yeasted disc fried in oil and eaten hot with sirene cheese, jam, honey or powdered sugar; in Bulgaria we have verified places to eat it in Plovdiv. Start with where to eat Mekitsa in Plovdiv.

Mekitsa · Plovdiv

Mekitsa is the Bulgarian fried dough breakfast: a soft yeasted disc fried in oil and eaten hot with sirene cheese, jam, honey or powdered sugar.

Mekitsa is the Bulgarian and Balkan answer to the doughnut or beignet. The Bulgarian version uses a yoghurt-leavened dough that puffs in hot oil. Plovdiv's Mekitsa and Coffee popularised modern combinations alongside the traditional sirene-and-jam pairing, and the fried discs are eaten hot for breakfast from morning counters across the city.

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