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Kamir

Indonesia

Kamir, also known as khamir or samir (Javanese: ꦏꦩꦶꦂ, romanized: kamir; Pegon: كامير) is a round-shaped bread that almost similar to apem or pancake, consists of flour, butter, and egg mixture, sometimes mixed with other fillings ingredient…

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Kamir, also known as khamir or samir (Javanese: ꦏꦩꦶꦂ, romanized: kamir; Pegon: كامير) is a round-shaped bread that almost similar to apem or pancake, consists of flour, butter, and egg mixture, sometimes mixed with other fillings…

01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
Indonesia

Placed on record in Indonesia.

03 · How it is doing
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DescriptionThis bread or cake is round-shaped, flat brown and almost resembles to apem or pancake but slightly larger and slender.
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Kamir, also known as khamir or samir (Javanese: ꦏꦩꦶꦂ, romanized: kamir; Pegon: كامير) is a round-shaped bread that almost similar to apem or pancake, consists of flour, butter, and egg mixture, sometimes mixed with other fillings…

Where is Kamir practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Kamir in Indonesia.

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Kamir, also known as khamir or samir (Javanese: ꦏꦩꦶꦂ, romanized: kamir; Pegon: كامير) is a round-shaped bread that almost similar to apem or pancake, consists of flour, butter, and egg mixture, sometimes mixed with other fillings ingredients such as banana, tapai, strawberry, pineapple, jackfruit, cheese, and chocolate. This bread is known in Arab-Javanese community in Indonesia, especially Pemalang Regency, Central Java. 1

Description

This bread or cake is round-shaped, flat brown and almost resembles to apem or pancake but slightly larger and slender. The size is variative, the largest size up to the size of a dinner plate, while the smallest resemble the size of a small sauce bowl. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Kamir”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Kamir is Javanese traditional bread, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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