KHACHAPURI (ხაჭაპური) is a delicious georgian cheese bread that comes in many regional varieties. the name derives from the georgian ხაჭო, meaning curds, and პური, meaning bread.
all the delicious types
- imeruli (იმერული)
- unadorned and circular
- adjaruli (ადჯარული)
- shaped like a boat with a raw egg and butter on top
- megruli (მეგრული)
- similar to imeruli, but if you can believe it, more cheese. based on its name, one can presume it originated or was popular in mingrelia.
- achma (აჩმა)
- "has multiple layers and looks more like a sauceless lasagna" (from wikipedia)
- guruli (გურული)
- "has boiled eggs inside the dough and looks like a calzone". wikipedia also says it's not technically a khachapuri, but we all know that wikipedia is not the definitive source on khachapuri, this website is and this website says it's a khachapuri.
- osuri, aka khabizgini (ოსური/ხაბიზგინი)
- "has potato, as well as cheese" (from wikipedia)
- svanuri, aka lemzira, aka petvit (სვანური/ლემზირა/ფეტვით)
- "made from millet flour and cheese" (from 196 flavors), often with traditional herbs. Petvit means "with millet".
- rachuli (რაჭული)
- "rectangular in shape, made from cheese only" (from 196 flavors). is there dough? no one knows, this is a mysterious khachapuri style.
- penovani (ფენოვანი)
- "made with puff pastry" (from 196 flavors)
- mkhlovani (მხლოვანი)
- made with beet greens and often two different types of cheese, found in Mtiuleti (მთიულეთი). alternatively spelled mkhlovana (მხლოვანა).
- khachapuri shampurze (ხაჭაპური შამფურზე)
- imeruli khachapuri on a skewer (shampuri/შამფური)
- chakhrakina (ჭახრაკინა)
- similar to mkhlovana, most often found in the broader Kartli region (ქართლი). may be in an imeruli or adjaruli shape. also spelled chakhrakini (ჭახრაკინი).
- khachapuri burger (ხაჭაპური ბურგერი)
- it's khachapuri... but a burger. found only at Patsatsina in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- pkhlovani (ფხლოვანი)
- contains spinach. depending on where the spinach is it could be like an imeruli (if inside) or megruli (if outside).
- sokos (სოკოს)
- contains mushrooms. depending on where the mushrooms are it could be like an imeruli (if inside) or megruli (if outside).
- chaabilgish
- a kist/chechen version of khachapuri with pumpkin, found in the Pankisi Gorge area.