Khachapuri Khachapuri Khachapuri ( from ხაჭო "xach'o" "curds" + პური "p'uri" "bread") is a traditional Georgian dish of cheese-filled bread. The bread is leavened and allowed to rise and is shaped in various ways, usually with cheese in the middle and a crust which is ripped off and used to dip in the cheese. The filling contains cheese (fresh or aged, most commonly sulguni), eggs and other ingredients. It is Georgia's national dish. It is more popular among men and older people. As a Georgian staple food, the price of making khachapuri is used as a measure of inflation in different
National dish as the "sancocho" of the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Panama, are examples of platos nacionales. Janer (2008) observes that this sharing of the same "plato nacional" by different countries calls into question the idea that every country has a unique national dish that is special to that country; she states that cuisine does not respect national and geopolitical borders. The identification of Latin American national dishes is stronger among expatriate communities in North America. In Latin American countries, the "plato nacional" is usually part of the cuisine of rural and peasant communities, and not necessarily part of the everyday cuisine