Salepi dondurma is a form of ice cream made in Turkey from ground tubers of orchids in the genus Orchis. The term salepi donudurma literally translates as "Fox testicle ice cream", because of the shape of the orchid tubers, said to resemble fox testicles. The texture of salepi dondurma is much tougher than that of normal ice cream; it is typically eaten with a knife and fork. Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ...
Salep is a flour made from grinding the dried tubers of various species of orchid, which contain a nutritious starch-like polysaccharide called bassorin. ... Dondurma, is a turkish ice cream. ...