What to eat in Sarajevo: ćevapi, burek and beyond

Ćevapi

Small grilled minced-meat rolls served in somun bread with raw onion and kajmak. Order “pola” (five pieces) or a full portion of ten.

Pita

In Sarajevo only the meat version is burek. With cheese it is sirnica, with spinach zeljanica, with potato krompiruša. Order by weight and add yoghurt.

Bosnian pot dishes

• Begova čorba — creamy chicken and okra soup
• Klepe — Bosnian dumplings with garlic yoghurt
• Sogan dolma — onions stuffed with minced meat
• Bosanski lonac — slow-cooked meat and vegetable stew

Sweets

Baklava, tufahija (poached apple with walnuts) and hurmašica, best with a Bosnian coffee.