Salep

Salep (Turkish:salep, sahlep; Persian:ثعلب, sa'alab‎‎; Arabic:سحلب, saḥlab‎; Albanian:salep; Azerbaijani:səhləb; Hebrew: סַחְלֶבּּ, saḥlab; Greek:σαλέπι, salepi; Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Bosnian: салеп, salep) is a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis (including species Orchis mascula and Orchis militaris). These tubers contain a nutritious, starchy polysaccharide called glucomannan. Salep flour is consumed in beverages and desserts, especially in places that were formerly part of the Ottoman Empire.