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simit

Name: simit
Cuisine: Egypt

Traditional dish from Egypt

Street Food Vegetarian

About simit

ring-shaped bread roll originating in Turkey, typically encrusted with sesame seeds

Simit is a circular bread, typically encrusted with sesame seeds or, less commonly, poppy, flax or sunflower seeds, found across the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and the Middle East, especially in Armenia, Turkey and the Balkans. Simit's size, crunch, chewiness, and other characteristics vary slightly by region.