Also known as semit, simeet, sameet, semid, gevrek, Turkish bagel
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.
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- Prepared food.name
- Simit
- Prepared food.image
- Simit-2x.JPG
- Prepared food.image_size
- 250px
- Prepared food.alternate_name
- rosquilla (France, Spain), bokegh (Armenia), Đevrek (Bosnia, Serbia), koulouri (Greece), covrig (Romania), gevrek (Bulgaria and North Macedonia), and Turkish bagel (United States)
- Prepared food.country
- Ottoman Empire Roman Empire
- Prepared food.type
- Bread
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Dough (flour, water, yeast, salt), sesame seeds
- Prepared food.variations
- Also called Shureik, Ka'ak, and Sameet
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- food
- Subclass of
- bread
- Part of
- Turkish cuisine
- Country of origin
- Egypt
- Material used
- flour
- Image
- Simit-2x.JPG
- Said to be same as
- bagel
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- Simit
- different from
- Semitic people
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