Street Food · Sesame Bread Ring
Ka'ak
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Ka'ak vendors traditionally carry towering trays of these sesame-crusted bread rings through the streets, balanced on a stand or their head, calling out to sell them fresh each morning.
Ka'ak is a golden, sesame-crusted bread — usually a large oval ring — baked crisp outside and soft within. Street vendors sell it hot from glass-fronted carts, split open and filled with a boiled egg, labneh, or za'atar.
Why it's made this way: The oval shape and sturdy crust make ka'ak easy to carry and eat one-handed on the street, and the dough keeps well without refrigeration.
Roughly what's in it
280kcal
8gprotein
50gcarbs
6gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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