Breakfast · Baked
Simit
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Istanbul court records mention simit as early as 1525, making it about as old as the earliest written references to the bagel in Poland.
A crisp, sesame-crusted bread ring dipped in grape molasses before baking, sold from glass-topped red carts across Istanbul, usually with tea.
Why it's made this way: Its dense, crisp crust keeps well for hours on an open cart, so vendors can stack rings on trays and poles and sell them all day without refrigeration.
Roughly what's in it
300kcal
9gprotein
55gcarbs
6gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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