SİMİT RECIPE 🤩 How to Make Simit at Home | #1 Turkish Street Food
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The day has come! Today, we are making the #1 street food of Turkey - crunchy sesame seed covered bagels that we call SİMİT 🤩We eat them in the morning as breakfast, with watermelon, during lunchtime, with cream cheese and even with hummus and falafel 😋 If you ever came to Turkey you already know the amazing smell and taste of this baked beauty and if you haven’t yet, you can make them at home and enjoy with your loved ones any time of the day! Please enjoy today's episode and don't forget to leave us a little comment if you like the video! ❤️
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SİMİT
Makes 12 simits
Preparation Time: 20 minutes + 30 mins proofing
Baking Time: 15-20 minutes
Difficulty: Medium
For the dough,
1 kg strong flour (13% and higher protein works great, or bread flour would do great as well)
1 heaped teaspoon instant yeast
1 tablespoon salt
600 ml lukewarm drinking water
For the dip,
1 cup of mulberry molasses (or grape molasses)
1/2 cup of water
1 tablespoon flour
A generous amount of half-roasted sesame seeds
• Heat your oven to 280 C (535 F) on upper and lower heat with fan. If you have fire bricks (or oven stone) place them into the oven and heat them as well.
• To make the dough, it is quite important to choose a brand of flour with 13% protein content in order to achieve the classic simit taste. You can check the back of the flour package to see the protein level. If you can’t find, bread flour works great as well.
• Mix the instant yeast with the lukewarm drinking water and wait for a couple of minutes for yeast to wake up.
• Pile 1 kg of flour on the work surface (or in a bowl) and create a well at the center of the pile.
• Add the water to the well, then mix the flour and the water gradually. Knead for about 8-9 minutes until you reach a smooth, tackless consistency. If the dough is stiff, wet your fingers and keep on kneading.
• When your dough is ready, cover the bowl with a damp cloth and wait for half an hour. When it rises, knead once more and portion into 120 g lumps. By dividing each lump into two pieces you’ll get two 60 g lumps.
• First, shape the lumps into long strips (around 40-45 cm / 16-18 in). Then, take two strips side to side and wrap one another, forming a spiral. Tie two ends of the spiral to form a circle and make sure you join them well.
• Dust your work surface and rest the simits while shaping others.
• Using a deep plate, pour the molasses, water and flour and mix well.
• On a separate tray pour a generous amount of sesame seeds. If you can’t find half-roasted sesame seeds you can roast them on a pan until they slightly change colour.
• Set your oven to 230 C (445 F) on upper and lower heat without fan.
• Starting with the first shaped one, dip your simits into the first station to coat with the molasses mixture, then to the second station to cover with sesame seeds.
• Then place them into the oven with a pizza peel and bake for 15-20 minutes until light brown and crunchy.
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Simit menemen white cheese olives clotted cream and honey/jam - tea Best Sunday breakfast!
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! ❤️
We stan a legendary turkish Queen!
@Alice_Walker
2 жыл бұрын
💯
@solomonsankari9589
Жыл бұрын
Period
Everything about Turkey is just beautiful
I live in Switzerland and I'm very lucky to have a Turkish supermarket 300 meters from where I live. I can buy a simit or two before I go to work or when I go back home.
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Simit lovers international 🌎🥰❤️
I just moved to Turkey from West Africa and I absolutely love simit.
Dear Refika, Here in Hungary we have an amazing lady who providesTurkish cousine courses. She taught me to bake Simit (and lots of other Turkish food) a year ago. Since then, the whole family and my colleagues are addicted to Turkish food :). I wish I could post the picture of my first simit. Lots of love from Hungary ❤️
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for sharing! Amazing to hear that you've been taking Turkish cuisine courses 🥰❤️
@evanagy1937
Жыл бұрын
Hello! Ki a török séf? Csak most találtam ezt a csatornát, de tetszik nagyon. Én Zalában élek most.
I grew up in Istanbul and we would always buy simit after school. My mouth was literally watering watching this. I will try it right away!
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Yay! Please let me know how they turn out!
@NYLily07
10 ай бұрын
Me too, I grew up in Istanbul, I am not Turkish but love simit. 👏
Watching from the U.S. I have always wanted to try food from all around the globe. It was a dream to travel the world for a taste of the food and the culture. Now, this is done via the computer. I am able to watch people make the dishes of their culture and do my best to replicate them here. There is no comparison to the real deal - but this is the best I can do for now. Thank you for the wonderful demonstrations, recipes, entertainment, and history of the food item.
Love when you tell the origin of your recipes.
Very impressed… you are a natural teacher, not bored of repeating information for the initiates of Turkish cuisine…I loved the history and explaining types of ingredients…TOP MARKS.. from Sydney Australia of Italian descent
You have a 76 years old Bangladeshi fan who regularly experiments with your recipes. What an amazing woman you are.
We have Simit in northern Iraq too because of the Turkish influance. Good childhood memories I remember used to get it every morning in the school canteen along with hot chocolate
When you threw simit to the seagulls on the ship, it reminded me of that song "İstanbul'da Olmak":) I lived in Istanbul in the 90s, when that song came out. Those were good times.
Aaaah… the beautiful Istanbul 💙 🧿
My wife is from Izmir and knows you from Turkish TV. We live in the US and we’ve been dying for some Simit! Your recipe looks amazing, and your team is so much fun to watch that we subscribed right away and can’t wait to try it out for ourselves!
Dear Rafika, I am Italian married to a Serbian woman who says Simit in Serbian is called Djevrek, and we tried to make it as per your recipe, and it's great, my wife was very happy as it turned same as in her country ! we used your tip for the stones in the oven, great one , thank you ! my son likes it too ! Greetings from Spain !
I’m so excited for this recipe, but I’m more excited that I’m going to live in Istanbul for 3 months and can’t wait to try all these yummy Turkish foods. Love Turkey
@HisameArtwork
2 жыл бұрын
congratulation and best of wishes!
@ainerisakhellchannel
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, cool! Lucky you! 😎
@meriii4680
2 жыл бұрын
turkey already loved you, hahah!
@cyndifoore7743
2 жыл бұрын
I wish I was going with you!
@jazminb1000
2 жыл бұрын
Merve Uçar tashakurla derem!
I love simit. And I loved the story about Şemsi Paşa. Hello from Togliatti, Russia ❤️
We have these sold on the streets too in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In small shacks, dedicated only to selling "Simid". We also have a bread factory called "Simid" here. Great video!
Always a good sign when you turn around & the crew are devouring the food like hungry wolves. I could almost smell that wonderful looking simit through the screen. Thanks to you all for the great video.
Wait ... buy rock salt and grind it everyday?! GENIUS! I've never heard that from any chef!
@jyll.7132
2 жыл бұрын
Science brain power!
@JGmeow
2 жыл бұрын
This way you don't have anti-caking agents in it. The same process is great with Himalayan salt too.
@tanyahouston5635
2 жыл бұрын
I keep Himalayan seat salt in my salt grinder.
@lynnnovak889
2 жыл бұрын
Seems so obvious now! Lol
This was recomended on youtube and I love watching all your videos. Great chanel! Amazing food. Hello from Croatia🇭🇷
I am so happy to have found this channel. I live in a country where finding good Turkish food has proved elusive. I can’t wait to try this recipe. Today.
Her dilde ayrı tatlısın, her dilde büyüleyici anlatıyorsun. İyi ki varsın da, bu güzelliklerimzi evransel olarak haykıracak bir ses oluyorsun!
I've always wanted to try it and now I made it and it's so delicious 🤌🏼😋. Whole family is amaized. Part of Türkiye is now in our serbian household.Thank you so much for sharing the recipe 🥺❤️❤️
I’ve tried so many recipes for simits that didn’t turn out well. Finally with Buraks video and now yours I can finally make simits at home like those in Istanbul. Thank you so much. I love your channel.
I love this woman. And watching her eat! Truly enjoys what she's doing. She's my big sister teaching me to make delicious food. And enjoy it with gusto. Thanks. Cheers
I spent my honeymoon in Turkey 5 years ago and simit was the first thing my wife and I ate! We miss the food and culture AND people there! Thanks, your video brings back good memories!
10 years ago, maybe a bit longer we did a thing called blind booking where you book a plane ticket not knowing your destination. My friends and i ended up in istanbul. This was so amazing and we ate a lot of simit there. Back home i went on the internet trying to find a recipe for simit and i couldn't find one. Then i forgot about it and now you reminded me of all that and i will make some simit today and sent my friends who went with me to istanbul a picture of them.
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Wowww 🤩 I loved the concept of blind booking!! Have you made the simits? How did they turn out?
@mimiray9229
2 жыл бұрын
@@Refika yes I did! And for a firstbtry they were relly nice, but I have to get a better suitable flower next time.
@springbeauty4330
2 жыл бұрын
Hi what is the substitute for moulases please. I am on UK don't know where I can buy it. Thank you
I absolutely LOVE the history around the food. That's so interesting. I'd love to learn more about Turkish food history!
@refikaninmutfagi
2 жыл бұрын
Message taken 😘
New to you I'm hooked. I stopped cooking for a long time, but I have my mojo back thanks to you all. I've just giggled at u all, stuffing 😋 faces and can hardly talk. I love it...you all totally love what you're making. I made you're yoghurt and beef burgers, my hubby true English man with food...I didn't tell him you're receipe I just made it and I asked him how many u want he said 3! I said try 2....his stomach was full to the top he had to have a nap. Thanks for giving me back my cooking mojo.. love to everyone 💕 Anita 🇬🇧 PS we've only visited Turkey 🇹🇷 once but loved it. We hired a car and got lost in the beautiful country side...came out by a fabulous food market 😋
Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! My family and I love your recipes and learning about your beautiful city, culture and--of course--cuisine!
This is such a dangerous recipe; I made the them using Burat's video and made the recipe for 4 days in a row! We're still addicted, but reserve it for the weekends. 😋 Bahar --they never make it to the freezer!!!! So delicious and addictive!
I arrived before the notification did!
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
🙏😘
@ahmetsahbaz3599
2 жыл бұрын
@@Refika Amatör bir aşçı olarak bu yorumla Refika’dan el almış addediyorum kendimi. 😁🎈🧿 love you and your work! Çok ve güzel yaşa!
I have made Simit but right now I am going insane with your video. Please, more of this type of master class on traditional Turkish cuisine. I am devoted to learning about your cooking traditions. Thank you immensely!
such a joyful video. people sharing bread.
I loved this video (and all you videos)! Not only do I learn a delicious Turkish recipe, but I also learn more about Turkish history. My husband is Turkish, and we live in Texas. His mom has been influential in teaching me Turkish cuisine, and I love following your channel to learn more - you, Bahar and all the crew make me smile and remind me so much of being around my Turkish family. One of my favorite memories is waking up in the morning to the sound of the street vendors selling fresh simit. 😋. My favorite way to eat it is with white cheese and a bit of sour cherry jam. I grew up in the southern part of the US and we love our jams! I will have to try making it myself when we are homesick for Turkey. Keep cooking and keep the videos coming! We love them! 😊
Hello guys!! Tonight we will be "enemy" for the Uefa 2021 🇮🇹 vs 🇹🇷 Vinca il migliore! ❤you guys.
My father lived in Turkey..... he loved it.
Oh my God!!! I just love Refika sooooooooo much!
It's great that we got to claim and promote unique taste's of Turkey, before any other country does:)
We have them in Greece also with the same name. The use of fire stones is an incredible idea!!! it makes the oven perform like the traditional stone ovens. Love your vids, almost all of your recipes are the same.
Brings back fond memories of being a little girl in Greece!
I have been recently to Istambul and tried Simit, I simply loved it. Thank you guys for sharing the recipe. I really love and admire you all. I am a big fan of turkish cuisine and by seeing this channel I fell so willing to go back to Turkey. God bless you all. Greetings from Colombia!
Amazing 😍 Greetings from Scotland 😊 Have a wonderful day everyone 🌻
I am a recent subscriber and am DEVOTED to your channel. Your energy and your positive attitude combined with AMAZING videos with foods I never heard of is INFECTIOUS. I have not tried even one of these incredible recipes yet, but I feel I’m sitting right in your kitchen with you! I live in a small rural town in West Virginia in USA and do not have access to many of your ingredients, but I will pick a simple one and begin. I just watched the Grand Turkish Breakfast video before this one and loved the idea of adding ingredients to olives. You are the one who introduced this idea to me. The jams look incredibly delicious as well. I hope I find a video in which you make some. Thank you so much for such entertaining and informative videos. By the way, you are a beautiful woman with a glowing complexion which I’m sure is a result of the healthy and delicious foods you prepare.
I'm really love visiting Turkey ..the food ..the people ..the sight seeing...the shopping
My whole family watches your videos, we love everything about them! You most of all. But we love the stories and the recipes. I want the whole world to know how amazing your channel is! The team too❤
it is so obvious that you and the team have so much fun while creating these videos💗 it gives me so much joy watching people being able to shine their true self through their art and work. I wish you all the best 💫
I'm so excited to try this recipe!! I miss walking the streets of Istanbul and picking up these delicious snack.
For the past 5 years I am a Turkophile and have tried many Turkish recipes. I have made simits but this is the most informative/interesting food channel I have come across. Can't wait to give these babies a go!
I'm in love with Burak.
When I visited Turkey, I used to buy them from the vendor. I ate this every day and still love it . Thanks for the recipe
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
I'm half Turkish but the last time I saw my family in Istanbul was 2009, but your videos bring me such beautiful nostalgia. Thank you🤗
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear that!
Refika ma'am... you are a national treasure. I can't wait to come to Turkey, for so many reasons, but every time I see your wonderful self and hear that amazing voice, my hunger deepens. Cheers to your wonderful team as well. Salam~
Oh my God Refeka I ordered these from turkey to the US last month $4 a piece 😄 Put them in the freezer and I just heat them , but now I can make them at home Thanks to you 😍😍
I love your energy when you make every dish. And the curiosity you create compels me to try everything you make. Love you and all your receipies
I will be definitely baking Simit this weekend. Turkey is full of history that's worth discovering, I love the history part in this video and look forward to more amazing recipes infused with such stories. Rafika, you are a star.. All the best to you and your team
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Please let me know if you do!! 🥰
Even though I don't eat bread, watching you and your videos is an absolute joy!
I love your videos, I did not know what simit was even when I was in the airport at turkey, but there is a shop called simit sarayi there and lots of different types of lovely bread. now I know what simit is. thank you for the recipe. much love.
I made this Simit recipe for the first time today, what a success! My whole family LOVES them! Thank you so much for sharing, this was so fun to make :)
Thank you for sharing this recipe to make simit at home. I loved hearing the history of it. I miss Turkey so much and cannot wait until I can visit again to enjoy simit and tea every morning!
I remember street vendors selling simit it’s wonderful
Hi Refika and her friends... You guys are so true... so plain... love you all...
I love seeing the whole team enjoying the food together at the end. Don’t see that from many cooking channels. So wholesome ☺️
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! ❤️
I can't think of ANY place I would rather go to in this world... than to Istanbul... directly to YOUR kitchen and meet all of you!!! You ALL bring SUCH pleasure to my heart when I watch each and every latest episode... coffee in hand, first thing in the morning. Even though I do not eat flour anymore (what a pity... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE BREAD... my Mother was a Professional Baker for 40 years, so you can imagine the sheer VOLUME of baked goods I've eaten in 7 decades LOL), I would ABSOLUTELY eat whatever You make... and a DEFINITE on SIMIT, as I have always been a Bagel-Fanatic since living in NYC! (: Thank you for enlightening my day. LOVE TO ALL OF YOU!!! Deborah Kay Neumann (North Carolina, USA)
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Deborah 😍😍 such a lovely comment this is! Please do come to İstanbul when this pandemic is all over and come baby to say hi! I am more than happy to meet you guys and I mean it ❤️
"You are my sunshine,my only sunshine,You make me happy ,when skies are gray..... e.t.c. just like the song says, Saturdays after work,sitting down to relax and have a little snack,and get to watch Your delicious recipes on You Tube is my happy place,seeing You laugh, makes me happy too,so glad I found Your channel ,and am discovering all these yummy recipes,keep doing what You do, You're making many people happy!!!!
I miss Simit so much! I now can make it thanks to you!
Simit is my mother's greatest love.
Thanks a ton Refika for sharing such rich history, photos and stories of your great country...tons of love from India!!!
I love the story behind the invention of simmit
one of the best cooking shows! real & authentically tastey!
Simit. Just divine and one of the wonderful foods that remind me I am in Turkey. When flying home from Turkey, its a Simit and a Turkish tea at the airport as the last meal before come back to UK. I might have to make them but it won't be the same as eating simit in beautiful Turkey. Love your videos. Makes me feel like i'm in your beautiful country and I can recreate your recipies even on a grey, wet ,uk day xx🇹🇷
@dunstmania
2 жыл бұрын
I always say that there is no single person who wouldn’t like a simit and Turkish tea combo in the world. So simple and tastes heavenly.
Visited Istanbul this year and absolutely loved the simits!! I was so excited to make it when I got home. This video and recipe was great. My family and I made it and it came out perfect. Lots of love from South Africa 😊
I like to read comments while watching your videos Refika and proud of with you. I think you have a huge family members all around the world now. Thanks for everything.
You live in such a beautiful place, and I love watching your videos.
I've been waiting for this one! 🥳🥳🥳 Woohoo!
Just love refika and the rest of the crew. So nice to see the cat also!
I really appreciate the history lessons as well as the recipe.
I tried the Simit on my trips to Istanbul and loved it .
Omg I love the tradition and culture in your videos. That’s one of the special things about this channel! 🥰
I’m thrilled to have this recipe! I don’t think that I’ve ever had Simit. I’ll definitely have fun baking this! I love to bake all my bread. Thank you for this recipe and for the history of Simit too! Wonderful episode Refika!!! 😍
Best food recipes from you.admire you.knowing about your country and culture. Really love it
😋 YUMMY! Hi from Oregon, USA.
Oh! You reminded me of how we used to get this simid back home in Lebanon (we call it kaak or asrieh which means evening in Arabic bc it was available mostly in the evening). We had it with cheese and olives and mortadella and other things. It was a real treat!
Finally here... Just yesterday I was thinking when will I find Simit recipe on your channel.. it is my fav from Turkey..
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy! I'm glad this video was so highly requested!
Oh I hope you are well. I'm thinking of you and sending love to you and your country
Hi i always watch you videos i love the Turkisch kitchen and i make a lot Turkisch food Also like the simit and often make it on a sunday motning Greetings from Holland Bionda
Simit my love ❤❤. My husband eats it with kaşar! Everytime i come back from Istanbul, i bring simit and kaşar with me. Thanks for the recipe! When you do it, it seems so easy to do 😅 Hopefully my husband can make it as easily as you do 🌶🙏🤞🧿🍀 Thank you all very muchhhh 🤗🤗👏👏
I’m also on a diet, so I’m using your channel to get fantastic recipes. Thank you sooooooo much. You are my favorite cooking channel. ❤️
Thank you, Rafika's Kitchen!!
My Turkish daughter in law made simit for us for our New Year celebration in California this year (2022). It was wonderful! I love your channel and the fabulous food that you prepare.
You are such a joy to watch!! Thank you for sharing!!!
I was SO excited when I saw the thumbnail ! It looks delicious !
I know it's a video and there is probably a bit of acting involved but I'm still amazed by how everyone on set has that kind and nice vibe to them.
Wouldn't it be fun to visit you all and sample your delightful food... love so much the fun you all have with one another... you represent Turkey so well! ❤
My husband commented:" We are buying these oven stones! 😁 Just found your channel this week...subscribed!!! Love it!!! Love your energy! I do not know when...but we are coming back to Turky again, until then....I am watching your recepies! And makeing then🥰 Greeatings from Croatia!
@mariamgilani8147
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 Did you buy the stones then?
@Refika
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Much love to you and to your husband! Please let me know about the recipes you try with the stone 😘
@k.s.1737
2 жыл бұрын
A pizza stone would work in a similar fashion
After every video...I want to visit Turkey just to try all the amazing food!! Love you guys♥️🇿🇦
@ahsenarabaci3413
2 жыл бұрын
Pls come to visit turkey
Refika you have done it again. I made these for our household and it was a huge huge hit I love how easy it was! This is texturally so unique, thank you for sharing! We are only two people so I was worried about the amount of carbs we would be forced to eat but Bahar’s tip to freeze them was genius. I just pop it in the air fryer when our meal calls for it & have it come out good as fresh. Thank you thank you thank you! Tip: if you don’t have oven bricks, I found that parchment paper under the simit + cast iron worked really well for me all the same! The parchment paper was just Bc I was worried about the molasses sticking to the cast iron & leaving a burnt aftertaste accumulatively.
My 12 year old daughter watches you..She does not speak Turkish..Thank you for English videos.. I am happy to share my culture with my daughter Thanks to you and your Team Refika❤