Dishes made with poppy seed
8 dishes from around the world that list poppy seed as a main ingredient.
Bagel
🇵🇱 Poland and 2 moreRing-shaped bread roll, boiled then baked for a dense, chewy texture
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
KutiaVegetarian
🇧🇾 Belarus and 5 moreSweet grain porridge with honey, poppy seeds and nuts for winter feasts
Sweet or dessert, Dinner
Hamantashהמן־טאַשן
🇮🇱 IsraelTriangular filled cookie for the Jewish festival of Purim
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
SangakVeganسَنگَگ
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreTriangular Iranian flatbread baked on hot river stones
Bread
TaftanVegetarianتافتان
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreLeavened Iranian bread baked in a clay oven, sometimes scented with saffron
Bread
Obwarzanek krakowskiVegetarian
🇵🇱 PolandBraided ring bread from Kraków, boiled then baked and sold from street carts
Bread, Snacks, Breakfast
SushkiVegetarianсу́шки
🇷🇺 Russia and 4 moreSmall, crunchy, mildly sweet bread rings from Eastern Europe
Bread, Tea time, Snacks
KūčiukaiVegetarian
🇱🇹 LithuaniaLithuanian Christmas Eve poppy seed buns, small and lightly sweet
Sweet or dessert
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sushki: Wesha, Public domain, source
- Bagel: Evan-Amos, Public domain, source
- Kutia: Віщун, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sangak: Fatemeh Abedi, CC BY 4.0, source
- Obwarzanek krakowski: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hamantash: Travellers & Tinkers, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kūčiukai: Leia at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Public domain, source