Delicious landmark of Istanbul - SIMIT. Even now it is impossible to imagine Istanbul without Hagia Sophia, Sultanahmet mosque or the Topkapi Palace. But modern Istanbul is also difficult to imagine without simitci – sellers ordinary at first glance, bagels (the Turkish. simit), liberally sprinkled with sesame (sesame) seeds. Humble SIMIT has become as much a part of city life metropolis as the greatest masterpieces of architecture. Delicious, cheap bagels and eat like students and businessmen, students and Housewives, scholars and marketplace merchants, policemen and politicians - in short, all without exception the inhabitants of Istanbul. This meal is affordable to everybody, but even the richest man can never resist the temptation to eat freshly baked penny semicom with a Cup of tea or coffee. It's hard to say why the latter had such a love for this long-known bakery product, widespread in the Middle East, Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria.

There is even the original version that resourceful Russian emigrants in the 1920-ies taught the natives to the bagels, and founded on the fashionable Grand Rue de Pera, a kind of "Odessa artel, bagel – bagel, Istanbul". But a bagel in Istanbul, made of the usual ingredients – flour, eggs, salt, water, olive oil and sesame семzн completely original and has its own incomparable taste. Maybe just a secret that he needs to get out of the oven at precisely the moment when a batter gets the color of the mysterious gold coin Sultani? Maybe the ingredients need to add a magic air to Istanbul? Until the end of the twentieth century, the only points of sales in Istanbul was a special donut glazed carts and portable tables of street vendors, loud guttural cries touting their "pelvis SIMIT" (a Turkish. taze simit – a fresh pretzel). However, with the advent of the bagel market in 2001 the company "Simit Saray", the situation begins to change. Now in different parts of the city there are about 40 fast food "SIMIT Sarayi" (the Turkish. Simit Saray Palace Bagels), which presents a wide range of different food products from "sandwichlike-SIMIT" (from the Turkish. - sandwich) to "kasarla SIMIT" (from the Turkish. bread with cheese), "karasyk SIMIT" (from the Turkish. bread with cheese and sausage) or "zeytin kasarla SIMIT" (from the Turkish. bread with cheese and olives), too, for some reason under the name SIMIT. However, according to managers of "Simit Saray" still the best sold conventional "SIMIT ve Chai" (from the Turkish. – bagel with tea). Following the contagious example "Simit Saray", some of the bakeries of Istanbul also began to open its own retail outlets, such as "SIMIT cafe" or "SIMIT of Dunyasi" (from the Turkish. "The world bagels"). And one of the best bakeries of Istanbul, has in the city his seven SIMIT cafe, even plans to start production of some mysterious "environmentally friendly" bagels under the name timeless - SIMIT. In a situation of economic instability, wholesale lamb was not as stable in the ranking of sales, but delicious SIMIT, always bought any population. Today this dish is very popular among tourists coming to this country. During the economic crisis, sales of bagels sprinkled with sesame seeds held the highest position among the other products, not everyone could buy frozen meat, but felt obliged to spend their last Lira on a delicious and inexpensive treat. The greatest demand for SIMIT from the inhabitants of Istanbul. Each day it sold about one million flavored bagels, while only 10% of them can be found in a network of specialized eateries and shops. A large part of the Goodies out from the carts of street vendors – 40% simita sold in the Asian part of the city, 60% in the European side.

SIMIT in Turkey know everything. Even many of those who have never been to Turkey, you know what SIMIT is a type of Turkish bread, which sometimes is called the Turkish doughnuts. This is perhaps the most common food in Turkey, and if you need a quick refresh, then the simplest and best thing you can do is buy a SIMIT. SIMIT is eaten at Breakfast with tea, SIMIT buy to eat on the go. And although the Turks do not like to eat on the run or in between, but prefer a leisurely meal at the table, to be able to enjoy each dish and appreciate the skill of the chef who made it, the fresh tortillas SIMIT love everything and eat everywhere. Pellet SIMIT are usually sold by merchants from carts specifically designed for this purpose, but sometimes they are sold even boys, peddlers, balancing over the head of the large wooden trays of freshly baked famous Turkish flatbread. Different pellet SIMIT called "gevrek" - this word is usually shouted by the traders, trying to attract the attention of all hungry or just enjoying fragrant of fresh pastries.

In a bowl, knead the dough: yogurt, sugar, salt, baking powder(baking powder), lemon juice and margarine - stir in a homogeneous mass and gradually add the flour. Add until the dough begins to lag behind the hands. It should be as soft as earlobe. Tear off a piece the size of a walnut and form sausage, connecting to the bagel. Grease beaten egg whites and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Spread on a baking sheet and put into preheated oven to 180 degrees and bake until Golden brown. Bon appetit!

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