List of poppy seed pastries and dishes facts for kids

Poppy seeds are tiny seeds that come from the poppy plant. These small, kidney-shaped seeds have been used in cooking for thousands of years! People collect them from the dried seed pods of the plant.

You can use poppy seeds whole or ground up in many different foods. They are also pressed to make poppy seed oil. These seeds are super tiny – it takes thousands of them to make up just one gram!

Delicious Poppy Seed Treats

Poppy seeds are a popular ingredient in many yummy pastries and dishes around the world. Here are some of them:

Pastries and Breads

• Anarsa

* This is a flat, fried snack from Maharashtra, India. It's made with rice flour, a sweet sugar called jaggery, ghee (a type of butter), and poppy seeds.

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• Bialy

* A type of bread roll that comes from Białystok, Poland.

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• Bublik

* This is a traditional bread roll from Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. Many bubliks have lots of poppy seeds on them.

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• Cebularz

* A flatbread from Lublin, Poland.

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• Germknödel

* A fluffy yeast dough dumpling from Germany and Austria. It's filled with spicy plum jam and topped with a mix of poppy seeds and sugar, plus melted butter. People often eat it with vanilla cream sauce. It can be a dessert or a main meal!

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• Hamantashen

* These are triangular cookies, often filled with fruit jam or a sweet black poppy seed paste. They are eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. Poppy seed is the oldest and most traditional filling.

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• Kalach

* A traditional bread from Eastern Europe, often served during special meals. Its name means "circle" or "wheel."

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• Kolach

* A type of pastry with a dollop of fruit surrounded by soft dough. It started as a wedding dessert in Central Europe and is now popular in parts of the United States. It's also known as kolache or kolachy.

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• Kołacz

* A traditional pastry from Polish cooking, originally a wedding cake. It's a light, flaky dough filled with sweet or savory things like apricot, prune, sweet cheese, or poppy seed.

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• Kūčiukai

* Small, baked pastries from Lithuania.

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• Mákos bejgli

* This is a Hungarian poppy seed roll, also called "Christmas bread."

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• Makovník

* A nut roll from Slovakia, filled with a sweet poppy seed paste.

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• Makowiec

* A popular poppy seed cake from Poland.

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• Makówki

* A traditional poppy seed dessert from Central Europe, especially Silesia. It's usually served on Christmas Eve.

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• Mohnnudel

* A dish from Bohemia and Austria, often made with potato dough and covered in ground poppy seeds.

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• Mohnstriezel

* An Austrian poppy seed cake.

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• Mohnstrudel

* A poppy seed strudel popular in Germany and Austria.

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• Obwarzanek krakowski

* A ring-shaped bread from Kraków, Poland. It's made from twisted dough, boiled, and then baked with toppings like salt, sesame seeds, or poppy seeds.

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• Poppy seed bagel

* Bagels topped with poppy seeds are very popular.

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• Poppy seed roll

* A sweet yeast bread roll with a rich, sweet-bitter poppy seed filling. It's popular in Central and Eastern Europe, and Israel, especially around Christmas and Easter.

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• Potica

* A traditional Slovenian pastry.

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• Prekmurska gibanica

* A layered cake from Slovenia, made with poppy seeds, cottage cheese, walnuts, and apples.

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• Rugelach

* Small, rolled pastries from Poland.

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• St. Martin's croissant

* A special croissant from Poznań, Poland.

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• Sushki

* Traditional Russian and Ukrainian tea breads. Like bubliks, they are often topped with poppy seeds, which are also sometimes added to the dough.

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• Tebirkes

* A Danish pastry often topped with poppy seeds.

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Other Dishes

• Bein mont

* A pancake from Burma (Myanmar) made with rice flour batter. It's topped with grated coconut, peanuts, sesame seeds, and poppy seeds.

• Chatti pathiri

* A layered pancake or bread from Kerala, India.

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• Kluski z makiem

* Polish noodles with poppy seeds. Poppy seeds are sometimes used in Polish Christmas dishes because people believe they help with peaceful sleep.

• Kutia

* A sweet pudding from Ukraine made with grains and poppy seeds.

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• Lemon poppyseed muffins or cake

* These are very popular in the United States.

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• Mákos guba

* A Hungarian bread pudding dessert made from crescent rolls, poppy seeds, and milk.

• Mákos metélt

* A dessert in Hungarian cooking made with noodles, poppy seeds, and sugar.

• Makovnjača

* A Croatian poppy seed cake or roll.

• Makový závin

* A Czech poppy seed roll.

• Makiełki

* A dish that can be a sweet bread or noodle dish with poppy seeds.

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• Mohnpielen

* A chilled bread and poppy seed pudding from Silesia.

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• Rice puddings (various)

* Some rice puddings, like "Mohnpielen" from Silesia, use black poppy seeds.

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• Sanwin makin

* A sweet cake from Burma (Myanmar).

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• Simbo posto

* A dish from Odisha, India.

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• Šimtalapis

* A Lithuanian poppy seed roll.

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• Štrudla s makom

* A Serbian and Montenegrin poppy seed strudel, cake, or roll.

• Xacuti

* A curry from Goa, India.

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Images for kids

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  Babka

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  Baranka

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  Haşhaşlı çörek

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  Kaiser roll

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  Kifli

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  Makovnjača

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  Makový závin

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  Mohnbeugel

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  Mohnzelten

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  Nunt

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  Pogača

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  Shulyky

See also

• List of pastries
• List of desserts
• List of sesame seed dishes