Tahini roll facts for kids
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| Alternative names | Tahinopitta, Tahinli çörek |
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| Type | Sweet roll |
| Place of origin | South Caucasus, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey |
| Main ingredients | Dough, tahini, sugar, cinnamon |
A tahini roll is a yummy, sweet pastry that's popular in many countries. You can find it in places like Armenia, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, and various Arab countries. It's often called a tahini bread roll too.
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What is a Tahini Roll?
Tahini rolls are a type of sweet bread. They are made with a special paste called tahini, which comes from ground sesame seeds. This gives them a unique, nutty flavor. People often enjoy them as a snack or a treat.
Where Do Tahini Rolls Come From?
These delicious pastries are a big part of the food culture in the South Caucasus region, Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey. In Cyprus, tahini rolls are a very popular street food. You can often buy them from vendors with carts or bikes, and also in bakeries, especially in the capital city of Nicosia.
According to a chef named Sami Tamimi, this pastry might have first been made in Armenia.
Different Names for Tahini Rolls
The name for tahini rolls changes depending on where you are:
- In Arab countries, they are called khubz tahini.
- In Armenian, the name is Թահինով Հաց.
- In Greek, people call them ταχινόπιττα (tahinopitta) or τασιηνόπιττα (tasinopitta).
- In Cypriot Greek, it sounds more like "tashinopita."
- In Turkish, the general name is tahinli çörek. But in Cypriot Turkish, it's often just called tahınlı or tahınnı.
How Are Tahini Rolls Made?
Making tahini rolls starts with a special dough. This dough includes sugar and oil, which gives it a texture that's somewhere between a soft bread and a cookie. Yeast is added to the dough to make it rise and become fluffy.
Here's how they are usually made:
- First, the dough is rolled out flat.
- Then, a mixture of tahini is spread evenly over the dough.
- Sugar is sprinkled on top of the tahini.
- The dough is then carefully rolled up into a log shape.
- Finally, this log is sliced into smaller pieces. Each piece is flattened to form a round, circular pastry, ready for baking.
Sometimes, after baking, the pastry might be soaked in a sweet syrup made from sugar or honey. Cinnamon is also often added to give it an extra delicious flavor.
See also
- In Spanish: Rollo de canela para niños
