Kadınhanı kömbe (rose-shaped tahini and poppy seed bread)
Ingredients
- 1,000 gWheat flour
- 350 gWater step 1
- 10 gActive dry yeast
- 10 gSalt
- 200 gTahini
- 92.1 gSunflower oil step 4
- 250 gPoppy seed
- 50 gEgg
- 100 gYogurt
- 46.1 gSunflower oil step 6
- 50 gWater step 6
- 30 gNigella seeds
Grams are the real measure. Glasses and spoons are approximate and vary by ingredient. 1 Turkish glass is 200 ml.
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Cross-section
- Wheat flour46%
- Water18%
- Poppy seed11%
- Tahini9%
- Sunflower oil 6%
- Yogurt 5%
- Egg 2%
- Nigella seeds 1%
- Active dry yeast 0%
- Salt 0%
Ingredients by weight, heaviest at the bottom.
Method
Knead the flour, warm water, yeast and salt into a smooth dough.
Cover the dough and let it rise at room temperature for 3 hours.
3 hDivide the dough into 10 equal balls and roll each into a 1 mm thin sheet, 50-70 cm across.
Mix the tahini with the oil, spread it over each sheet and sprinkle with crushed poppy seeds.
Gather each sheet from two opposite ends towards the middle, stretch it and coil it around itself into a rose shape. Place in the tray.
Whisk the egg, yogurt, oil and water, stir in the nigella seeds and brush over the kömbe.
Bake in a cooking stove at 350-400 °C.
7 min
Where this recipe comes from
Official: based on a registration or official record.
- TÜRKPATENT Coğrafi İşaret Portalı, tescil no 1448 (Kadınhanı Belediyesi)Accessed: November 2, 2026
Last changed: November 1, 2026