Popara (Turkish bread soak)

A comforting Turkish breakfast or snack: stale bread soaked in milk or broth with melted butter, sometimes sweetened with honey. Soft, warm and gentle, it is mostly eaten in winter or when you are unwell.

20 min
4 servings
Easy
Budget-friendly
🇹🇷 Türkiye

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Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Ground cinnamon

Optional extras

1 tbsp Crushed pistachios

On the side

Plain yoghurt

Nutrition facts

299 kcal per serving

Protein: 9.5 g
Carbohydrates: 45.6 g
Fat: 8.2 g
of which saturated fat: 5.1 g
Fiber: 1.7 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Cut the stale bread into large chunks about 3 cm.
Heat the milk with the sugar in a saucepan until just simmering, without letting it boil.
Place the bread in warm bowls and pour the milk over until it is well soaked.
Melt the butter in a small pan until it foams, then drizzle it over the bread.
Sprinkle with cinnamon, add a trickle of honey and the pistachios if you have them, then let it rest for two minutes before tasting.