On Purim, friends exchange gifts of food (mishloach manot) and the day ends with a festive meal. Hamantaschen are the classic Ashkenazi treat, while Sephardic families make fried and honey-soaked pastries.
Kreplach are traditionally eaten on Purim because their filling is hidden inside, just as the miracle of Purim was hidden.
Hamantaschen
- Traditional Hamantaschen Recipe for Purim – Easy Jewish Cookies (Pareve)
- Classic Poppy Seed Hamantaschen for Purim – Traditional Jewish Cookies (Dairy)
- Crispy Chocolate-Dipped Oznei Haman (Fried Hamantaschen) for Purim (Pareve)
Sephardic and Middle Eastern pastries
- Sephardic Fijuelas: Golden Honey-Dipped Fried Dough for Purim (Pareve)
- Turkish Travados: Flaky Sephardic Purim Pastries with Rose Water (Pareve)
- Persian Chickpea Flour Cookies (Nan-e Nokhodchi) for Purim (Pareve)
- Savory Sambusak – Crispy Middle Eastern Pastries Perfect for Purim (Pareve)
For mishloach manot
For the Purim meal
- Traditional Purim Kreplach with Savory Beef Filling – Perfect for Festive Meals (Meat)
- Hearty Homemade Kreplach: Traditional Jewish Dumplings (Meat)
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