What is Beji (cookie)?
{{notability|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Beji | image = | image_size = | caption = | alternate_name = Bersagh | country = [[Iran]] | region = [[Kermanshah]], [[Ilam]] and [[Kurdistan]] | course = | type = Pastry | main_ingredient = [[Flour]]، [[Oil]] | variations = | other = | native_name = بژی، برساق }} '''Beji''' (Berji, Pashi, or Barsaq) is a traditional [[Kurdistan|Kurdish]] sweet that is mostly prepared in [[Kermanshah]], [[Ilam Province|Ilam]], and [[Kurdistan]]. Beji is made from a combination of wheat oil and flour. After frying, some sugar or powdered sugar is poured on it and used. == Ingredient == Beji is made from flour, sugar, oil, eggs, milk, cumin, fennel and turmeric. All ingredients are mixed together and fried in oil and garnished with sugar.<ref>{{Cite web|last=YJC|first=خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران {{!}} آخرین اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}}|date=|title=درمان کم‌خونی با «نان برساق لکی»/ این نان خوشمزه قاتل درد‌های استخوانی است|url=http://www.yjc.news/fa/news/6835422|access-date=2021-11-12|website=fa|language=fa}}</ref> == Name == The word beji or berji is derived from the source berjanen, which in southern Kurdish means toast. Beji or burji means roasted. In another narration, beji means (survival) and is a kind of traditional homemade sweet that was used in the past as a travel bag and it means to eat and stay alive. == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Fried foods]] [[Category:Kurdish food]]