Zaatar ring

Zaatar is a middleeastern spice mix which contains dried herbs like oregano,thyme, marjoram, basil. Somevarieties also contains sesame, sumac, cumin and fennel seeds. Zaatar is traditionally used as a dip for Arabic pitta bread with olive oil, it's just like South Indian idli podi.

One of  our family friend from UK gave us a big packet of this Zaatar mix which i rarely use in bread, it's been left out in my store cupboard for a long long time so i decided to finish this by making some bread.
Recipe adapted from Arabic Bites.
Ingredients:
Dough:
White Bread Flour-300 gm
Dried yeast-1 tsp
Olive oil-1/2 tbsp
Warm water-120 ml
Salt-1/2 tsp
Sugar-1 tsp
For the filling:
Zaatar spice mix- 2 tbsp
Olive oil-1/2 tbsp
For the topping:( optional)
Poppy seeds-1/2 tbsp
Milk-1 tbsp
Method:
Mix together flour, yeast, sugar ,oil and salt in a large bowl, add warm water and knead it together to make a smooth dough. Place the dough in a clean, oiled bowl, cover it with a cling film and allow it to rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.

When the dough has risen, punch the air back, roll it out into a rectangle of 30cm. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with zaatar spice mix. Roll the rectangle like a swiss roll. Join the two ends to form a ring. Place a small cup in the middle of the ring, cover it and leave it in a warm place for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 200 degree celsius. Take the ring, remove the cup from the middle, brush the top of the bread with milk and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake it in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until  brown on top.
Serve the bread for breakfast with eggs or as a bruch , lunch or dinner with curries and salad.

This recipe goes to the event Bread Mania by Aathidhyam.
This recipe also goes to the event BB4: What's lurking in the kitchen by One Hot Stove.