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“A cornbread born from Serbian poverty, now named among the world's 50 best breads.”

Proja

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Proja (Serbian Cyrillic: Проја, pronounced [ˈprǒːja]) is a national dish of Serbia made of corn flour, baking powder, sunflower oil, sparkling water and salt. It is one of Serbia's main national dishes, and the ingredients are respectively made by Serbian local food producers. An alternative name for proja (Проја) is also projara (Пројара). Proha, prova or razljevak. It is a type of cornbread and is usually eaten for breakfast with ajvar and kajmak. It has been popular in times of widespread poverty, mostly in Serbia during World War 1, among soldiers of Royal Serbian Army and remains a popular everyday meal to this day. It is often mistaken with projara, a somewhat fancier variant of proja, which includes the additional ingredients flour, eggs and yogurt. The ingredients should be mixed together and baked in a greased pan (which should be 5 cm high) until golden. It is considered best served with kajmak and sour cream. In October 2025, CNN (CNN travel) named Serbia's proja one of the

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Proja is Serbia's humble cornbread, born from necessity during World War I and still feeding the nation at breakfast tables today. Just five ingredients—corn flour, baking powder, sunflower oil, sparkling water, salt—combine into golden, oil-rich slices meant for smearing with kajmak and ajvar. It's everyday resilience baked into a pan, a dish that survived hardship and refused to disappear.

Order it here when it has

  • century-old staying power
  • minimal ingredient list
  • named in CNN's 50 best breads (2025)

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