Saj bread ( ar, خبز صاج, khubz ṣāj, tr, sac ekmeği) or tava bread ( hi, तवा रोटी, tavā roṭī) is
unleavened
In cooking, a leavening agent () or raising agent, also called a leaven () or leavener, is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action (gas bubbles) that lightens and softens the mixture. An alterna ...
flatbread
A flatbread is a bread made with flour; water, milk, yogurt, or other liquid; and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are unleavened, although some are leavened, such as pizza and pita bread.
Flatbreads ran ...
in
Middle Eastern
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (European ...
and
South Asian cuisines baked on a metal
griddle, called ''saj'' in
Arabic and ''
tava'' in the Indian subcontinent (concave in
India and convex in
Pakistan).
Types
Middle East
Bread
''Yufka'' bread ( tr, yufka ekmeği) is the Turkish name of a very thin, large ()
unleavened
In cooking, a leavening agent () or raising agent, also called a leaven () or leavener, is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action (gas bubbles) that lightens and softens the mixture. An alterna ...
flatbread
A flatbread is a bread made with flour; water, milk, yogurt, or other liquid; and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are unleavened, although some are leavened, such as pizza and pita bread.
Flatbreads ran ...
in
Turkish cuisine, also known under different names in
Arab cuisine, baked on a convex metal griddle, called ''
saj'' in Arabic and ''saç'' in Turkish.
Arab ''saj'' bread is somewhat similar to ''
markook shrek
Markook bread ( ar, خبز مرقوق, khubz marqūq), also known as ''khubz ruqaq'' ( ar, رقاق), ''shrak'' ( ar, شراك), ''khubz rqeeq'' ( ar, رقيق), ''mashrooh'' ( ar, مشروح), and saj bread ( ar, خبز صاج), is a kind of Mid ...
'', but is thinner and larger.
[, Photographic illustration no. 30 "Dreizehn Brotarten", 'Thirteen bread types'.]
In
Palestine
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Palestine may refer to:
* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
, the saj bread is simply called shrāke, differing from the ''
markook'', which is baked in a
clay oven (tannur).
[
]
Stuffed bread
'' Gözleme'' is a savory, soft Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
stuffed flatbread
A flatbread is a bread made with flour; water, milk, yogurt, or other liquid; and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are unleavened, although some are leavened, such as pizza and pita bread.
Flatbreads ran ...
, cooked on the convex saç.
Indian sub-continent
''Tava roti'' bread
''Tava roti'' is a roti cooked on a tava.
Gallery
Nan-e Kordi (Nani Kurdi) - Location in Kolur, Javanrud County, Kermanshah Province in Iran.JPG, Kurdish bread (Iran)
Azərbaycan Lavaşı.jpg, Lavaş
Lavash ( hy, լավաշ) is a thin flatbread usually leavened, traditionally baked in a tandoor (''tonir'') or on a '' sajj'', and common to the cuisines of South Caucasus, Western Asia, and the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea. Lavash is o ...
(Azerbaijan)
Preparation of qurasah.jpg, Qurasah (Sudan)
Tava roti.jpg, Roti (India)
Woman Baking Bread on Saj Oven in Artas, West Bank, Palestine.JPG, Shrāke (Palestine)
Yufka yapan kadın.JPG, Yufka bread (Turkey)
See also
* Markook, another bread called "saj bread"
* List of flatbreads
References
External links
* {{YouTube, U4xfkXYaA3g, Tutorial: How to make Saj Bread (Arabic)
Flatbreads
Turkish cuisine
Arab cuisine