Shotis puri or simply shoti ( ka, შოთის პური) is a type of traditional
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
bread
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...
, made of white
flour
Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds. Flours are used to make many different foods. Cereal flour, particularly wheat flour, is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many culture ...
and shaped like a
canoe. Shoti is baked in a specific bakery called ''tone'' or ''torne/turne'' (old Georgian). The word is cognate with
tandoor. The bread is served as any other bread, but it tends to be more popular on special celebrations such as
Easter,
Christmas, and
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as the Gregorian one. Wh ...
, as well as birthdays and weddings.
It gets its distinctive shape from the method of cooking, as long strands of dough are stuck to the inside of a traditional round well-shaped brick or clay oven.
See also
*
Tonis puri
*
Naan
References
Cuisine of Georgia (country)
Flatbreads
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