Saj bread

Unleavened yufka bread made on griddle
Alternative names	Tava bread
Type	Flatbread
Place of origin	Middle East, South Asia
Main ingredients	flour, water, salt
Media: Saj bread

Saj bread ( Arabic: خبز صاج, romanized: khubz ṣāj, Turkish: saç ekmeği) or tava bread ( Hindi: तवा रोटी, romanized: tavā roṭī) is unleavened flatbread in Middle Eastern 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 ( Turkish: yufka ekmeği) is the Turkish name of a very thin, large (60 cm [24 in]) unleavened flatbread 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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Arab saj bread is somewhat similar to markook shrek, but is thinner and larger. ^[4]

In Palestine, the saj bread is simply called shrāke, differing from the markook, which is baked in a clay oven (tannur). ^[4]

In Cyprus, it is known as pitta saji. It is eaten as a snack. The dough is lightly sweetened with honey and cinnamon. ^[5]

Stuffed bread

Gözleme is a savory, soft Turkish stuffed flatbread, cooked on the convex saç. ^{[6] [7]}

Indian sub-continent

Tava roti bread

Tava roti is a roti cooked on a tava.

Gallery

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  Kurdish bread (Iran)
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  Qurasah (Sudan)
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  Roti (India)
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  Shrāke (Palestine)
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  Yufka bread (Turkey)

See also

• Markook, another bread called "saj bread"
• Chapati
• List of flatbreads

References

External links

• Tutorial: How to make Saj Bread on YouTube (Arabic)