Saj bread
{{short description|Unleavened bread baked on a griddle}}
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| image = Yufka ekmek.jpg
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| caption = Unleavened yufka bread made on griddle
| alternate_name = Tava bread
| country = Middle East, South Asia
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| type = Flatbread
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| main_ingredient = flour, water, salt
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{{For|the literary genre|Saj'}}
Saaj bread ({{langx|ar|خبز صاج|khubz ṣāj}}, {{langx|tr|sac ekmeği}}, {{langx|ckb|نانی کوردی}}) or tava bread ({{langx|hi|तवा रोटी|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 ({{langx|tr|yufka ekmeği}}) is the Turkish name of a very thin, large ({{cvt|60|cm|disp=sqbr}}) 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.{{cite news |title=Kitchen Secrets / Some Saj' Advice |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4758254 |publisher=Haaretz}}Türk Dil Kurumu, Büyük Türkçe Sözlük [http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php search form] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515110322/http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php |date=2015-05-15 }}[https://www.cyprusisland.net/cyprus-cuisine/pies/pitta-tis-satzis Pitta tis Satzis]
Arab saj bread is somewhat similar to markook shrek, but is thinner and larger.{{cite book |author-last=Dalman|author-first=Gustaf |author-link=Gustaf Dalman |title=Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina|trans-title=Work and Customs in Palestine|volume=4 (Bread, oil and wine)|location=Hildesheim |year=1964 |orig-year=1935 |edition=reprint |language=de |oclc=312676221}}, Photographic illustration no. 30 "Dreizehn Brotarten", 'Thirteen bread types'.
In Palestine, the saj bread is simply called shrāke, differing from the markook, which is baked in a clay oven (tannur).
In Cyprus, it is known as pitta saji. It is eaten as a snack. The dough is lightly sweetened with honey and cinnamon.{{cite web | url=https://www.productsfromcyprus.com/en-us/products/pitta-saztis | title=Pitta Saztis }}
==Stuffed bread==
Gözleme is a savory, soft Turkish stuffed flatbread, cooked on the convex saç.{{Cite book| publisher = Kitabevi| isbn = 978-975-7321-74-3| last = Koz| first = M. Sabri| title = Yemek kitabı: tarih, halkbilimi, edebiyat| date = 2002}}{{Cite book| publisher = Konya Kültür ve Turizm Vakfı| last = Halıcı| first = Feyzi| title = Dördüncü Milletlerarası Yemek Kongresi: Türkiye, 3-6 Eylül 1992| date = 1993}}
=Indian sub-continent=
==''Tava roti'' bread==
Gallery
File:Nan-e Kordi (Nani Kurdi) - Location in Kolur, Javanrud County, Kermanshah Province in Iran.JPG|Kurdish bread (Iran)
File:Preparation of qurasah.jpg|Qurasah (Sudan)
File:Tava roti.jpg|Roti (India)
File:Woman Baking Bread on Saj Oven in Artas, West Bank, Palestine.JPG|Shrāke (Palestine)
File:Yufka yapan kadın.JPG|Yufka bread (Turkey)
See also
- Markook, another bread called "saj bread"
- Chapati
- List of flatbreads
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|U4xfkXYaA3g|Tutorial: How to make Saj Bread}} (Arabic)
{{Flatbreads}}{{Turkish cuisine}}