Saj bread
Saj bread (Arabic: خبز الصاج)(Turkish: sac ekmeği or yufka) is a very thin, large (60cm) unleavened flatbread in Turkish and Arab cuisine baked on a convex metal griddle, a saj.[1][2]
 Unleavened bread made on griddle | |
| Type | Flatbread |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Middle East |
| Main ingredients | flour, water, salt |
Saj bread is somewhat similar to markook shrek, but is thinner and larger.[3] In Palestine, the Saj bread was simply called shrāke, differing from the markook which was baked in a clay oven (tannur).[3]
See also
- Filo, another meaning of the word yufka
- List of flatbreads
References
- "Kitchen Secrets / Some Saj' Advice". Haaretz.
- Türk Dil Kurumu, Büyük Türkçe Sözlük search form Archived 2015-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Dalman, Gustaf (1964). Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina (in German). 4 (Bread, oil and wine). Hildesheim. OCLC 312676221. (reprinted from 1935 edition), Photographic illustration no. 30 [Dreizehn Brotarten (Thirteen bread types)]
External links
- Tutorial: How to make Saj Bread on YouTube (Arabic)
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