Saj bread explained

Saj bread
Alternate Name:Tava bread
Country:Middle East, South Asia
Type:Flatbread
Main Ingredient:flour, water, salt

Saj bread (Arabic: خبز صاج|khubz ṣāj, Turkish: sac ekmeği) or tava bread (Hindi: 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 (Turkish: yufka ekmeği) is the Turkish name of a very thin, large 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.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Kitchen Secrets / Some Saj' Advice . Haaretz.
  2. Türk Dil Kurumu, Büyük Türkçe Sözlük search form
  3. https://www.cyprusisland.net/cyprus-cuisine/pies/pitta-tis-satzis Pitta tis Satzis
  4. Book: Dalman. Gustaf . Gustaf Dalman . Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina. Work and Customs in Palestine. 4 (Bread, oil and wine). Hildesheim . 1964 . 1935 . reprint . de . 312676221., Photographic illustration no. 30 "Dreizehn Brotarten", 'Thirteen bread types'.
  5. Web site: Pitta Saztis .
  6. Book: Koz, M. Sabri. Kitabevi. 978-975-7321-74-3. Yemek kitabı: tarih, halkbilimi, edebiyat. 2002.
  7. Book: Halıcı, Feyzi. Konya Kültür ve Turizm Vakfı. Dördüncü Milletlerarası Yemek Kongresi: Türkiye, 3-6 Eylül 1992. 1993.