| 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).
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]
Gözleme is a savory, soft Turkish stuffed flatbread, cooked on the convex saç.[6] [7]
Tava roti is a roti cooked on a tava.