Saj bread in the context of Flatbread

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Saaj bread (Arabic: خبز صاج, romanized: khubz ṣāj, Turkish: sac ekmeği, Sorani Kurdish: نانی کوردی or nanî kurdî), also known as markook bread (Arabic: خبز مرقوق, romanized: khubz marqūq) khubz ruqaq (Arabic: رقاق), shrak (Arabic: شراك), khubz rqeeq (Arabic: رقيق), mashrooh (Arabic: مشروح) is a type of unleavened flatbread in Middle Eastern cuisine baked on a metal griddle, called a saj in Arabic.

Markook shrak is a type of thin (almost translucent) bread. The dough is unleavened and usually made with only flour, water, and salt. After being rested, the dough is divided into round portions, flattened, and spread across a round cushion until it is thin, then flipped onto the saj. It is often folded and put in bags before being sold.

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Saj bread in the context of Lavash

Lavash (Armenian: լավաշ; Persian: نان لواش, romanized: nân-e lavâš, lit. 'lavash bread'; Azerbaijani: lavaş) is a thin flatbread usually leavened, traditionally baked in a tandoor (tonir or tanoor) or on a sajj, and common to the cuisines of South Caucasus, West Asia, and the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea. Lavash is one of the most widespread types of bread in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey. The traditional recipe can be adapted to the modern kitchen by using a griddle or wok instead of the tonir.

In 2014, "Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia" was inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In 2016, the making and sharing of flatbread (lavash, katyrma, jupka or yufka) in communities of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey was inscribed on the list as well. Lavash is similar to yufka, but in Turkish cuisine lavash (lavaş) is prepared with a yeast dough while yufka is typically unleavened.

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