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The Arabic name for tandoor bread is ḵubz al-tannūr ('bread of the tannur ' Arabic: خبز التنور). In some places where it is especially common, such as Iraq, it may be called simply khubz (bread). [7] It is similar to, or in some cases the same as, taboon bread. In Iran, tandoor breads are known as nân-e-tanūri (Persian: نان ...
Lavash (Armenian: լավաշ; Persian: نان لواش) is a thin flatbread [8] 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.
A coal-fired tandoor with a mild steel drum.. The English word comes from the Hindustani tandūr, which came from Persian tanūr and ultimately from the Akkadian word tinūru (𒋾𒂟), which consists of the parts tin ' mud ' and nuro / nura ' fire ' and is mentioned as early as in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, cf. or Avestan tanûra and Middle Persian tanûr.
The bread plays a starring role at weddings, with elaborate rules to govern the baking process: Traditionally, a happily married woman must mix the dough, and a married man slides the round loaf ...
The earliest mention of naan in the region comes from the memoirs of Indo-Persian Sufi poet Amir Khusrau living in India during the 1300s AD. Khusrau mentions two kinds of naan eaten by Muslim nobles; Naan-e-Tunuk and Naan-e-Tanuri. Naan-e-Tunuk was a light or thin bread, while Naan-e-Tanuri was a heavy bread and was baked in the tandoor. [9]
The traditional samsa is often baked in the tandoor, which is a special clay oven. [1] The dough can be a simple bread dough or a layered pastry dough. The most common filling for traditional samsa is a mixture of minced lamb and onions, but chicken, minced beef and cheese varieties are also quite common from street vendors. Samsas with other ...
Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year in Iran and in many other Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries. On the winter solstice, in a ...
Tandyr nan is a type of Central Asian bread [1] [2] cooked in a vertical clay oven, the tandyr or tandoor. It is circular and leavened with yeast, and typically has a crisp golden surface. They are often decorated by stamping patterns on the dough, and can be topped with ingredients like sesame seeds, nigella seeds, or thinly sliced onion. [3]