Taftan (bread)

Leavened bread from Iran
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Taftan or taftoon (Persian: تافتون) is a leavened flour bread from Iran, introduced to Kuwaiti and South Asian cuisines.[1] It is made with refined flour, milk, yoghurt, and eggs and baked in a clay oven.[1] It is sometimes flavoured with saffron and a small amount of cardamom powder, and may be decorated with seeds such as poppy seeds.[2]

See also

  • Barbari bread
  • Lavash, an unleavened flatbread
  • Pita
  • Samoon
  • Sangak, a leavened flatbread found in Iran
  • Sheermal, similar to taftan, often with added fruits and murabba

References

  1. ^ a b Babbar, P. (1988). Rotis and Naans of India. Bombay: Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd.
  2. ^ "nan taftoon recipe ( Taftoon Bread In the Iranian way ) - Magchi". Archived from the original on 2022-12-09.
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