Taftan (bread)
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Alternative names | Taftoon |
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Type | Bread |
Place of origin | Iran |
Region or state | Iran and Pakistan |
Main ingredients | Flour, saffron, cardamom |
Taftan (Urdu: تافتان) or Taftoon (Persian: تافتون) is a leavened flour bread from Iranian, and Pakistani cuisines. [1] It is made with milk, yoghurt, and eggs and baked in a clay oven.[1] It is often flavoured with saffron and a small amount of cardamom powder, and may be decorated with seeds such as poppy seeds. [2]
See also[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Babbar, P. (1988). Rotis and Naans of India. Bombay: Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd.
- ↑ nan taftoon recipe