Taftan (bread)
Appearance
Alternative names | Taftoon |
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Type | Bread |
Place of origin | Iran |
Region or state | Iran, Pakistan and India (Uttar Pradesh) |
Main ingredients | Flour, saffron, cardamom |
Taftan, taftoon or taftun (Persian: تافتون) is a leavened flour bread from Persian, Pakistani and Indian (notably Uttar Pradesh) cuisines.[1] This bread is made with milk, yoghurt, and eggs and baked in a clay oven.[1] It often flavoured with saffron and a small amount of cardamom powder, and may be decorated with seeds such as poppy seeds.
See also
- Barbari bread
- Lavash, an unleavened Armenian flatbread
- Pita
- Samoon
- Sangak, an unleavened flatbread found in Iran
- Shirmal, another Iranian bread similar to taftan, often with added fruits and murabba.