Taftan (bread)

Taftan

Alternative names	Taftoon
Type	Bread
Place of origin	Iran
Main ingredients	Flour, saffron, cardamom
Cookbook: Taftan  Media: Taftan

Taftan, taftoon or taftun (Persian: تافتون‎‎) is a leavened flour bread from Persian, Pakistani and Uttar Pradesh cuisines,^[1] baked in a clay oven. This bread is made with milk, yoghurt, and eggs.^[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

• Shirmal, another Iranian bread similar to taftan, often with added fruits and murabba.
• Pita
• Barbari bread
• Lavash, an unleavened Armenian flatbread
• Sangak, an unleavened flatbread found in Iran
• Samoon

References

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