Sangak

Sangak

Sangak flatbreads
Alternative names Nan-e sangak
Type Flatbread
Place of origin Iran
Main ingredients Wheat flour, Sour dough
Other information National bread of Iran
Cookbook:Sangak  Sangak
Two bakers are baking Sangak bread in a traditional oven

Sangak (Persian: سنگک‎; or nan-e sangak نان سنگک) is a plain, rectangular, or triangular Iranian whole wheat leavened flatbread. Its name consists of two parts: 'Sang' in Persian means stone or pebble and 'sangak' means little stone. The bread is baked on a bed of small river stones in an oven. There are, normally, two varieties of this bread offered at Iranian bakeries: the generic one which has no toppings; and the more expensive variety which is topped with poppy seeds and/or sesame seeds.

History

Sangak bread was traditionally the bread of the Persian army. It is mentioned for the first time in the 11th century. Each soldier carried a small quantity of pebbles which at camp were brought together with the "sangak oven" and used to cook the bread for the entire army. It was eaten along with lamb kabab.

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