Taftan (bread)

Taftan

Alternative names	Taftoon
Type	Bread
Place of origin	Iran
Region or state	Iran and Pakistan
Main ingredients	Flour, saffron, cardamom
Cookbook: Taftan   Media: Taftan

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[]

• 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

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