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![]() | It has been suggested that Markook (bread) be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since June 2025. |
![]() Unleavened yufka bread made on griddle | |
Type | Flatbread |
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Place of origin | Middle East, South Asia |
Main ingredients | flour, water, salt |
Saaj bread (Arabic: خبز صاج, romanized: khubz ṣāj, Turkish: sac ekmeği, Sorani Kurdish: نانی کوردی or nanî kurdî) is unleavened flatbread in Middle Eastern baked on a metal griddle, called saj in Arabic.
Yufka bread (Turkish: yufka ekmeği) is the Turkish name of a very thin, large (60 cm [24 in]) unleavened flatbread in Turkish cuisine, also known under different names in Arab cuisine, baked on a convex metal griddle, called saj in Arabic and sac in Turkish.[1][2][3]
Arab saj bread is somewhat similar to markook shrek, but is thinner and larger.[4]
In Palestine, the saj bread is simply called shrāke, differing from the markook, which is baked in a clay oven (tannur).[4]
In Cyprus, it is known as pitta saji. It is eaten as a snack. The dough is lightly sweetened with honey and cinnamon.[5]
Gözleme is a savory, soft Turkish stuffed flatbread, cooked on the convex saç.[6][7]
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