Markook

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Markook

마르꾸끄

Syrian bread

About this dish

Saj bread (Arabic: خبز صاج, romanized: khubz ṣāj, Turkish: sac ekmeği, Sorani Kurdish: نانی کوردی, romanized: nanî kurdî), also known as markook bread (خبز مرقوق, khubz marqūq), khubz ruqaq (رقاق), shrak (شراك), khubz rqeeq (رقيق), or mashrooh (مشروح), is a type of unleavened flatbread in Middle Eastern cuisine that is baked on a metal griddle called a saj. Markook shrak is a type of thin, almost translucent bread. The dough is unleavened and usually made with only flour, water, and salt. After being rested, the dough is divided into round portions, flattened, and spread across a round cushion until it is thin, then flipped onto the saj. It is often folded and put in bags before being sold. It is commonly compared to pita, also found in Middle Eastern cuisine, although saj bread is much larger and thinner.

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