Sheermal

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Sheermal

시르말

Iranian flatbread

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Sheermal (Persian/Urdu: شیرمال, Hindi: शीरमल) also spelled shirmal, is a saffron-flavored traditional flatbread in South Asian cuisine. The word sheermal is derived from the Persian words شیر (translit. sheer, Sanskrit kshir) meaning milk, and مالیدن (translit. malidan), meaning to rub or to knead. In a literal translation, sheermal means milk-rubbed. It was said to have originated in Sassanid Iran and was introduced to North India by the Mughal emperors during the medieval period. It became part of Lucknow, Hyderabad and Aurangabad. It is also part of Awadhi cuisine and is eaten in Bhopal and brought to Pakistan post partition.

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