Sangak

For the villages in Iran, seeSangak, MarkaziandSangak, Qazvin.

Sangak

Sangak flatbreads
Alternative names	Nan-e sangak
Type	Flatbread
Place of origin	Iran
Region or state	Khorasan
Main ingredients	Wheat flour,Sour dough,Sesame
Food energy (per serving)	75kcal(314kJ)
Other information	National bread ofIran
Media: Sangak

Two bakers baking sangak bread in a traditional oven

Baking Sangak bread in a bakery in Isfahan, Iran

Sangak(Persian:سنگک,Azerbaijani:səngək,Kurdish:sengek) ornân-e sangak(Persian:نان سنگک) is a plain, rectangular or triangularIranianwhole wheatleavenedflatbread.

History

InPersiansangakmeans little stone. The bread is baked on a bed of small river stones in an oven. There are usually two varieties of this bread offered at Iranian bakeries: the generic one which has no toppings; and the more expensive variety which is traditionaly topped withpoppy seedsand these days withsesame seeds,and to less extentblack cumin,caraway,cuminand even dried aromatic herbs.

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 to create the "sangak oven" that would bake the bread for the entire army. It was eaten with lambkabab.

The bread has always been widely eaten in the territory of present-dayAzerbaijan,but following theSoviettakeover in 1920, it became less common.The Soviets opted for mass production of bread, an option which was not amiable to the traditional, hand-formed sangak.In neighbouring Iran, however, sangak never lost its popularity.

Gallery

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  Sangak bread inside the oven.
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  When the hot bread comes out of the oven (Tandoor), it is hung on the wall to cool down.
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  Inside the bakery, one person is baking and another is delivering bread.
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  Sangak bread must be baked on rocks.
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  The baker is delivering the bread.
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  An interesting view from inside a bakery.
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  The actual size of a Sangak bread.
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  Sangak bread on an Iranian table.
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  Bread, cheese, vegetables, walnuts: a common nutritious Iranian breakfast.
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See also

• Barbari bread,Iranian leavenedwhite bread
• Lavash,a commonArmenianunleavened bread
• Taftan,an Iranian bread
• Sheermal,a saffron-flavored traditional flatbreadiranian cuisine

External links

• Media related toSangakat Wikimedia Commons