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Breads and Flatbreads

Breads and flat breads are popular around the world. A variety of breads reflect a vast range of flavours, textures and cultural influences of different cuisines from various countries. The following breads and flat breads show diversity and creativity in the context of global traditions.

S/N	Breads	Country	Description
⁰¹	Arepa	Venezuela/Columbia	Arepa is a thick, round, and unleaven corn bread. Native Venezuelan/Colombian usually grill or bake it.
⁰²	Baguette	France	Baguette is a long, thin loaf of bread with a crispy crust and a soft interior.
⁰³	Bambara Groundnut Bread	West Africa	Bambara groundnut bread is a staple in some West African cuisines.
⁰⁴	Bammy	Jamaica	Bammy is a cassava flat bread, serve with fish dishes.
⁰⁵	Banh Chung	Vietnam	Banh Chung is a sticky rice cake with wrapping of banana leaves. Vietnamese typically eat it during the Lunar New Year.
⁰⁶	Banh Mi	Vietnam	Banh Mi is a light and crispy bread. This is an inspiration from the French Baguette. Vietnamese usually make Banh Mi sandwiches from it.
⁰⁷	Bazlama	Turkey	Bazlama is a soft, round flat bread. Turks serve it with a variety of dips or as a side dish.
⁰⁸	Bing	China	Bing is a flat bread. Chinese serve it in various styles with savoury or sweet toppings.
⁰⁹	Bolillo	Mexico	Bolillo is an inspiration from French rolls, use for tortas (sandwiches).
¹⁰	Brioche	France	Brioche enriches with sugar, eggs and butter. French use it in pastries.
¹¹	Bublik	Russia	Bublik is a sweet, ring like bread roll with topping of sesame seeds.
¹²	Challah	Jewish	Challah is a braid bread. Jewish eat it on Sabbath or other Jewish holidays.
¹³	Chapati	India/Pakistan	Chapati is an unleaven whole wheat flour flat bread. It is a staple in Indian cuisines.
¹⁴	Ciabatta	Italy	Ciabatta is white bread, famous for its porous crumb and chewy texture.
¹⁵	Damper	Australia	Damper is an Australian soda bread. Traditionally it is baked over a campfire.
¹⁶	Dosa	India	Dosa is a popular South Indian dish. It’s a thin, crispy pancake. The batter consists of fermented rice and urad daal.
¹⁷	Focaccia	Italy	Focaccia is a flat oven bake bread with topping of olive oil and herbs. This is similar to pizza dough.
¹⁸	Folar de Chaves	Portugal	Folar de Chaves is a sweet cinnamon bread. It is traditionally associated with Easter.
¹⁹	Fougasse	France	Fougasse is a decorative leaf like or resembles an ear. Sometimes it’s filled with olives or herbs.
²⁰	Fry Bread	Native America	Fry Bread is a flat bread. Native Americans serve it with savoury or sweet toppings.
²¹	Harcha	Morocco	Harcha is flat bread. It’s made up of semolina on a griddle. Moroccans serve it with butter or honey.
²²	Horta	Greece	Horta is a traditional flat bread. Greek serve it with olive oil and herbs.
²³	Injera	Ethiopia/Eritrea	Injera is a staple of Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisines. It’s a spongy sour dough flat bread.
²⁴	Kaak	Lebanon	Kaak is a ring-like bread with topping of sesame seeds. Lebanese serve it as a snack. This is available in Pakistan as well.
²⁵	Kalacs	Hungary	Kalacs is a sweet, braid bread. Hungarians traditionally enjoy it during holidays and ritual celebrations.
²⁶	Khachapuri	Georgia	Khachapuri is traditional Georgian boat-like bread. It is usually filled with cheese, eggs and other ingredients.
²⁷	Lahoh	Somalia	Lahoh is spongy, pancake-like flat bread. Somalians typically serve it with stews or sauces.
²⁸	Lavash	Armenia	Armenians eagerly eat lavash, serve as wraps or a side dish. It is a thin, unleaven flat bread originated from Middle Eastern cuisines.
²⁹	Lavashak	Iran	Lavashak is soft, pliable fruit leather extracted from lavash. Sometimes it’s filled with nuts or seeds.
³⁰	Lefse	Norway	Lefse is traditional Norwegian flat bread. They prepare it with potatoes, flour and milk.
³¹	Manakish	Lebanon	Manakish is a flat bread with topping of thyme, sesame seeds and sumac. Lebanese serve this bread occasionally with cheese or meat.
³²	Matzo	Jewish	Jews traditionally eat Mazto during Passover.
³³	Msemen	Morocco	Msemen is a square-shape multi layer flat bread. Moroccan serve it with honey or savoury fillings.
³⁴	Mufleta	Morocco	Mufleta is a thin, crepe like flat bread. Jews traditionally prepare it for the Passover holidays.
³⁵	Murtabak	Malaysia	Murtabak is folding flat bread stuffed with meat, eggs and spices.
³⁶	Naan	India/Pakistan	Naan is a leaven, oven baked flat bread. In India and Pakistan, it is served with curry or kebabs.
³⁷	Obi Non	Uzbekistan	Obi Non is a round flat bread with intricately carved patterns. This is a staple in Uzbek cuisines.
³⁸	Pan de Muerto	Mexico	Pan de Muerto is a sweet traditional bread. Mexicans make it for the “Day of the Dead” celebrations. They often decorate it with bone shape dough.
³⁹	Pandoro	Italy	Pandoro is a sweet, golden yellow bread with topping of sugar powder. Italians eat it traditionally during Christmas.
⁴⁰	Paratha	India/Pakistan	Paratha is a flat bread with layers of whole wheat flour. Sometimes the dough is stuffed with potatoes, reddish, cauliflower etc.
⁴¹	Peshawari Naan	Pakistan	It is a type of naan (bread) from Peshawar, usually filled with nuts, coconut and raisins.
⁴²	Piadina	Italy	Piadina is a thin Italian flat bread, stuffed with cheese, greens or cured meats.
⁴³	Pita Bread	Middle East	Pita is a soft, slightly leaven bread, puffs up while baking. Middle Eastern people use this frequently for sandwiches or as a snack dip. This is actually a round pocket bread frequently use to scoop up or wrap around fillings.
⁴⁴	Pumpernickel	Germany	Pumpernickel is dense, dark rye bread with a distinct taste.
⁴⁵	Pupusa	El Salvador	Pupusa is a thick corn flat bread, filled with cheese, beans or meat.
⁴⁶	Rye	Nordic Countries	Rye flour bread is a thick and hearty.
⁴⁷	Schiacciata	Italy	Schiaccia is a Tuscan flat bread, mixing of olive oil and salt.
⁴⁸	Simit	Turkey	Simit is a circular bread with sesame topping. Turks serve ith as a snack with tea.
⁴⁹	Soda Bread	Ireland	Soda bread is quickly prepared with baking soda which makes its texture slightly thicker.
⁵⁰	Sour Dough	Various Cultures	Sour Dough is tangy ferment bread, made with naturally occurring wild yeast.
⁵¹	Tigelle	Italy	Tigelle is a round flat breads, traditionally bake on a stone or in cast-iron pan.
⁵²	Tigernut Bread	West Africa	Tigernut flat bread is popular in some West African countries.
⁵³	Tortilla	Mexico	Mexicans frequently use Tortilla. It is a thin, unleaven flat bread made from corn or wheat flour.
⁵⁴	Yam Flour Bread	West Africa	Yam flour is flat bread is common in West African cuisines.
⁵⁵	Yufka	Turkey	Yufka is a thin flat bread. It is similar to Lavash and often a part of Turkish cuisines.
⁵⁶	Zopf	Switzerland	Swiss serve Zopf traditionally on Sundays or on special occasions.
⁵⁷	Zwieback	Germany	Zwiebake is a crisp and twice baked bread. German give it to teething babies or enjoy with coffee.

Fehmeeda Farid Khan chose some delicacies from around the world to showcase the amazing bread and flat bread variety.

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