"Lafa" redirects here. For the Ethiopian village and homonymous rock church, see Mizane Birhan.
Israeli flatbread
Laffa
Laffa grilled over coals
Alternative names
Lafa, lapha, Iraqi pita
Type
Flatbread
Place of origin
Iraq
Main ingredients
Flour, water, yeast, olive oil, kosher salt
Laffa, also known as lafa or Iraqi pita, is a large, thin flatbread with an Iraqi[3] origin. Laffa is a simple bread that is traditionally vegan[3] and cooked in a tannur (tandoor) or taboon oven. It is most often used to wrap falafel, kebab, and shawarma to make sandwiches, to dip in hummus, matbucha and other dips, or with shakshouka, and other dishes. It is also the traditional bread used in sabich, an Israeli eggplant sandwich.[4][1]
Laffa is similar to many tandoor breads found in Asia including naan and pita.[2] Though they are similar, laffa is unique in that it does not form a pocket and is much thicker and chewier than pita or naan.[5]
^ abMarks, Gil. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food.
^ abSolomonov, Michael. Israeli Soul. HMH.
^ ab"Discovering tear-and-scoop laffa bread". 22 June 2020.
^Solomonov, Michael. Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking. HMH.
^"What is the difference between Laffa and pita?".[permanent dead link]
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