Taboon bread

Taboon bread, main component of musakhan
Type	Flatbread wrap
Place of origin	Middle East
Cookbook: Taboon bread   Media: Taboon bread

Taboon bread (Arabic: خبز طابون, romanized: khubz ṭābūn) is Levantine flatbread baked in a taboon or tannur 'tandoor' clay oven, similar to the various tandoor breads found in many parts of Asia. It is used as a base or wrap in many cuisines, and eaten with different accompaniments.^[1]

Variations

Taboon bread is an important part of Palestinian cuisine,^[2][3][4] traditionally baked on a bed of small hot stones in the taboon oven.^[5] It is the base of musakhan, often considered the national dish of Palestine. Gustaf Dalman, a German orientalist, documented its making in Palestine in the early 20th-century, among other types of breads.^[6] In Palestine, folded flat-bread was often filled with a spinach and onion mixture, or with cheese curds and onion mixture, or with raisins and pine nuts.^[6] The ordinary taboon-bread was slightly smaller in size than the ordinary tannur-bread.^[7] Over the centuries, bread-making in communal taboons played an important social role for women in Palestinian villages.^[5]

See also

• Lahmacun
• Manakish

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