Persian bread

This quick-to-assemble flatbread is wonderfully crisp and chewy, with terrific flavor from nutty nigella and sesame seeds.

Learn to make the perfect Barbari Bread at home. A delicious Persian flatbread with a crunchy exterior and a soft, chewy center

Learn to make the perfect Barbari Bread at home. A delicious Persian flatbread with a crunchy exterior and a soft, chewy center

Sheermal/shirmal bread naan نان شیرمال is a traditional mildly sweet flatbread in Iran. Sheer means milk in Farsi language, and because the dough is kneaded with milk instead of water , it’s called…

Persian flatbread

Barbari, crisp on the outside, light and airy on the inside is a favourite, traditional Persian flat bread. It is a popular bread for breakfast in Iran, and is served with any number of accompaniments like cheese, fruit, cream and nuts.

Of my great love for Persian cuisine and its language (which unfortunately I do not understand but never fails to move my heart, like a sweet melody, every time I hear my aunt talking in farsi) I a…

Sheermal, Persian Sweet Bread

Nan-e-Barbari, famous Persian flatbread, is known as thickest flatbread. This unique Persian bread is crisp and chewy. The name “Nan-E-Barbari in itself sounds so royal, isn’t it?

Recipe slightly adapted from Food and Wine Magazine.