Yufka

Yufka is a versatile thin pastry dough in Turkey that is used in making börek and other Turkish dishes. It is also the dough that is used in making the yufka bread by cooking it on a saj. Yufka is similar to Mexican tortilla, being an unleavened bread, the same term is used in Turkey for a single sheet of filo.

In 2016, UNESCO recognized the "flatbread making and sharing culture" of Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, and Yufka as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, shared by Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

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