What is Markook (bread)?
[[File:SajBread(Markook).jpg|thumb|Markook]] '''Markook bread''' ({{lang-ar|خبز مرقوق|khubz marqūq}}), also known as '''''khubz ruqaq''''' ({{lang-ar|رقاق}}), '''''shrak''''' ({{lang-ar|شراك}}), '''''khubz rqeeq''''' ({{lang-ar|رقيق}}),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mawdoo3.com/%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84_%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B2_%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82|title=طريقة عمل خبز رقاق - موضوع|work=موضوع|access-date=2018-11-27|language=ar}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2020|reason=Does not appear to be a reliable source, does not mention being the same as markook}} '''''mashrooh''''' ({{lang-ar|مشروح}}), and '''saj bread''' ({{lang-ar|خبز صاج}}), is a [[Middle Eastern food|Middle Eastern]] type of unleavened [[flatbread]]. It is commonly eaten in the [[Levant]] and in [[Lebanon]]. It is baked on a convex metal griddle (a [[saj (utensil)|saj]]) or in a ''[[Primitive clay oven|tannour]]''. ''Markook shrek'' is a type of thin bread. The dough is unleavened and usually made with only [[flour]], [[water]], and [[salt]]. After it is rested, it is divided into round portions, flattened and spread across a round cushion until it is thin then flipped onto the saj.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.therecipehunters.com/rimassajbread|title=Rima's Saj Bread Film {{!}}The Recipe Hunters in Lebanon|last=Elamine|first=Anthony Morano and Leila|website=The Recipe Hunters|language=en|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref> It is often folded in bags before it is sold. It is commonly compared to another Middle Eastern bread known as [[pita]], although it is much larger and thinner. In some Arab countries, such as Lebanon, different names are given for the same flatbread, such as ''khamir'', ''[[maluj]]'' and ''ṣaluf'', depending on the regional dialects. ==Etymology== Markook مرقوق comes from the Arabic word raqiq رقيق meaning delicate, and raqiq رقيق also comes from the Verb Raq رق.<ref>{{cite web |title=مرقوق |url=https://www.almougem.com/search.php?query=مرقوق}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[Gözleme]] * [[Naan]] *