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{{Short description|FlatbreadBaked thin flatbread common in many areas}}

{{About|the flatbread|the Caribbean island|Lavash Island}}

{{Redirect|Lavaş|the cheese|Lavaş cheese|other uses|Lavas (disambiguation)}}

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Lavash is made with [[flour]], [[water]], [[yeast]], [[sugar]] and [[salt]]. It can also be made in an unleavened version by omitting sugar and yeast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/lezizz/mayasiz-lavas-ekmek-tarifi-41496160|title=Mayasız lavaş ekmek tarifi|website=www.hurriyet.com.tr|date=16 April 2020}}</ref> Toasted [[sesame seed]]s and/or [[poppy seed]]s are sometimes sprinkled on before baking. Traditionally the dough is rolled out flat and slapped against the hot walls of a [[tandoor|clay oven]], but modern recipes may adapt for cooking on a wok or ''tava''.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}

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Making of lavash.ogv|Two women making lavash in a small restaurant in [[Yerevan]], Armenia

Fabrication du lavash à Noravank (1).jpg|Lavash making in Armenia

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==In art==

Women baking lavash is a common theme that has inspired Armenian painters, including by the Soviet-era painter [[Minas Avetisyan]] (1972).<ref>{{cite web |title=Լավաշ են թխում. 1972. Մինաս Ավետիսյան |url=https://www.facebook.com/MinasAvetisyanHouseMuseum/posts/2754699678122309 |publisher=Minas Avetisyan house-museum |archive-url=https://archive.phtoday/pbuNR20250609171658/https://www.facebook.com/MinasAvetisyanHouseMuseum/posts/2754699678122309 |archive-date=9 June 2025 |language=hy |date=September 19, 2020}}</ref> A print of the painting ''Armenian Ladies Baking Lavash'' by the Armenian American artist [[Manuel Tolegian]] was selected by U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] to hang in the [[White House]] [[United States Bicentennial|Bicentennial]] Collection. The weekend open-air arts-and-crafts market in downtown Yerevan offers many lavash-related paintings and handiworks, with renditions of happy women making lavash having become a common sight.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leahy |first1=Kate |title=On the Lavash Trail in Armenia |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/lavash-trail-armenia-180968864/ |work=[[Smithsonian Magazine]] |date=April 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418060312/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/lavash-trail-armenia-180968864/ |archive-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>

==See also==

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{{Cuisine of Iran|bread}}

{{Cuisine of Turkey}}

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[[Category:Flatbreads]]