Naan (Persian: نان, Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi: नान, نان ,ਨਾਨ) is a leavened, oven-baked flatbread. It is one of the most popular varieties of South Asian breads and is particularly popular in Afghanistan, Iran, India, Pakistan, and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, where it is considered the staple food.
Originally, naan is a generic term for various flat-breads from different parts of the world. In Turkic languages, such as Uzbek, Kazakh and Uyg...
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Energy per 100g:
- 1,151 kJ (7184000000000000000 MeV )
USDA Equivalent:
- 18413
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