ArmenianFood.Delivery

Skillet lavash

Thin, flexible flatbread for wrapping herbs or serving beside dinner. This skillet adaptation does not require a tonir.

This recipe has not been kitchen-tested.

Prep: 50 min · Cook: 15 min · Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • 300 g — wheat flour
  • 180 ml — water
  • 15 ml — olive oil
  • 4 g — salt

Method

  1. Weigh all ingredients, wash produce and prepare clean equipment before starting. Keep raw meat and eggs separate from ready-to-eat food.
  2. Mix the flour, water, oil and salt. Knead 8 minutes until smooth; cover and rest 30 minutes.
  3. Divide the dough into 8 pieces and roll very thinly on a lightly floured surface.
  4. Cook each flatbread on a hot dry skillet for 45–90 seconds per side. Stack under a clean towel to stay pliable.
  5. Serve promptly. Refrigerate leftovers in shallow covered containers at 4°C or below within 2 hours (1 hour above 32°C); use within 3 days. Reheat cooked leftovers to 74°C.

Allergen notes

  • Wheat and gluten
  • Check all prepared-product labels and shared-equipment cross-contact; this is not an exhaustive allergen guarantee.

Cook’s notes

  • Times are estimates; pan size, oven and ingredient temperature change the result. These editorial drafts have not been kitchen-tested.
History & sources

UNESCO inscribed Armenia's lavash preparation and cultural practices in 2014. Its account describes communal baking in a tonir, shared skills and wedding customs; 2014 is a heritage-list date, not the bread's invention date. The sources below document cultural context, not this recipe's exact proportions. A precise invention date is not established here; family and regional versions differ.

Cited sources offer cultural context only. They do not verify kitchen testing, the exact ingredient proportions in this recipe, or an invention date.