Naan vs. Lavash

Naannoun

A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

Naan

Naan (Persian: نان‎, romanized: nān, Pashto : نان Dari: نان, Punjabi: ਨਾਨ, Hindi: नान, Bengali: নান) is a leavened, oven-baked flatbread found in the cuisines mainly of Western Asia, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Caribbean.

Lavashnoun

A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking. Traditionally made in Armenia and other countries of the Caucasus and the Middle East.

Lavash

Lavash is a thin flatbread usually leavened, traditionally baked in a tandoor (tonir) or on a sajj, and common to the cuisines of South Caucasus, Western Asia, and the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea. Lavash is one of the most widespread types of bread in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey.