Also known as Afghani bread. The bakery is out back of the hospital in a shack. The ovens are shaped like 4 foot high hollow beehives. Wood fires are built in the base to heat the "hive". Meanwhile, the bakers pound out what looks like small pizza doughs of about 10 inches. They then pound the dough with a studded stone to make regular indentations. The flattened dough is put on a special pillow. The baker sticks his hand holding the pillow very quickly into the oven and slaps the dough against the vertical inside of the oven where the dough cooks quickly. Another baker snatches the baked bread with a long tool and stacks them for use. Most are eaten within an hour of baking. Quite tasty and would be an entertaining enterprise in the US.
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