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Lavash ( also known as lahvosh or Armenian cracker bread ) is a soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt.Toasted sesame seeds and /or poppy seeds are often sprinkled on it before baking. It can be hard like a cracker or soft like a tortilla.

Because of it's simple recipe and ease of cooking it has remained popular throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, Iran and the Caucasus since ancient times. Traditionally it is rolled out flat and slapped against the hot walls of a tandoor oven.