Bread · Baked in a clay oven

Nang (Uyghur Flatbread)

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A well-made nang can reportedly keep for weeks without spoiling, standard traveling food for caravans crossing Silk Road desert routes.

A round, chewy-crusted flatbread, stamped with a decorative pattern and topped with sesame or onion, is baked against the walls of a clay tandoor-style oven.

Why it's made this way: Nang reflects Uyghur and Central Asian bread-baking traditions carried along the Silk Road, with a long shelf life for desert travel.