Flatbreads

🇮🇳India

Paratha

पराठा

A flaky, layered North Indian flatbread made with whole wheat and ghee, pan-fried until crisp. It can be plain or stuffed with potatoes, cauliflower, paneer, or radish.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Parlenka

Парленка

Flatbread baked fast in a very hot oven, split while steaming and smeared with butter, crushed garlic, cheese or lyutenitsa.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Parotta

பரோட்டா

A layered, flaky flatbread from South India, especially Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Made with maida and oil, it is served with salna or curry and shredded in kothu parotta.

🇲🇰Štip, North Macedonia

Pastrmajlija

Пастрмајлија

Štip-style pastrmajlija is an oval baked flatbread topped with salted pork or lamb cubes and their rendered fat, often with an egg.

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Pepper Roti

A Trinidadian flatbread stuffed with curried potatoes, chickpeas, and pepper, folded into a parcel and griddled until blistered.

🇺🇸United States

Pepperoni Pizza

A pizza topped with slices of pepperoni that crisp and cup in the oven.

🇫🇮Finland

Perunarieska

Potato flatbread from Ostrobothnia and central Finland.

🇮🇳India

Phulka

फुल्का

A small, thin, fully puffed roti cooked directly over a flame. It is lighter than chapati and common in everyday North Indian meals.

🇸🇲Emilia-Romagna, San Marino

Piadina Romagnola

A thin griddled flatbread from Emilia-Romagna, traditionally made with lard and served folded around prosciutto, squacquerone cheese, arugula, or other fillings.

🇨🇦Atlantic Canada, Canada

Pictou county pizza

A Nova Scotia thin-crust pizza topped with thick, sweet tomato sauce, salty bacon, and a mountain of grated mozzarella.

🇹🇷Turkey

Pide

Cantık pidesi

A boat-shaped flatbread baked in a wood-fired stone oven and topped with various fillings such as ground meat, diced lamb with cheese, or melted kaşar cheese. The bread is soft and pillowy inside with a slightly charred, crispy bottom. Often called Turkish pizza.

🇮🇱Israel

Pita Bread

Πίτα

Greek flatbread, soft and round, used for souvlaki and gyros wraps, or dipped in meze. A daily bread, baked in a pan or griddle, a national staple, slightly puffed and chewy.

🇳🇺Niue

Pitako Pia

A traditional Niuean flatbread made from arrowroot (pia) and coconut milk, baked in banana leaves or a hot pan until firm and slightly chewy.

🇺🇾Uruguay

Pizza a Caballo

A slice of thick-crust pizza with a wedge of fainá laid on top of it and eaten as one.

🇦🇷Argentina

Pizza a la Piedra

An Argentine pizza baked on a stone or tile, with a thinner, crispier crust than pizza al molde. Topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and oregano, it is a pizzería staple.

🇮🇹Naples, Italy

Pizza a Portafoglio

Naples' wallet-folded pizza: a small round pizza folded into quarters (like a wallet) so it can be eaten standing. A classic Neapolitan street snack.

🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pizza al Molde

Argentine deep-pan pizza with a thick, spongy focaccia-like crust, loaded with mozzarella and tomato sauce. A Buenos Aires classic, baked in a rectangular pan and sold by the slice. Topping permutations like longaniza (calabresa) or ham and roasted peppers (jamón y morrones) are common in pizzerías.

🇮🇹Rome, Italy

Pizza Bianca

A cheese- and tomato-less Roman flatbread drizzled with olive oil and salt, served plain or split and filled with prosciutto, figs, or other fillings.

🇨🇺Cuba

Pizza cubana (Cuban pizza)

Pizza cubana

Cuban street pizza: a thick, airy crust topped with a heavy layer of tomato sauce, cheese, and often ham or hot dog slices.

🇦🇷Argentina

Pizza de Cancha

A rustic Argentine pizza with a thick crust, tomato sauce, and no cheese, traditionally sold at football stadiums ('cancha'). Simple, cheap, and made to be eaten standing up.

🇮🇹Naples, Italy

Pizza Fritta

Neapolitan deep-fried pizza: a disk of dough fried until puffed and crisp, folded around ricotta, provola, tomato, and sometimes cicoli. A street food born of postwar scarcity.

🇮🇹Naples, Italy

Pizza Margherita

The Neapolitan classic topped with San Marzano tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, and basil leaves, said to honor Queen Margherita of Savoy with the colors of the Italian flag.

🇮🇹Naples, Italy

Pizza Marinara

The oldest Neapolitan pizza: tomato sauce, garlic, oregano, and olive oil—no cheese. Named for the seafarers (marinai) who favored it, it is the purest expression of pizza napoletana.

🇮🇹Naples, Italy

Pizza Napoletana

Italy's most emblematic culinary creation: a thin-base, airy-crust flatbread topped with San Marzano tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, baked in a wood-fired oven. Only two authentic versions exist—marinara and margherita.

🇦🇷Argentina

Pizza Napolitana (Argentina)

Pizza napolitana

An Argentine pizza topped with mozzarella, sliced tomatoes, garlic, dried oregano, and green olives. Not to be confused with Neapolitan pizza, it is a pizzería classic.

🇺🇸United States

Pizza Strips

A Rhode Island bakery pizza: thick dough baked with sweet sauce and grated cheese, sold in strips.

🇺🇸San Antonio, United States

Puffy Taco

A San Antonio specialty: a puffed, fried corn tortilla shell filled with seasoned beef, lettuce, and cheese.

🇸🇻El Salvador

Pupusas

Pupusa de Queso con Loroco

El Salvador's national dish: thick handmade corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, beans, chicharrón, or loroco, served with curtido and salsa roja

🇮🇳Maharashtra, India

Puran Poli

पुरणपोळी

A sweet stuffed flatbread from Maharashtra and Gujarat filled with chana dal and jaggery. It is served with ghee and milk.

🇺🇸United States

Quad City-Style Pizza

An Iowa-Illinois border pizza with a thin, chewy crust, spicy-sweet sauce, and a topping layer of fine-ground sausage.

🇲🇽Mexico

Quesadilla

A folded corn or flour tortilla filled with cheese — or any filling from huitlacoche to squash blossom — and griddled until the cheese melts.

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

Qutab

Half-moon of paper-thin dough folded over greens, pumpkin or minced lamb, dry-cooked on a saj and brushed with butter.

🇦🇪Eastern Province, United Arab Emirates

Regag Bread

خبز الرقاق

Wafer-thin crispy flatbread made from just flour, water, and salt, cooked on special hot plate, often topped with cheese, eggs, honey, or mahyawa, paper-thin and crispy with golden color, a breakfast staple.

🇳🇮Nicaragua

Repocheta

A Nicaraguan thick corn tortilla with beans, cheese, and cabbage, a daily and street classic

🇲🇦Morocco

Rghaif (Layered Flatbread)

رغايف

Hand-stretched Moroccan layered flatbread cooked plain or around a savoury filling.

🇭🇳Honduras

Riguas

Salvadoran griddle cakes of fresh corn and cheese, wrapped in a corn husk and griddled until golden.