
Turkmenistan
Chorek
Çörek
Turkmen flatbread baked in a tandyr (tandoor oven); round, golden-brown, with a thick crust and soft interior; the staple bread of Turkmenistan, eaten with every meal; also called tandyr nan; the bread is slapped onto the inner wall of the hot clay oven and bakes in minutes; no Turkmen meal is complete without it.

