Dictionary entry
Unleavened
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈlɛv(ə)nd/
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈlɛv(ə)nd/
Myanmar Meaning
(of bread) made without yeast or other leavening agent. တဆေးမပါသော။
Definition
unleavened / ʌn'levnd / adj တေဆးမပါေသာ။
Examples
- ‘Grains are ground into flour and made into unleavened bread (flat bread
- without any ingredients to make it rise)
- which is baked in mud ovens.’
- ‘The smell of cooking meat is everywhere
- as skewers
- made to order
- are thrown onto the searing plates to be cooked to perfection
- while unleavened breads do their thing alongside.’
- ‘Imagine having to feed your entire family; children
- parents
- yourself
- maybe eight or nine people
- on a few slices of unleavened bread.’
- ‘A typical meal would be rice or khichri (rice cooked with lentils and spices) or paratha (an unleavened bread made from wheat flour and fried in oil).’
- ‘‘Keep dreaming
- ’ he laughed
- wincing and taking a bite of the unleavened bread drizzled with honey.’
- ‘In drier parts of India
- their staple diet consists of various unleavened breads
- pulses
- and vegetables.’
- ‘A variety of unleavened breads like naans
- rotis
- and parathas are also widely eaten.’
- ‘Shops opened
- selling bags of spices and nuts
- and at least one bakery was producing fresh
- unleavened bread in a wood-fired oven.’
- ‘Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread
- and in the seventh day shall be a feast to The Lord.’
- ‘The standard diet of the Marathas consists of flat
- unleavened bread with pulses and vegetables.’
- ‘For one thing
- it was unleavened bread
- as yeast wasn't added to dough until the Egyptians accidentally dropped a few pieces into the mixture.’
- ‘Flour is made into unleavened bread called roti.’
- ‘Her name means happiness
- but she is a widow with five children who makes ends meet by washing clothes for the neighbourhood and preparing injera
- the unleavened bread prepared today as it was 1000 years ago.’
- ‘Such items as stew
- unleavened bread
- and fried foods are common
- whereas leavened breads and broiled foods
- are not.’
- ‘The menu rotates daily
- with three curry dishes as well as vegetarian fare
- and what Indian course is complete without naan and other unleavened breads
- hot from the oven?’
- ‘It is marked by the eating of matzah
- and by the celebration of an elaborate Seder on the first two nights (in Israel
- on the first night only).’
- ‘A staple of the Afghan diet is a flat
- unleavened bread cooked in clay ovens.’
- ‘But what we really noticed was the bombardment of aromas that almost overwhelmed us; recently brewed strong syrupy coffee
- freshly baked unleavened bread and something else
- something delicious.’
- ‘In Argentina we do pork
- chicken and fish accompanied by salad