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| Alternative names | lahem bi ajin |
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| Type | Flatbread |
| Place of origin | Levant[1][2] |
| Region or state | Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Brazil |
| Main ingredients | Ground mutton |
Sfiha or sfeeha (Arabic: صفيحة, romanized: ṣafīḥa) is a dish consisting of flatbread cooked with a minced meat topping, often lamb flavored with parsley, onion, tomato, pine nuts, and spices. It is traditionally found in the countries of the Levant,[1] and is closely related to manakish and lahmacun.[2]
Sfiha has become popular in parts of South America, where it is known as esfiha or esfirra in Brazil or as sfija in Argentina, after being introduced by Middle Eastern immigrants to the former and to the latter from Syria and Armenia.[3][4]
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- ^ Karam, John Tofik (14 March 2008). Another Arabesque: Syrian- Brazil. Temple University Press. pp. 127–128. ISBN 978-1-59213-541-7 – via Google Books.