Langos

Langos is a Hungarian deep fried flatbread whose name comes from lang, the Hungarian word for flame, because the dough was traditionally cooked in the morning while a wood oven was still heating up on the weekly baking day. The simple dough is made from flour, water or milk, yeast and salt, though some versions add sour cream, yogurt or mashed potato, the last of which produces a variant known as krumplis langos. It was originally eaten as a breakfast food or as an accompaniment to the midday meal on baking day, made from whatever bread dough was left over. Today langos is eaten warm and topped with garlic, sour cream, cheese or sausage, and it is widely sold as a street food at fairs, markets and bus stations across Hungary and neighboring parts of Central Europe.