Photos: Asal Bakery & Kabob in Woodland Hills
![A customer leaves the Asal Bakery and Kabob in Woodland Hills with an armload of sangak, a flatbread popular in Iran.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44e0e86/2147483647/strip/true/crop/586x367+0+0/resize/586x367!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2F77%2Fa9b73e17b770e376b45e72a61bc8%2Fla-fo-find01-letryznc.jpg)
A customer leaves the Asal Bakery and Kabob in Woodland Hills with an armload of sangak, a flatbread popular in Iran. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
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Siverio Rivas gets some dough for sangak. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
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Sangak dough is spread on a simulated pebble surface in the oven. The bread has been traditionally baked on a bed of hot tiny river stones. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
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Sangak fresh from the oven. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
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Niloo Abdollahi, left, helps a customer at the family-run restaurant. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)