Pita Bread Brings The Best Middle-Eastern Tradition To Your Home

Round shaped, flat, wheat pies are one of the oldest recipes known in the Middle East and in Maghreb (North-West Africa) countries. Pita bread probably originates from ancient Syria. It can be used for dipping or eaten with stuffing made of all kinds of meat, vegetables, spices and hot or mild sauces – there are absolutely no limits in terms of that, just your imagination. Basic ingredients for the pita dough are wheat (or other) flour, water and yeast. Thanks to its natural properties pita dough expands during the baking and the final product can be compared to a pocket, so all the additional ingredients can be easily put into the bread and stay there while you eat. No mess – no stress, isn't that great? Want to try and prepare your own pita bread at home? Here's how you can do that even if you're not a chef and don't have a traditional middle-eastern brick oven. 10 easy steps to enjoy your home-made middle-eastern speciality.
Ingredients:
Flour - 400 g
1 tablespoon of fat-free instant milk
6 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 tablespoon of dry yeast (7 g)
2 teaspoons of sugar
Half of teaspoon of salt
One and a half cup of water Oil or other fat to the frying pan
Step-by-step preparation method:
1. Combine yeast with couple tablespoons of lukewarm water and add sugar.
2. Put wheat, fat-free instant milk and salt into a big bowl and mix it all well.
3. Combine all other ingredients, add dissolved yeast, some vegetable oil and mix everything together.
4. Add more flour or water if necessary.
5. Knead your dough for a while (less than 10 minutes should be enough) until it no longer sticks and is smooth and elastic.
6. Divide dough into 18 egg-sized balls.
7. Put them on a floured surface, cover up and leave for 15-30 minutes.
8. In the meantime heat up a large frying pan
9. Roll one portion of the dough (the shape needs to be round) and fry it on the pan until you notice that air bubbles start to appear than gently turn it over using a wooden or plastic spatula and fry it on the other side.
10. Use spatula to flatten your pita bread.
Congratulations! You have just prepared pita bread of your own!

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