5.8.13

Pita Bread





All Purpose Flour: 3 cups
Warm Water: 1 cup
Sugar: 1 tsp
Yeast: 2 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Oil: 1 tbsp

Dissolve the sugar and yeast in water. Keep it aside for 5 minutes till it froths.
Take a mixing bowl and pour the yeast water, salt and half of the flour to it.
Knead well, add more flour as you go... I know, it is very sticky indeed!!!!
Take another bowl and grease it with oil. Keep the dough inside and turn it once or twice so that it is coated well with oil.
Cover with a cling wrap

and let it rise till its double (2 hours or less)


Take the dough again and knead it (I know its such a mess at this stage with it being very very sticky but these are certain moments in cooking that has taught me what  patience means!!!)
Divide it into 8 portions and with a rolling pin, roll out into thick discs. Sprinkle flour as you roll or it will be such a sticky mess that you might shut down the kitchen for a month!!!!
Preheat oven 180C. Keep the cookie tray in the last rack
After 5 minutes, place 2-3 discs and within a minute it will balloon up, turn it over once and in 30 secs, you can take it out
Have it warm with kebabs and salad or with any curry of your choice.


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