Pita Bread

Pita bread is common throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Most of the middle easy country housewife will know how to make it at home. Pita can be used to scoop sauces or dips, such as hummus or taramasalata, or to wrap kebabs, gyros, and falafel in the manner of sandwiches. It can also be cut and baked into crispy pita chips.

The way of cooking is similar with the Naan bread i cook before. 

Ingredient :

• - 3 tsp active dry yeast
• - 1/4 tsp sugar
• - 1 cup warm water
• - 3 cup all purpose flour
• - 1/4 cup olive oil
• - 1 tsp salt

Instruction : 

- In a large bowl, mix yeast, sugar and ¼ cup of warm water in a small bowl.

  Set aside to proof yeast, about 10 minutes, until frothy.

- Add flour, olive oil, salt and mix in about ½ cup of warm water.Slowly add in the remaining warm 

  water to make a soft and elastic dough.

- Knead by hand about 8 to 10 min until it be smooth.

- Cover the dough with the plastic and let it rise about 1 to 1 1/2 hour.

- Cut it in 8 piece and roll out each piece into round and cover with plastic , let it rise another 20  

  to 30 min.

- Graze some olive oil before cook and cook each size until tops begin to brown and pitas puff, then 

  can be served.

Steph's Home Cook Pita Bread