Arab Pita

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a pita tortilla? Prepare the products according to the list. Sift the flour through a sieve (take the highest grade). I use fresh yeast. If you take dry ones, you need less of them - read the instructions on the package and focus on the volume of flour.

2. Step 2:

   

   Grind the flour with yeast to the state of crumbs. Add salt, sugar, soda and bran, mix everything thoroughly.

3. Step 3:

   

   Make a hole in the flour mixture and pour warm water into it. Knead a soft dough. During kneading, add vegetable oil and knead the dough thoroughly. It should not stick to your hands.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the dough in a bowl and leave in a warm place for 40-60 minutes to rise. The dough should increase 2-3 times.

6. Step 5:

   

   Knead the dough with your hands and divide it into 4 equal parts, carefully roll each part into a smooth bun.

7. Step 6:

   

   Roll out each bun into a flat cake about 3-4 mm thick on the work surface of a table sprinkled with flour. Transfer the tortillas to baking paper and leave for 20-30 minutes to rise.

8. Step 7:

   

   Bake pita cakes on a preheated baking sheet in a preheated oven at maximum temperature (I have 240 C). It is very important to heat both the oven and the baking sheet well! Before baking, carefully drag the paper with the tortillas onto a preheated baking sheet and bake for 4-5 minutes. The tortillas will remain light on top, they will be ruddy only from below. Remove the tortillas from the oven, cover them with a towel directly on the baking sheet and let them cool completely.

9. Step 8:

   

   And these are the tortillas obtained in the section, more precisely in the fault. They are hollow inside. Serve the tortillas with the first courses or stuff with all kinds of fillings. Bon appetit!