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THPerfect Pita Bread Recipe🥙👇🏻
Perfect homemade pita bread 🥙✨ that’s soft, fluffy and pockets up beautifully! Fill it with my easy salad 🥗, creamy paneer stuffing and refreshing yogurt dip for the ultimate pita pocket🥙 feast!
INGREDIENTS
Activate the Yeast:
- 1/2 Cup (120 ml) Warm Water
- 1 Tsp (4 g) Sugar
- 1 & 1/2 Tsp (4 g) Active Dry Yeast
Dough:
- 2 Cup (240 g) All Purpose Flour/Maida
- 3/4 Tsp (4.5 g) Salt
- 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Oil
- 1/4 Cup + 2 Tbsp (90 ml) Water
- 1-2 Tsp (5–10 ml) Oil
Paneer Filling:
- 100 gm Paneer
- 1/2 Tsp Lemon Juice
- 2 Pinch Black Pepper
- 1/4 Tsp Chilli Flakes
- Salt
Yogurt Dip:
- 1/2 Cup Yogurt/Curd
- 2 Small Garlic Cloves
- 2 Pinch Black Pepper
- 1 Tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Salt
Salad:
- 1 Medium Cucumber
- 1 Medium Tomato
- 1 Small Onion
- 1/4 Cup Fresh Coriander
- 1/4 Cup Mint Leaves
- 1-2 Tsp Anardana Powder
- 2-3 Pinch Salt
METHOD
- Take warm water and sugar. Mix until the sugar is dissolved. Add yeast and mix. Cover and set aside for 10-15 minutes.
- Take all purpose flour, add salt and mix well. Add yeast mixture and water.
- Knead the dough well from 15 minutes manually or 5-7 minutes if using a stand mixer or hand beater with dough hook attachment.
- Add 1 tsp oil and form a dough ball. Cover and rest till the dough doubles in size.
- After the dough is risen, deflate it and divide into 8 equal sized portions. Use flour if the dough sticks to your hand. Roll into thin sheet like a paratha.
- Preheat oven at 230°C for 10 minutes and bake the pita breads for 4-5 minutes. Bake in batches if you are not able to fir all 8 pita breads together in the oven.
- The pita breads will rise and pocket will be formed inside. Take kitchen scissors and cut each bread into two.
- Mix all ingredients of paneer stuffing.
- Mix all ingredients of the salad to make easy salad.
- Mix all the ingredients of the yogurt dip.
- Take a pita pocket, place some salad inside. Now add paneer and pour some yogurt dip. Enjoy!
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