Bake up fresh, fluffy pita bread at home! This easy recipe uses whole wheat flour, yeast, and a few simple ingredients for a delicious and wholesome flatbread. Perfect for scooping up dips, making sandwiches, or enjoying warm with a drizzle of olive oil.
In a small bowl add ½ cup of the warm water. sprinkle a pinch of sugar. then and the yeast and stir. Keep aside for 10 to 15 minutes at room temperature.
In a large bowl mix the rest of the warm water with flour, salt and olive oil with a wooden spoon.
After the yeast has frothed, add the yeast mixture and knead into a soft, smooth dough – the dough should be moist and soft as well as smooth and springy.
Place the dough into a greased container or in the same bowl with some olive oil applied all over the dough. Cover with a kitchen napkin and keep at room temperature for for 1 to 1.5 hours.
Preheat the oven to 250°C (480°F).
Once the dough has doubled up, then remove the dough from the bowl. Put the dough on your working surface and deflate the dough (important to do this gently or else the bread may not puff).
Make medium sized balls from the dough. Then dust the working surface with flour and roll each ball into round circles of about 6 inch about ¼ inch thick. Cover the circles with the kitchen towel loosely and let them rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
Now place them on a greased tray and bake for 7 to 10 minutes or till puffed and light brown (mine didn’t puff much at all, possibly given the heavy flour I used, however they were easy enough to slice though to create pockets).
Notes
Note: It’s worth seeing the original site (see link above) for the excellent progress images.