Pita
Pita (also known as pita bread, Arabic bread etc.) is a yeasted wheat flatbread originating from North-African, to Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines. It is usually eaten with sauces, dips and fillings. Dishes that use pita include kebab, gyros, and shwarma.
Ingredients
- 250 ml (1 cup) warm water
- 1 tbsp instant yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 500 ml (2 cups or 17 fl oz) durum wheat flour
Ingredients for 5 servings (560 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Dissolve the yeast in a bowl of warm water. Add salt, oil and flour, mix it, and knead it into a dough.
- 2
Let the dough rise to twice its size.
- 3
Divide the risen dough into 8 pieces and shape them into balls.
- 4
Then roll the balls into flat and round pita breads (to a diameter of 15 cm or 6 inches).
- 5
Let the breads rise in a warm place covered with a cloth for about 30 minutes.
- 6
Bake at 225°C (435°F) for about 12 minutes.
Oven
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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