Iraqi style flatbread (makes 6)
Ingredients:
3 cups plain white flour
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp yeast
1 cup warm soya milk
1 tbsp oil
Further water to produce a soft slightly sticky dough
Add dry ingredients to a bowl, pour in soya milk and oil, and mix. Keep adding small quantities of water until a yielding slightly sticky dough is produced. Cut ball into six equal pieces and flatten into a 5cm disk, then fold around into a ball trapping a small amount of air, and twist shut. Allow to rest under a tea towel for five minutes.
Dust a surface with flower, and use a rolling pin to roll out the six balls into pancake or tortilla-like flat circles, about 25cm in diameter. Place each individually on a tea towel and cover with a second towel. Leave for 30 minutes.
Heat a frying pan on the hob until very hot (I use setting 5 out of 6 with my electric one), and wait until the surface is hot. Don't add any oil! Fry each bread on each side until brown leopard spots form - some may puff up. You know to turn when bobbles appear on the surface of the bread when you're cooking the first side.
When each bread is cooked, remove from the pan, allow to cool during the cooking of the next one, and turn over onto a plate.
Great with hummus.
3 cups plain white flour
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp yeast
1 cup warm soya milk
1 tbsp oil
Further water to produce a soft slightly sticky dough
Add dry ingredients to a bowl, pour in soya milk and oil, and mix. Keep adding small quantities of water until a yielding slightly sticky dough is produced. Cut ball into six equal pieces and flatten into a 5cm disk, then fold around into a ball trapping a small amount of air, and twist shut. Allow to rest under a tea towel for five minutes.
Dust a surface with flower, and use a rolling pin to roll out the six balls into pancake or tortilla-like flat circles, about 25cm in diameter. Place each individually on a tea towel and cover with a second towel. Leave for 30 minutes.
Heat a frying pan on the hob until very hot (I use setting 5 out of 6 with my electric one), and wait until the surface is hot. Don't add any oil! Fry each bread on each side until brown leopard spots form - some may puff up. You know to turn when bobbles appear on the surface of the bread when you're cooking the first side.
When each bread is cooked, remove from the pan, allow to cool during the cooking of the next one, and turn over onto a plate.
Great with hummus.