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Pita is a kind of bread baked in the form of a flatbread. When it comes to lunch, sandwiches are certainly a great choice, but they get boring so quickly, and there are many toppings that are simply inconvenient to put between two slices of bread.

Swap this bread for pita bread for a completely different, incredibly delicious dish. There are an incredible number of toppings for pita, it all depends on your preferences and desires. The question immediately pops up, pita is a dish of what nationality? It is impossible to answer exactly whose national dish pita is, this is a dish of Mediterranean cuisine, as they like to cook it in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, etc.

What is pita

Pita is a pita bread that is pretty much in every Middle Eastern meal, nowadays, the healthy bread has become popular in Europe, North America and elsewhere.

You can buy pita at the store, but it’s much more fun to make your own. The preparation of the pita itself is not as difficult as it seems at first glance.

How to prepare

So let’s take a step-by-step recipe for making homemade pita bread: In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/4 cup warm water. Let sit for 15 minutes until bubbles appear. In a separate large bowl, sift flour with salt. Make a well in the center. Pour the yeast mixture into the flour well and another glass of warm water. Add salt, sugar and vegetable oil. Knead an elastic but soft dough. Cover the dough with a clean towel and leave to rise in a warm place. Divide the dough into small balls. Press the balls with the palm of your hand so that they resemble thick oval discs. Put the blanks on the pita on a baking sheet (enough space must be left between the ovals of the dough, our pita will fit). Leave to rise for an hour or two. Preheat the oven to two hundred degrees. Lubricate the pitas with yolk or sprinkle with vegetable oil (water), place in a preheated oven for eight to ten minutes. Be sure to cover the finished pita with a dry, clean towel so that it remains soft.

Caloric content and composition

Like other flour dishes, pita is a rather high-calorie product, so they should not be abused by overweight people and those who want to lose weight.

There are many recipes for pita, let’s look at a few options. You can also create recipes for pita dishes on your own, focusing on your preferences and tastes. In this case, the flight of fancy is unlimited. It can be sweet snacks, desserts and salty snacks, and the basis for serving cereals, etc.

Pita recipes:

• spinach + sliced ​​apples + goat cheese + dried cranberries;
• baked or fried eggplant slices + roasted red peppers (from a can) + fresh mozzarella slices;
• chickpeas (boiled with a little olive oil and chopped tomatoes) + Chinese cabbage + feta cheese;
• mixed greens + chopped cherry tomatoes + cooked bacon strips;
• scrambled eggs + chopped greens + grated hard cheese + boiled chicken breast;
• spinach + chopped strawberries + goat cheese + balsamic vinegar;
• chopped beef or pork + corn + greens + tomato or cheese sauce;
• ricotta + sliced ​​radish + sliced ​​avocado;
• chopped greens + canned or boiled salmon, yogurt + fresh dill;
• peanut butter + sliced ​​strawberries + sliced ​​bananas + honey.

Pita based recipes

Pizza

Preheat the oven, place an empty baking sheet in the oven for five minutes, let it warm up. Meanwhile, the surface of the pita should be sprinkled with mozzarella, oregano, red pepper. Make a nest out of the spinach and crack an egg into the center. When the oven is ready, put the pizza on a baking sheet, salt and pepper and put in the oven for six to seven minutes. The yolk should be liquid. Sprinkle the finished pizza with parmesan and herbs.

Pita with lamb

For cooking, you will need two pitas, one clove of large garlic, two hundred grams of natural yogurt, one medium-sized cucumber, black pepper and salt to taste, three to four mint leaves, six hundred and fifty grams of low-fat lamb fillet, one hundred and fifty grams of cherry tomatoes, half a glass of olives without seeds, two teaspoons of lemon juice, four tablespoons of olive oil, two hundred and fifty grams of romaine lettuce.

The dish is ready for forty-five minutes. The first step is to prepare the sauce. To do this, you need to take half a fresh cucumber, remove all the seeds from it, cut it into small cubes or grate it. Mix cucumber puree with pepper, salt, garlic, lemon juice and yogurt. For a more uniform consistency, beat in a blender for one minute. Add chopped mint and leave to infuse for at least half an hour. While the sauce is infusing, prepare the salad.

For the salad, you need to chop the mint, the remaining cucumber, tomatoes, romaine lettuce, olives. Mix all ingredients, add lemon juice and olive oil. Cooking lamb – chop the fillet, add spices to taste and fry until a beautiful crust forms, transfer to a baking sheet and cook in the oven for fifteen minutes. We assemble the dish: heat the pita a little in the oven, unfold, place the meat and salad inside. Serve with chilled sauce.

Chicken in pita more Lebanese

For cooking, you will need one tablespoon of olive oil, three chicken breasts, four pita, two hundred grams of hummus, three large cloves of garlic, two hundred grams of Greek yogurt, four tablespoons of finely chopped parsley, ten leaves of lettuce, three Roman tomatoes, one large head of red onion , two hundred grams of beetroot sauce. First of all, we prepare the chicken fillet. Put the chicken fillet in a film and beat off as thin as possible. Heat up the grill. Fry the meat, sprinkled with olive oil, for four minutes on each side.

Cool and cut into thin strips. Brush the pita with beetroot sauce and hummus, not reaching the edge of about three centimeters. Put chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, onions into pita pockets, pour over the sauce: yogurt with herbs and garlic. Wrap the finished pitas in foil and send to the grill (5 minutes on each side).

The dish is served hot.

Grilled pita with avocado, salmon, arugula and wasabi sauce

For cooking, you will need one tablespoon of wasabi paste, two teaspoons of soy sauce, two teaspoons of rice vinegar, two hundred and thirty grams of salmon fillet, one hundred and fifteen grams of mayonnaise, two teaspoons of olive oil, one teaspoon of salt, two pita, one medium-sized avocado , seventy grams of arugula, one large tomato.

We prepare wasabi, for this we combine mayonnaise, vinegar, soy sauce and wasabi paste in a saucepan. Turn on the grill. While it’s heating up, prepare the salmon. Grate the fillet with all the spices and olive oil, fry on the grill on both sides for six to eight minutes, turning regularly. Set the cooked salmon aside and grill the pitas for two minutes on each side. Cut the tortillas in half, spread the pockets with mayonnaise and wasabi sauce, fill the tortillas with a salad of chopped fish, tomato, avocado and arugula.

Calorie pie

For cooking, you will need two pita, one hundred grams of bacon, a small head of red onion, one bunch of green lettuce, one small tomato, two large cloves of garlic, salt and pepper to taste, two tablespoons of vegetable oil, half a lemon. Chop garlic, tomatoes and onion. Heat a frying pan and fry the chopped bacon with onions.

Add the onion and garlic to the bacon and fry for another minute. Put lettuce leaves, chopped tomatoes, bacon with onion and garlic in the pocket of the tortilla. Place the stuffed pita on a baking sheet and put in the oven for three to five minutes.

Serve hot, if desired, you can sprinkle a little lemon juice on top, salt and pepper to taste.

Pita with bean dip

For cooking, you need one and a half kilograms of beans, one hundred grams of green frozen peas, three tablespoons of yogurt, one medium-sized lemon, twenty grams of fresh mint, six pitas, spices to taste. Rinse the beans, peel the pods (it will turn out seven hundred and fifty grams). Boil the beans for four minutes in salted water. Separately, boil green peas for two minutes.

Drain, rinse, peel the beans. Using a blender, puree the shelled beans and green peas into a smooth puree, add yogurt, lemon, mint and beat again. Heat the pitas in the oven or on the grill, put the resulting puree into the pockets. The dish is served hot.

Pita dishes are perfect for any celebration. From pita you can cook both main dishes and desserts and snacks. Experiment.