Pita Pocket Bread

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Pita is a round pocket bread widely consumed in many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines. The "pocket" in pita bread is created by steam, which puffs up the dough. As the bread cools and flattens, a pocket is left in the middle.Pita is used to scoop sauces or dips such as hummus and also used to form a sandwich. These are sometimes called "pita pockets" or "pocket pitas" to wrap kebabs and falafel.

I got the base ingredients from the tastycurryleaf blog. But I used the oven n they came out pretty well.

Preparation Time: 20 min

Waiting Time: 1 hr

Baking Time: 5 min per pita

Makes : 8 pitas (16 pita pockets)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp dry active yeast
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 and 3/4 cup warm water

Cooking Procedure:

In a big bowl add salt sugar n yeast mix nicely. Then add 1 cup warm water and let it sit for 10 min or till it become active .once its active mix oilve oil to it n then add flour one cup at atime and mix with spatula. Add warm water if necessary until all the flour(3 cups) nicely blend and no longer stick to the sides of bowl.Now grease the dough with oil nicely, cover it with damp cloth or cling wrap n let it sit for one hour or till the dough doubles in size.

After one hour remove the dough from the bowl n put on a lightly floured surface and knead it for 5 min until it become smooth. Cut the dough into 8 parts and make them into balls and let them sit for 10 min.

Preheat the oven to 500 F which take approximately 20 min.In this 20 min take the balls and roll it out into circles of approximately 8-10 inches with half cm thick.

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Grease the baking tray with some oil. Place the pitas on the tray and bake them in the for oven 2-3 min per side ,it will rise automatically.

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Remove pitas from tray ,let it cool for 2 mins ,then cut is into two halfs and pita pockets are ready to fill with your choice of stuffing or you can fridge it for later use .

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Bell Pepper Masala Rice

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This recipe was in my draft and I forgot about. I made this a few weeks back. Bell pepper is one of my favorite vegetables and I wanted to make a rice item with some different flavor. I watched a video on vahrehvah and got inspired to make this rice. It tasted awesome as he described n with addition of peanuts makes it more healthy. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup raw rice
• 1 cup diced bell pepper (all colors)
• 1/2 cup peanuts
• 4 red chillis
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp urad dal (split black gram)
• 2 spring curry leaves
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• 1 tbsp butter / oil for vegans
• salt to taste

Cooking Procedure:

Soak rice with 1.5 cup water for 20 min then cook it in a pressure cooker with the addition of 1/2 tsp oil in the water.(Tip: Adding oil helps to make the rice less sticky n separate).If it is a rice cooker use 2.5 cup water. And keep aside.

In a pan for dry roast add red chillis,mustard seeds,coraiander seeds,urad dal and fry till urad dal turns slighly golden brown, then add peanuts,curry leaves and fry for 5 min on medium flame.After 5 min keep it aside to cool.Once it cools grind it to a coarse powder.

Again heat the the same pan add the butter, once it melt add the diced bell pepper with salt and let it cook for a few minutes (do not overcook as it should be slightly crunchy). Now add the grinded powder to it along with garam masala and fry for a min.

Now add the rice to it and stir nicely and let it be on flame for 2 more min. Serve the hot masala rice with raitha n enjoy.

You can also watch the video on vahrehvah here.

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Homemade Classic White Bread

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This weekend I forgot to buy bread and my husband challenged me to make bread at home, so I made it at home and it came out pretty well and surprised my DH. You must be wondering why make bread at home,but sometimes it is fun to cook what we often buy !! : ) ... so here is the recipe to make the soft delicious homemade classic white bread.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tbsp salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2.5 tsp active dry yeast
• 2 tbsp milk
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 cup warm water

Stage 1 - Making the dough

Take a large bowl add sugar,salt,oil and yeast and mix nicely.Then add warm water and let it sit for 10 min. After 10 min add milk and the all purpose flour 1 cup at a time and knead for approximately 5 min or until the dough becomes smooth.Keep the dough aside.

Stage 2 - Resting the dough for baking

Coat the bowl with 1 tbsp oil,then place this dough in it and roll it. Cover this bowl with a damp cloth or a cling wrap and let it sit for 1 hr.

Stage 3 - Baking

The dough size will double after 1 hr, knead it again nicely and shape it to a bread loaf and put it is a well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pan and let it sit for another 45 min. It will rise to the edge of the pan.

Preheat the oven 15 min before baking at 350 F and bake the loaf for 35 min.

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Your homemade white bread is ready !!

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