Armenian pita bread in a pan

28-02-2019
Simple dish

Armenian pita bread in a pan

Armenian lavash can be easily cooked in home conditions. Although there are many options for its preparation, I will share with you the simplest homemade recipe for yeast dough for pita bread - only flour, water and salt. Although you can add 1-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, but without it, pita breads are very tasty. You can bake Armenian pita bread in a special oven or oven, as well as in a pan. If you have a non-stick pan, use it to make Armenian lavash, or a regular pan with a thick bottom. Frying pan or baking sheet not lubricated no fat. To make pita bread flexible and not break, I recommend immediately spraying them from the pan with clean water and covering with a towel. So they are steamed and become softer and more supple. Keep pita bread also necessary in hermetically sealed bag, so that moisture does not evaporate. You can make all kinds of snacks from ready-made Armenian pita bread - envelopes and rolls with fillings, prepare crispy chips from it or simply eat instead of bread. Learn from the recipe for flour products Armenian pita bread in a pan and treat them to your family.

Ingredients for making Armenian lavash in a pan

Hot water 250 ml
Flour 3 cups
Salt 0.5 tsp

Step by step cooking with a photo of Armenian lavash in a pan

  1. In hot water, about 70 degrees, dissolve the salt.
  2. In the sifted flour, deepen and gradually pouring water, knead the dough. It should be left behind, but not too clogged with flour, otherwise the pita bread will turn out to be stiff.
  3.  Form a ball from the dough and cover it with a film. Leave the dough for pita bread to stand for 30 minutes. It will become more elastic during this time.
  4. Prepare the pan, it is desirable that it be larger in diameter, especially if you plan to wrap the filling in pita bread. The pan should be dry and heated over medium heat. Do not heat the pan, otherwise there will be a lot of smoke and pita bread will burn. They bake well on medium heat or below average, only a few seconds on one side and also on the other.
  5. Divide the dough into 10 pieces, roll each piece in flour.
  6. Roll out thin dough from the dough, about 1 mm. They should be practically transparent.
  7. Gently transfer the pita bread into a heated pan. Pita bread should begin to inflate in some places and take bubbles. When the bubbles become a golden hue, turn the pita bread and bake on the second side. Do not dry it.
  8. As soon as you remove the pita bread from the pan, sprinkle it with cold water or brush with a silicone brush.
  9. Stack pita bread on a plate and always cover with a towel while baking. If you leave cooked pita bread for tomorrow, wrap them in a plastic bag and place in the refrigerator.

Pita bread is served hot, immediately after cooking or used to prepare snacks. Enjoy your meal!