Egyptian Pita Breads

There are 3 traditioanl Egyptian recipe for pita bread.


Recipe for Egyptian "Aesh Baladi", serves 8:


  • 2 teaspoons dry yeast.
  • 1 cup warm water.
  • 1 teaspoon salt.
  • 3 cups flour.


Dissolve the yeast in 1 cup warm water. Sift together the flour and salt and mix the yeast and water. Work the mixture into a dough and knead for several minutes.

Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let it proof in a warm place for 3 hours.


Preheat oven to 350°. Divide the dough into 6 equal portions and roll into balls. With either your hand or a rolling pin, pat and press each ball of dough into a 5-inch circle about 1/2-inch thick. Place on a sheet of greaseproof paper and bake for 10 minutes, or until the pita are light golden brown.



The next two pita bread recipe are made in a same way, the only difference is in the composition. So, follow the recipe below for both.


Aash Baladi bread


  • 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour.
  • 7 oz. water.
  • 1/2 tsp. salt.
  • 1/4 oz. Dry Yeast.


Aash Makamar


  • 4 C bread flour
  • 1 Tb active dry yeast
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp of sugar
  • 2 C of warm water

Mix the yeast and the water. Mix the dry ingredients and water using by hand or a kitchen mixer for 7 minutes to develop the gluten matrice in the dough. When it is finished it should be the same texture than a pizza dough. Cut the dough to small pieces , flatten them by hand or rolling pin. Cover .and let it proof for 15 minutes Pre-heat your oven to 500 F


Bake in the middle rack on a plate one at the time. Cook until it puffs up and reach a nice golden brown color.

"Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on."

George Bernard Shaw


Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy free, Nut free.

1 comments:

  1. Anonymous said,

    thank you thank you thank you ive been lookin for one of these recipes <3 thanks

    on 18 October, 2010