Pita bread on the Stove Top

Pita Bread

This is a simple pita bread that can be made on the stove top or baked in the oven. But in case you are baking this bread then please prick the bread all around.

Pita bread

• 1 tblspn active yeast
• 1 tblspn sugar
• ½ cup warm water
• 4 cups bread flour
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 tblspn olive oil
• 2 teaspoon salt

• In ½ cup warm water dissolve sugar
  and yeast.
• Let it stand covered for about 10
  minutes. When the yeast becomes bubbly it’s ready for use.
• In the wide bowl mix salt in the
  bread flour mix the slat well.
• Make a well in the center and add
  the yeast mixture.
• Mix the dough using as much as warm
  water needed to make a smooth elastic dough.
• Knead well. Make a smooth ball of
  the dough.
• Apply oil to the bowl and place the
  dough in the bowl.
• Turn the dough so that the top of
  the ball is also oiled.
• Cover the bowl with a cling film and
  set aside in a warm corner for the dough to rise. The dough has to be double
  the size,
  approximately 1 ½   to 2 hours.
• Punch down the dough and knead for 5
  minutes more.
• Heat any tava/
  skillet   over medium-high heat and roll your pita bread.
• Take pieces of dough about the size of a lemon and
  on a floured board roll out to a thickness of ¼ inch.
• Coat the bottom of
  the hot pan with a little butter or olive oil and add your pita.
• Cook the pita for
  about 30 seconds or till you get small bubbles and then flip it over.
• Cook for a minute
  and a half, flip it again, and cook for another minute.
• Transfer the pita
  to the direct flame and cook.
•  During this time, the pita will puff up like a
  pita and get some nice toasted spots on the underside.
• Flip over again on
  the direct flame again you get lovely spots. You are done.
•  Wrap the pita breads
  in a clean dishcloth while your make the others.