Cheap, Simple, Healthy and Delicious Flatbreads - The easiest flatbread recipe on earth!

Cheap, Simple, Healthy and Delicious Flatbreads

The easiest flatbread recipe on earth!

Large Healthy Flatbread :)

Chapati, roti, tortilla, call them whatever you like, the flatbreads have been around for so many years and can be found in many different cultures all across the globe. The main and basic ingredients needed for these flatbreads are relatively very simple – flour, salt and water. That’s it! And they are so easy to make at home!

You can also be very creative in making your own flatbreads. You can use different kinds of flour such as regular plain white flour or wholemeal flour and adding in optional ingredients as well, to alter the taste according to your desire such as sugar, curry powder, black pepper, yoghurt, milk, oil and loads more.

However, in order to make flatbreads that are healthy, I personally believe it is safe and best to just stick with the basics – flour, salt and water. So, here’s how I make my healthy flatbreads.

The main dry ingredients

Ingredients (to make 5 large flat breads)       

  ü  2 cups of atta flour

  ü  1 cup of warm water

  ü  1 teaspoon of salt

  ü  1 ½ teaspoon of baking powder

         I use the atta flour which is the Indian wheat flour that is low in fat and very high in protein content. It is the healthier choice compared to the regular plain white flour. 

   Check out the nutrition facts of atta flour; http://www.strfri.com/foods/view/Atta.jsp

Utensils

  ü  Dough roller

  ü  Spatula

  ü  Flat Pan

Steps

      1.     In a bowl, add in two cups of atta flour, a teaspoon of salt and one and a half teaspoon of baking powder. Give it all a quick mix.

      2.       Then pour in one cup of warm water – a little bit at a time! I do this by;

a)     Add ¼ cup of warm water

b)     Mix the water and flour with a spoon/fork

c)     Repeat step a and b till all the warm water and flour are mixed together and start to form a  dough.

      

Add water a little bit a a time!



Trust me, this will make the dough formation process a lot easier and less messy compared to adding the whole cup of water on one go.

Till you got to this point, you can use your hands. Get in there!

     3.       Knead the dough for 5 – 10 minutes. You may need to add a little bit more water or flour until you get a smooth, soft and not too sticky dough.

This is what you want

     4.       Divide the dough to 5 little balls of dough. Then cover the bowl with a plastic wrap/damp cloth -this is to avoid loss of moisture of the dough that will result in your bread to be less soft. Leave them to rest for 15 – 30 minutes.

Size - a little big bigger than a golf ball

    

      5.       After leaving the dough to rest, sprinkle some flour on a dry and clean surface - make sure your hands are completely dry as well.

     6.       Take one small dough (leave the rest covered) and gently flattened it out a bit. Then cover the flattened dough with some flour and place them on the lightly floured surface.

Flatten it just like this

     7.       Using a roller, gently roll the dough into a thin round shape. Sprinkle some more flour on the surface and dough if the dough starts to stick to the surface. Don’t be demotivated if you can’t shape the dough to a perfectly round shape. You will get better with practice. Just make sure they are flat and have no holes on them.

I'm still struggling to get the perfect round shape myself :(

     8.       Then heat your flat pan on a medium heat. Once hot, carefully place the rolled dough on the pan.

Make sure the heat is not too high!

See those bubbles?

     9.       Patiently wait for 30 – 40 seconds and keep your eye on it. Once you see the colour of the dough has started to change and small bubbles have started to form, flip it over. Lightly press the bubbles   formed on the bread - making sure it is cooked evenly and releasing the air trapped in the bread.

Gently press the bubbles

     10.   Then take it off the pan and repeat step 5 – 9 till you finish cooking all the 5 flatbreads. They are now ready to be eaten! You can also put them in an airtight bag, store them in the fridge and reheat them before having them – best up to 4-5 days.

Save them for later ;)

So there you go; the recipe for healthy flatbreads. What I love most about this recipe is that it is so cheap and simple to make, plus, they are indeed healthy as I know what the ingredients are (no added preservatives, fat, sugar, etc.) and the exact amount of each ingredient I put in. Oh and yeah, they taste amazing! You can have them with curry or dhal, whatever you like, but my personal favourite, to make chicken wraps with these!

Perfect to make any sort of wraps!

Hope you find this this recipe useful! Have fun making your own healthy flatbreads!