Homemade Flatbread with Garlic and Basil

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Homemade Flatbread with Garlic and Basil

Homemade Flatbread is a crisp, easy-to-make vegan recipe prepared using garlic, basil, and flour. Serve this as a side with hummus, any gravy, or curry, or use it as a base for pizza.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: American, Indian

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 141kcal

Author: Kushi

Equipment

Skillet or Baking Sheet

Ingredients

1 packet Active dry yeast 2 ¼ tsp
1 cup Warm water
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 teaspoon Oil
6 to 8 Garlic cloves finely chopped
2 teaspoon Dried basil leaves ¼ cup of fresh basil leaves, chopped
1 Jalapeno green chilies chopped optional
1 teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Whole wheat flour atta
1 ½ cups All purpose flour maida

Instructions

Activate yeast

In a bowl, add warm water and sugar, and mix well.
1 cup Warm water, 1 teaspoon Sugar
Sprinkle yeast. Cover and keep it undisturbed for 10 minutes. Let the yeast activate.
1 packet Active dry yeast

Saute the garlic

Heat oil in a pan. Add the garlic and saute till it becomes light in color.
2 teaspoon Oil, 6 to 8 Garlic cloves

Make the dough

Add the sauteed garlic, basil leaves, jalapeno, salt, all purpose flour, whole wheat flour and mix to form a dough.
2 teaspoon Dried basil leaves, 1 Jalapeno, 1 teaspoon Salt, ¾ cup Whole wheat flour, 1 ½ cups All purpose flour
Transfer this to a working surface and knead it to form a soft and elastic dough. Add extra flour if the dough is sticky.
Transfer the dough to a greased bowl. Cover it and let it rise for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Shape into flatbread

Divide the dough into 7 or 8 equal portions.
Take each piece of dough and roll it into a circle of desired size.

For stovetop:

Preheat a non-stick pan or cast iron skillet. Once the pan is hot, place the rolled bread and cook it without touching for 1 to 2 minutes till you see the bubbles.
Flip and cook it on the other side for a minute or two or until puffed up.

For oven bake

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F and put it on broil mode.
Arrange the rolled bread on a baking sheet or silicon mat.
Place this in the oven. Bake for 2 to 3 minutes and once top is cooked flip and cook on other side. The time it takes may depend on your oven.

optional

If desired, you can apply oil, butter, or cream as soon as you take the bread from the stovetop or oven.

Notes

Oven-baked flatbread has a crispy exterior, while pan-fried flatbread has a soft texture. Cook the way you love.
Use any herb you choose, like parsley, rosemary, cilantro, etc.
The amount of flour will vary depending on the brand of flour and weather conditions.
You can make this bread using only all purpose flour.

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