home made flour tortilla

home made flour tortilla recipe

     

 



    tortilla is a type of flat bread made from wheat flour. sri lanka , india and many Asian countries making coconut roti, chapatti, godamba roti as a flat bread. tortilla also made with water based dough. its looks like indian chapati.

 

tortilla is very famous in western countries. now a days you can find it from all the grocery stores in Asian countries. but here in Maldives you can find only paratas not a tortilla. then I thought try to make tortilla in my home kitchen. it came out more than I expected.

 

if you try these home made version I'll bet.... you never buy it from super markets. home made tortillas are cheaper than store bought.  we don't know what is in the premade tortillas. sometimes preservatives, artificial flavors or chemicals as well. personaly  I don't like use premade foods for my every day  cooking. but sometimes I had to. because here I can not find some row foods like . any way we love Maldives same as our country.

 

 these tortillas good for making quesadillas, enchiladas, tacos or you can eat with meat or vegetable curry in srilankan style .

here we go...lets start.

 

Ingredients:

 

                3  cups all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour

                1 tsp salt

                2 tbsp. olive oil or vegetable oil

                1 cup  warm water

                1 tsp. baking powder

 

Direction:

 

             1.    In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt .

            

              2.    add oil and mix   well.

 

              3.   then add water  and kneed the dough 2-3 minutes.

      

              4.     cover the dough with plastic wrap or kitchen towel and keep 20 minutes.

 

               5. then divide dough in to 12-14 portion .

             

              6. take the one ball and flattened with your palm.

 

              7. on a floured surface roll the flattened dough ball in to tortilla using rolling pin.

 

              8. roll it nice and thin.

 

              9. in a large skillet or griddle , cook tortilla over medium heat until lightly browned.

   

 10. stack tortilla under clean kitchen towel to keep them warm until ready to serve. or you can put in to warm basket like me.

 

 

    * this tortilla can freeze beautifully up to 1 week in a zip lock bag.

   * instead of using rolling pin you can use tortilla press to flatten the dough..

 

 

 

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                                                             nirmani