Yogurt Flatbreads. A quick easy recipe with 2 basic ingredients.

Yogurt Flatbreads. A quick, easy recipe for light, fluffy delicious flatbreads using 2 basic ingredients, that you can make in mere minutes.

Yogurt Flatbreads

Originally published May 2019.

Spouse and I had been watching a cooking competition recently where one of the teams was from Lebanon. They did very well in the competition and this type of flatbread often accompanied many of their Middle Eastern dishes.

The dough is made very simply, basically using flour, yogurt and a leavening agent. I was very intrigued to try this for myself.

Yogurt Flatbreads dough.

Now this house is no stranger to flatbreads. We all love the kind of meal where breads like this are used to make incredible wraps or to soak up delicious sauces.

I have written before about Yeast Raised Flatbreads and of course our Homemade Naan. Those have been enjoyed countless times with Chicken Souvlaki or our now famous Butter Chicken.

Yogurt Flatbreads for Chicken Souvlaki Wraps.

Those can be quite time consuming though, because of the necessity to allow the yeast to do its work. I was quite anxious to try this new type of flatbread to have a shortcut method available.

Since this is a very common recipe in Middle Eastern cuisine, I figured I could find the right recipe proportions online. That proved to be not so simple.

Grilling Chicken for Souvlaki wraps,

Yogurt Flatbreads. Getting the balance right.

While the basic ingredients of flour and yogurt were the same in many recipes, their proportions varied wildly. Some recipes uses equal parts yogurt and some as little as half yogurt to the amount of flour.

What to do? A little experimenting was in order.

Yogurt Flatbreads

I first started with the lower end of the yogurt scale, using only half the volume of yogurt to flour. I was not pleased with these.

The dough was definitely too tough and hard to roll. The flatbread were also not as soft and fluffy as I like.

Next, I tried the other end of the proportion spectrum and tried equal volumes of yogurt and flour. I was much more pleased with this version.

The flatbreads were soft, fluffy and delicious. My only concern was that the dough was pretty sticky and needed a fair amount more flour to roll out easily.

Yogurt Flatbreads

My solution was to cut the yogurt back a little to make the dough easier to handle. It worked like a charm.

I know we will be using this recipe a lot in the future, especially when time is short. I’ll be making them in the very near future in a recipe for Chicken Shawarma Wraps! Stay tuned.

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Yield: 6 flatbreads

Yogurt Flatbreads. A quick easy recipe with 2 basic ingredients.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 3 minutes

Total Time: 18 minutes

Yogurt Flatbreads. A quick easy recipe for light, fluffy delicious flatbreads using 2 basic ingredients, that you can make in mere minutes.

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Ingredients

• 2 cups self raising flour (see note below for using all purpose flour)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 2/3 cups Greek yogurt

Instructions

1. Simply mix all of the ingredients together to form a sticky dough. There is no need to knead this dough, that will make the dough too tough.
2. Divide into 6 equal sized balls.
3. On a well floured surface, roll each dough ball out into a thin 10 inch circle.
4. Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium heat for 10 minutes. There is no need to oil or butter the skillet. There are dry cooked.
5. Add one circle of dough to the dry skillet and cook for about a minute until the bottom browns and bubbles appear. flip and cook for an additional minute or so on the other side.
6. Repeat for the remaining dough circles.
7. Store any leftover flatbreads in an airtight plastic container or plastic bag. These are easily reheated in the cast iron pan for just a few seconds per side.

Notes

If using all purpose flour instead of self raising flour, mix 3 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp baking soda into the flour before using.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1 flatbread
Amount Per Serving Calories 185Total Fat 1gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 3mgSodium 714mgCarbohydrates 33gFiber 1gSugar 2gProtein 11g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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