Arabic Bread/Pita

(Pocket Bread) A Basic Dough Recipe Il-khubz il-’Arabi

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    12

    breads
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

  • About

This variety of flatbread started to make its appearance in Iraq around the late 1960s. Some people call it khubuz Lubnani, others, khubus Suri (from Syria), or simply khubuz Arabi, to differentiate it from the indigenous tannour flatbread. Like all flatbreads, it is very versatile, used as a scoop or made into sandwiches. The only disadvantage is that it gets dry very quickly, and therefore needs to be stored properly.

In the West, this bread is known as

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