i included all of the websites below where i got the actual recipes, but i have to give props to this website http://foodgawker.com/popular/favorites/page/2/ for introducing me to all the websites in the first place (and many more with recipes that i cant wait to try!) now on to the recipes themselves.
AMAZING! that pretty much sums up this meal. i was a little scared to make the pitas because i'm not much of a baker... but they were really easy and turned out amazing! (i don't even normally like pita bread so i was especially thrilled when these turned out so well) so here i go... i will start with the homemade pitas...
homemade pitas
from http://annies-eats.com/2008/08/10/pita-bread/
Ingredients:
3 cups flour, plus more as needed
1 ½ tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1 packet instant yeast
1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups water, roughly at room temperature
2 tbsp. olive oil, vegetable oil, butter or shortening
Mix the yeast in with the flour, salt, and sugar. Add the olive oil and 1 ¼ cup water and stir together with a wooden spoon. All of the ingredients should form a ball. If some of the flour will not stick to the ball, add more water.
Once all of the ingredients form a ball, using an electric mixer mix at low speed for 10 minutes. As the dough is mixing, continue to add flour, a tablespoon or two at a time, until the dough clears the sides of the bowl and is tacky but not sticky. (I had to add a significant amount of flour)
When you are done kneading the dough, place it in a bowl that has been lightly coated with oil. Form a ball out of the dough and place it into the bowl, rolling the dough around so that it has a light coat of oil on all sides. Cover the bowl with a damp towel and set aside to rise until it has doubled in size, approximately 90 minutes.
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