WholeWheat Pita Bread with Hummus

Whole Wheat is always good. 

(a) Any self respecting Indian House will never be caught without a supply of ATTA-whole wheat flour

(b) Its the most nutritious cereal flour ever-as long as you have no gluten tolerance

(c) It also happens to be universally available.

To add to the goodness of this atta, chickpeas and sesame and fresh greens.WOW!

FYI- raw onion not only contains ample amount of fibre, it is also awesome for your cholesterol. Good for your heart, I cant comment on your breath though...

Best weapon against your spouse if you disagree about anything. And if you want to kiss and make up? Brush your teeth, twice a day ,everyday!

FYI bit -2 ,all veggies ,except the onions are from my veggie garden.

This little snack was the healthy exam time snack while sweet child was studying for his grade six exams. Hubby dear was off for work, and I cooked only when we ran out of cooked food. So meals like this really help.
Ready Pita Bread ,to be made into a sandwich or a quick pizza, Hummus ,that can be slathered on whenever needed, and a salad that needs only plucking.
How cool is that?

I'm not a big fan of Tahini-store bought or otherwise,so am never too thrilled at the prospect of the tahini. But for this hummus,I upped the nutritive values with the sesame. You can opt for it or not....your choice.And the garlic...of course from my garden!

These are the pita breads.I stashed them in three Tupperware in the fridge....lasted three days!

For the

Whole Wheat  Pita Bread...

you need 

5 cups whole wheat flour/Atta
4 1/2 tsp active yeast
1 tsp salt
2 tsp honey(you can substitute it with sugar)
2-3 tsp olive oil/refined oil
Warm water to knead the dough

I started out with the  yeast and honey,disolved in a few teaspoons of the warm water. Left to its own devices for 10 minutes,it threatened to spill out like a volcanic eruption.
That means,all is well!

Bad Idea,the food processor! The amount of dough was too much for it to handle. A smarter move would've been a BIG glass bowl. The one that would have worked best is a 2 1/2 litre bowl.

Into the flour the salt and the yeast and the oil,kneaded for around 7-8 minutes. If you have lazy bones like me and do not believe in kneading dough with your hands, a pro for the hand made dough....keeps your hands nice and soft.

Proving,set aside for an hour....another volcanic eruption in the making.

One more anger management therapy....punch ,punch and hit it back .

Now the oven heating up to 230-250C.
Again golf ball or lemon sized ball...

Rolled out 1/4 inch thick about 5 to 6 inches in diameter. You can sprinkle poppy seeds if you so desire...a wee bit will not make you an addict!

In the oven ,heated from top and bottom....about 2-3 minutes per side and they are done. I generally ake all of my pita breads at one go. Heat and use is my motto. Green Earth , I want.

This amount of dough gave me 20 pita breads,to use as I wanted.
BTW,you can also make pizzas using these breads, and the puffed breads make great pita pockets...and excuse for you to make felafel, get the recipe here.

Three tupperware full!
One for my master????
One for the dame....who me???
and one for the little boy who lives down the lane!

That's the salad...
Fresh out of the garden.
Sliced onions( Raw onions are excellent fighters of bad cholesterol,the bad breath can be nuked with a quick brushing of your teeth),sliced tomatoes,lettuce and baby spinach. Liberally dusted with salt and black pepper. I also sprinkled some Mc Cormick Zesty Lemon and Pepper Seasoning Salt. You can douse your salad with lemon juice also.

For the


Hummus...

you need

1/4 cup toasted white sesame seeds
1 cup boiled and drained chick peas
3-4 tsp Extra virgin Olive oil( if you dont have EVOO,or Olive oil..desi sunflower oil will also do. Just be majorly stingy!)
1/4 cup lemon juice
3-4 cloves finely minced garlic(I used 4 garlic scapes,greens and all-fresh from my back yard along with the regular garlic)
1/2 tsp jeera/cumin seed powder
1 small onion finely diced(optional)
salt ,paprika/Kashmiri red chilli to taste.

Lets start with the Tahini.
Buy it, or buzz it.
All you need are the sesame seeds and the olive oil.
The flavor is not that intense,so if you don't have sesame seeds or tahini,feel free to skip it.

Toasted and cooled sesame seeds into the smallest jar of my mixer. Add to this about a tablespoon of the olive oil.A bit of warm water and buzz....

You want a pourable consistency for your tahini. A thick batter like consistency will do. You need to use only 2-3 tablespoons in the hummus. Make sure you freeze the remaining tahini if you dont intend making hummus soon. It spoils extremely fast.

These are the boiled chickpeas. As a standard I pressure cook my chickpeas with a pinch of ajwain-carom seeds and salt. In goes the lemon juice,garlic,salt and paprika and the cumin seed powder.
Process with the olive oil .

Whizzed up,now check for seasoning.Remove to a bowl and add in the chopped garlic scape's, the onion and drizzle a little Extra Virgin....

Like so, sprinkle with some paprika, cumin seed powder and garlic chives.Drizzle with the Olive oil...virgin or otherwise...

You can assemble the sandwich with hummus and the salad, or make a patty- felafel's,or a mutton patty or whatever...These were vegetable cutlets. And if you want to make felafel,click here for the recipe.

That is the protein rich, fibre rich meal...pretty and full of promise.

And low calorie to top it all...

Enjoy a fulfilling meal...And a healthy snack to beat.

So what are you baking today???