What is flat bread & from what country does it originate?Where can I get a recipe?

Answer 1

Indian flatbreads:

How to Make Chapatis

Chapatis (Indian flatbread) are the perfect accompaniment to most Indian dishes. Learn how to make them with this step-by-step photo tutorial on making Chapatis. Don't be fooled by the number of steps there are in this tutorial because making a single Chapati from start to finish, takes 1 1/2 to 2 minutes at the most! Chapatis are not difficult to make but the old saying "Practice makes perfect" was probably written for them.
All you need is:

2 cups wholewheat flour
Water (Using yoghurt or milk will give you super soft Chapatis)
Salt to taste
2 tbsps vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil

This recipe makes roughly 12 Chapatis.
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NAANS

"This is an authentic Indian Naan recipe. I have made this many times. It goes well with Indian curry which has a lot of gravy, such as the Butter Chicken."

Original recipe yield: 6 good-sized pieces.
Prep Time:25 Minutes
Cook Time:20 Minutes
Ready In:2 Hours 25 Minutes
Servings:6


INGREDIENTS:
2/3 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 teaspoon white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup ghee
2 tablespoons plain yogurt
2 teaspoons kalonji (onion seed)

DIRECTIONS:

Whisk the warm water with the yeast and sugar until the yeast is dissolved. Cover and let stand in a warm place for 10 minutes.
Sift flour and salt three times into a large bowl add the yeast mixture, half of the ghee and all the yogurt. Mix into a soft dough then knead on a floured surface for about 5 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic. Place the dough in a large greased bowl, cover and let stand in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours or until the dough is doubled in size .

Punch down dough then knead for 5 minutes. Divide dough into 6 pieces. Roll each piece out into 8 inch round naans.
Cover an oven tray with foil and grease the foil. Brush the naan with a little of the remaining ghee and sprinkle with some of the kalonji. Cook naan one at a time under a very hot grill for about 2 minutes on each side or until puffed and just browned.
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ROOMALI ROTI:

"A tender and delicious flatbread from Central India."

Original recipe yield: 6 rotis.
Prep Time:15 Minutes
Cook Time:20 Minutes
Ready In:1 Hour 20 Minutes
Servings:6

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2/3 cup water

DIRECTIONS:

In a large bowl, sift together flour and salt. Add oil and mix in with a fork until flour is crumbly. Mix in water until the dough pulls together. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Cover and set aside for 45 minutes.

Knead dough again until smooth; divide into six equal parts. Form each part into a round. Roll out each round as thinly as possible; dust with flour to keep from sticking.
Invert a heavy cast iron pan over burner and heat. Spread roti over pan and cook. Roti will cook in 40 to 50 seconds. Tiny black spots will appear when it is finished. Fold Roti and serve hot.
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PARATHA:

Ingredients:
Flour: 100 gms
Ghee: 50 gms
salt to taste
water to knead

Direction

Mix all ingredients except water. Add a little at a time and form a soft pliable dough. Always keep covered with a moist cloth, and see that the cloth is kept moist. One paratha requires a pingpong ball sized lump of dough. Henceforth in this section 1 lump means this size. For rolling, use dry flour as in phulka, etc., to roll easier. Dust the roti with dry flour now and then.
Roll a thick roti . Place a tbsp. of filling at centre. Brings the ends to the centre from 4 or 5 points. Overlap ends so they do not leave an opening. Press gently. Dust with dry flour, proceed to roll to 6" diameter. Then Heat a heavy griddle, place paratha on it. Allow one side to cook have brown golden patches. Turn repeat for other side. Drizzle some oil and flip. Drizzle oil on other side. Sizzle till done.

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VARIATIONS: you can add green chillies, herbs, veggies...

Answer 2

Are you referring to Pita Bread?
Or to any other kind of flat bread?
Ethiopia has a flat bread called Injera, for example, I think many cultures have at elast one type of flat bread, and they are usually the most antiques recipes.
Here´s one recipe for pita bread:


Title:Pita Bread

Yield: 1 servings

2 1/2 c Warm water
1 t Sugar
3 1/2 t Active dry yeast
1/2 t Salt
5 1/2 c Whole wheat flour

Place water and sugar in large bowl and stir. Add yeast and stir
slightly. Let rest for 5 minutes. Mix in salt and flour gradually,
starting with 3 1/2 cups flour then adding the rest. More or less
water may be required, depending on the brand of the flour. Use
enough flour to prevent dough from clinging to bowl.

Knead well for 5 minutes. Place a little vegetable oil on palms
of hands and smooth all over to prevent crusting. Cover with
plastic, then a cotton towel, and allow to rest for 1/2 an hour.

Set oven at 500F. Divide dough into 8 balls. Roll out each ball
into 1/4-inch thickness. Let rest covered for 20 minutes on
generously floured table or counter top. Bake on ungreased cookie
sheets for 5-8 minutes or until lightly browned. The higher the
oven temperature the better the results. May be kept in a plastic
bag in the refrigerator for several days or may be frozen.

To warm pita, place on the rack in the oven at 300F for 1-2
minutes.

Tips: Make sure there are no creases in the dough and that the
pitas are lying flat on the cooking sheet.

Carefully open the oven door! At a temperature of 500
degrees, you'll get a blast of super hot air in your face.
I speak from experience. :)



For some ideas on how to use this delicious bread go to:

http://www.garvick.com/recipesmm/pita-bread.htm

Answer 3

Flat bread can be found anywhere. But mostly it is found in India, Pakistan, Middle Eastern countries, North Africa and many other places. Since it is easy to make...usually called the "Naan". Get the recipe anywhere in the web...

Answer 4

many different countries bake flat bread's. Any good cook book will contain at least a few flat bread's

Answer 5

well, here in Iran , we have many kinds of Flat Breads .
But the most Famous one is called "Lavash" . and I know at least Iranian bake this kind of bread for 5000 years.!

Answer 6

Uzbekistan

Answer 7

try www.foodnetwork.com

they have great recipes!