Easy Flatbread Recipe

4.50 from 14 votes

Learn how to make the most delicious flatbread with this easy recipe using just flour and yogurt! No special equipment or skills required!

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Resting Time30

Total Time1

Course: Appetiser

Cuisine: Greek, Middle Eastern

Keyword: flatbread, pita bread

Servings:

Mix the flour, yogurt, baking powder and salt and knead lightly until a dough forms. Cover with a tea towel and let it rest for 30 minutes.
Divide into 6-8 portions. Roll out thinly on a generously floured surface. Preheat a frying pan until smoking hot. Dip a bunched up sheet of paper towel into vegetable oil and rub the frying pan with it. Cook each flatbread on high until it bubbles up, it can take up to 1 minute or even longer depending on the heat of your pan. Then flip and cook on the other side for 20-30 seconds longer.

The dough will be sticky and additional flour will be needed when you roll it out into thin rounds. However, DO NOT add extra flour into the dough when mixing as it will result in tougher, dense flatbread.
Make sure to use plain yogurt and not Greek yogurt, which doesn't have enough moisture for this dough.
Preheat your pan until it is smoking hot before frying the flatbread and use vegetable oil instead of olive oil. Dip a sheet of bunched up paper towel into vegetable oil and rub the pan with it. Then place your rolled out bread dough, adding oil before each bread is cooked.
If using self-rising flour, omit salt and baking powder.