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  • 250g plain flour
    plus a little more for dusting
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • ½ tsp fine salt

Nutrition: Per serving

  • kcal187
  • fat4g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs32g
  • sugars0.2g
    low
  • fibre2g
  • protein4g
  • salt0.4g
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Method

  • step 1

    Combine the flour, vegetable oil and salt in a bowl. Pour over 150ml warm water and knead to bring the mixture together. Remove from the bowl and knead on a lightly floured work surface for around 5 mins until you make a soft, smooth ball of dough. Cover with a clean tea towel and rest for at least 15 mins before rolling out.

  • step 2

    Cut the dough into 6 equal pieces (about 75g each). Roll out each ball of dough as thinly as possible on a floured work surface. They should make rounds about 20 cm wide, 2mm thick.

  • step 3

    Heat a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Cook the tortillas for 1-2 mins on each side until golden brown and toasted. Wrap them in foil and cover in a tea towel to keep warm, while you cook the rest. Keeps for two days well wrapped, or cool, wrap and freeze for up to three months.

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A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.92 ratings
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fayfumbs

So much better than shop bought

laurapollitt

Great recipe. I used bread flour and olive oil and did the kneading and resting in bread maker (10 mins on knead and 20 mins on rise) before rolling by hand. Takes a bit of practice to get the timing right and but flip when big bubbles appear rather than timing it. If you leave them in pan too long…

sgda5678093493917

FYI This is pretty much a Chapati recipe.

jacV9RF973R

Delicious. Followed the recipe exactly apart from less salt, just a pinch and by the time I got to the 3rd ball of dough I found my rolling technique. My advice is make sure the rolling pin and surface are well floured. Using a tea strainer full of flour is ideal to cover your surface but…

jacV9RF973R

Me again…….also like to say, don’t get worked up about producing a perfect circle. Mine aren’t but still taste great. And the ‘rustic’ appeaance just adds to the authentic, home made look!

bethellender10306

question

When rolling out the dough I have to use a lot of flour, which is then making the tortillas floury to hold. Is there anyway to get the flour off the outside? Or something else I can use to roll the dough out?

wainsweb

I also had to give my board a lot more flour than just a "light" dusting, to reduce the dough's stickiness. I'm going to try bread flour next time. The higher gluten content may give less stickiness without having to resort to heavier dusting.

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