I always seem to crave a wrap for lunch when I do not have one available, however you can make your own if you have plain flour, water and oil. For the £15 a week challenge week 1 I used melted margarine as I have yet to buy any oil- it still worked although the taste was rather different. These tasted great with the red lentil dhal.
Flatbread Recipe - makes 4-6 flatbreads
200 g plain flour
100 ml warm water
2 tbsp oil or butter/margarine
Bung the flour into a bowl and make a well in the centre. Gradually add the water mixing as you go with your fingers, depending on the brand of flour you may need to add some extra flour or extra water, you are aiming for a soft dough.
Knead the dough for 5 minutes - this helps the dough to be strong enough to be rolled out thin.
Divide the dough into 4 or 5 pieces and roll out using a floured rolling pin, try to get it as thin as possible.
Heat a frying pan and put a small amount of oil or margarine into the hot pan, tilt so it spreads over the surface. Cook each flatbread for 2 minutes on each side - don't worry if it puffs up slightly. Cooked flatbreads can be used like wraps or warmed before serving. They even freeze, put some greaseproof paper between each layer.
Variations:
You get a different flavour depending on whether you cook these with oil or butter. You can also use flavoured butter to cook it in to add a slight flavour.
If you want a more definite flavour to your flatbread add herbs or spices to the flour before adding the water. Try chopped coriander, garlic powder, nigella seeds, chilli powder etc depending on what you want to serve them with.
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