Pita Bread Wrap
This is a middle eastern snack/meal that takes minutes to prepare with hardly any effort.
One of our friends, Sunny, first introduced us to Pita bread and zatar. Then sometime back we had a wrap in a middle eastern restaurant that had baba ghanouje. We thought the combination of zatar and baba ghanouje would be great and here is that version for you.
Ingredients
Baba Ghanouje - 1 small can - This is a paste of roasted eggplant, tahini(sesame seed paste) and olive oil. You will get it in all middle eastern stores and in some indian grocery stores too.
If you buy canned baba ghanouje, it is advisable to finish it the same day or in a day or two as it may get spoilt.
Zatar - This is dried oregano powder with sesame seeds. Again you will find this in middle eastern store. Since this is a dried powder, it will last longer if tightly sealed and stored.
Pita Bread - you get this in middle eastern store too. And you even get whole wheat ones.
Olive Oil - 2 tsps per pita bread
Cheese - Mozzarella or goat cheese - whatever you like. If you are a strict vegetarian, you want to buy cheese with vegetable rennet. Many times, cheese that you get in regular stores usually have animal based rennet in them. In US you get cheese with vegetable rennnet in Whole foods, PCC, QFC and Traders Joe among those I know.
Juice of half lemon
Veggies:
Onion - 1 either finely chopped or cut into rings
Tomatoes - 2-3 chopped or cut into slices
Cucumber - diced or cut into slices
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven at 200 degrees.
2. In the mean time, take a pita bread and smear 1-2 tsps of Olive oil.
3. Apply about 2 tbsps of baba ghanouje in the center of the bread and with a spoon, spread it to uniformly coat the bread.
Sprinkle about 2 tbsps of zatar.
Do this for as many pitas as you like.
If you are using cheese, sprinkle pieces of cheese.
Place the pitas in the oven for 5-10 mts or till the cheese melts.
Once the pitas are out of the oven, add a handful of veggies in the center, sprinkle few drops of lime juice and fold it in the middle and its ready to eat.
You can fold the pita and eat like a sandwich or cut it into slices like a pizza.
Enjoy!!!!!!
