Pita is a pocket, flatbread from the Middle East. Tear and dip in hummus, make a pocket and stuff it, or flatten it for a pizza base. It is popular street food, originated in Egypt.
Add an Asian vegetable, gluten free edamame soybeans, which is full of vitamins and minerals. Then top with the sauce below, and people would want seconds.
Pita was first mentioned in English in 1936, from the Modern Green word πίτα /pita, "bread cake, pie". The ancient Green work passed to Latin as picta "pizza".
P.S. You can buy (gluten-free) pita bead. But what fun is that, when you can make your own.
Serves 4
Preheat the oven to 400ºF/200ºC.
falafel:
3 cups (390 g) frozen, organic shelled edamame*, thawed
1 cup (130 g) chopped parsley
2 chopped organic garlic
1/2 cup (65 g) chopped organic red onion
3 Tbs. (45 g) (gluten free) flour
2 Tbs. (30 ml) organic lemon juice
2 tsp. (4 g) each, cumin and coriander
1/4 tsp. (1,5 g) baking [powder
~Egyptian Arabic~
وا َحـ /waahid/ ١ 1. Add the ingredients to a food processor. Blend until smooth.
إتنين /‘itneen/ ٢ 2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
تـَلا َتـَة /talaata/ ٣ 3. Use an ice cream scoop to make balls or roll small handful to make about 12 falafels.
أربـَعـَة /‘arbaAa/ ٤ 4. Bake for 15 minutes, then flip and bake another 15 minutes.
sauce:
about 1 cup tightly packed, soft organic tofu (200 g), press out the water
1/4 cup (30 g) tahini (is GF and DF)
chopped mint
organic lemon zest
paprika
خـَمسـَة /kamsa/ ٥ 5. Blend all together.
filling:
each sliced organic: cucumber, tomatoes, organic lettuce or spinach
Serve:
سـِتّـَة /sitta/ ٦ 6. Cut the pitas open but not all the way through.
سـَبعـَة /sabAa/ ٧ 7. Stuff with falafels and fillings.
تـَما َنيـَة /tamanya/ ٨ 8. Drizzle with the sauce.
If you enjoy Middle Eastern cuisines, try some of these dishes: https://veggiefernandezs.blogspot.com/search/label/Middle%20Eastern
* With the leftovers, enjoy a Japanese Edamame Snack: https://veggiefernandezs.blogspot.com/2022/04/edamame-snack.html
