How to Make Flatbread With Baking Soda

Flatbread used to be one of my favorite breakfast back home in China. I do not know how it is made, and I believe its recipe is way more complicated than mine.
My flatbread recipe is a much simplified version. I made it up based on my memory of the taste, and it is indeed easy, and tastes good.



Ingredients:

1.One egg
2.Milk
3.Honey
4.Oil
5.Wheat or white flour
6.Salt
7.Baking soda
8.Garlic powder
9.Curry powder
10.Black pepper
11.Green Onions
12.Cumin seeds
13.Sesame seeds

Step 1

Mix all the dry ingredients together, including:
1. Flour (2 cups)
2. Salt (1&1/2 tbsp)
3. Baking soda (1/2 tbsp)
4. Garlic powder
5. Curry powder
6. Black pepper
7. Cumin seeds
8. Sesame seeds

Step 2

Mix one egg with honey, oil (2 tbsp), and green onions. (Green onions could be added either in the first or the second step.)

Step 3

Pour the liquid into the dry ingredients. Stir with a spoon.

Step 4

Pour milk into the mixture. (A little at a time.)

Step 5

Add some more milk, and stir again.

Step 6

...Until the mixture is able to form a dough, which is not too sticky.

Step 7

Knead the dough until smooth. Roll it into a sausage shape. (It is easier to roll if you divide the dough in half.)

Step 8

Cut the dough into several equal pieces.

Step 9

Sprinkle some flour on the chopping broad.
Take one piece, and flatten it into a rectangle shape. (A rolling pin is not necessary. I did it with my hands.)

Step 10

Flatten the rest the same way.

Step 11

Put the pan over medium heat until it turns very hot. (Usually costs 2 to 3 minutes.)

Place two pieces at a time in the dry pan.

Step 12

When the bottom turns brown, flip them over. Cook until the bread rises a bit, and both sides get brown and crispy.

Step 13

Usually, it takes 2 to 3 minutes to fully cook them. After the first two, repeat the same procedure for the rest ones.

Step 14

While cooking, the pan is gradually getting hotter, and thus the bread would get cooked much more quickly by the end.
Therefore for the rest half, you may consider cooking over low or medium-low heat.

Step 15

Eating those flatbread only may taste dry, so why not try with some cold milk. The two complement each other well and taste rather perfect.

How to Make Bread With Baking Soda

Ingredients:

1.An egg
2.Milk(Or water)
3.Honey(Or sugar)
4.Oil
5.One slice of lemon
6.Wheat Flour(Or white, as your wish)
7.Baking soda

Step 1

Preheat the oven (Usually costs around 15 minutes).

Step 2

Butter the pan (or a loaf pan). If you don't have butter, oil may work as well.（I haven't tried before though.）

Step 3

Cut a slice of lemon, and squeeze the juice into a bowl. (I use lemon juice because the acidity in it could react with baking soda, generating salt and carbon dioxide, which helps the bread rise even more.)

Step 4

In the same bowl, break one egg. Add honey, sugar(2 tbsp), oil(1 tbsp), milk (pour only little bit now so that you can adjust later). Stir until smooth.

Step 5

In another bowl, add flour and 1/2 to 1 tbsp baking soda. Shake the bowl. (I do not add salt because it would be produced by the previously mentioned chemical reaction.)

Step 6

Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ones. Stir until you have a semi-liquid mixture as the picture shows.

Step 7

Once you get the texture right, pour the mixture into the pan immediately. (Once the baking soda meets moisture, the carbon dioxide generates right away.So, in order to make the bread rise nicely, it's good to move fast.)

Step 8

Quickly put the pan in the oven. Bake for around 30 minutes.

Step 9

Take out the pan. Let it cool down a bit.

Step 10

Cut the bread into pieces.

Step 11

Eat one and store the rest in the fridge.

If Making Pizza is Easy to me, it Can't be Difficult to you

My List of Ingredients:

For the Dough:

1.Wheat& White Flour (Or just wheat or white)
2.An Egg
3.Milk (Water will do as well)
4.Vegetabel Oil (If you have olive oil, go for it)
5.Honey (You can choose suger instead)
6.Salt
7.1/2 tbsp Baking soda/powder (Actually you can give it up if you don't have, but be sure to make the dough into a very thin layer, and be sure to use at least one egg.)

For the Topping:

1.Tomato Sause
2.Mozzarella cheese (And any other cheese you prefer)
3.Vegetables (Onions are important, and I like to add garlic and ginger,too)
4.Pineapple trunks (You HAVE TO add them if you can! Good with spicy flavor)
5.Seasonings (My list inlcudes crushed red pepper, kumin seeds, black pepper and salt)

STEP 1

Mix egg, milk, oil (2 tbsp), and honey (2 tbsp for me )

STEP 2

Put wheat flour, white four, salt(3 tbsp for me) and baking soda (1/2 or 1 tbsp) into a bowl, and shake.
(PS. You could try adding black pepper in this step.I haven't tried yet, but I will.)

STEP 3

Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients. Stir and knead until the dough is not sticky. (In order to make it less sticky, you could try leaving it for 5 minutes. It also becomes more smooth).

STEP 4

Sprinkle some flour over the plate on which you are going to put your pizza base.

STEP 5

Flatten your dough into a thin layer. Make the base edge extra thin.

STEP 6

Sprinkle cheese around the edge.

STEP 7

Fold the edge over the cheese.

STEP 8

Spread tomato sause on the pizza base.

STEP 9

Cut vegetables and mix them with spices like crushed red pepper, black pepper, salt, kumin seeds, etc. (Personally, I like to make the vegetables salty and spicy. Vegetables could include onions, green peppers, tomatos, potatos, sweet potatos, cauliflowers, or anything based on your personal taste.)

STEP 10

Add your vegetbables on the base. Press them with a spoon.

STEP 11

Add Mozzarella cheese and pineapple trunks on top.

STEP 12

Preheat the oven and put the pizza in for 40 minutes.
After it's done, take it out, cut it in 4 or 6 pieces, and taste it. The pineapples would add a sweet and sour taste to the salty and spicy vegetables beneath.
The taste combined makes me wanna...well, why don't you have a try?