I would say my favorite kind of food ( after american food ) is definitely Turkish food. There is this lovely Turkish restaurant near my home that serves great food and they catered a fundraising dinner that i recently attended and their was leftover Eggplant salad (which i brought home). Eggplant salad is usually eaten with fresh baked pide and since I didnt have any pide on hand….I decided to make my own and thus I embarked on a 3 hour experiment into baking pide.
As a side note I have decided to do a rating system for all my future cooking experiments so that fellow cooks know what their getting themselves into.
1 = easy/horrible taste
10 = extremely difficult / best food on earth
Easiness level: 8 ( not because the steps are hard…but because it took 3 hours to make)
Taste: 9 (Pide tastes very similar to fresh bread, although it may look like pita bread, it has more of a bready-texture/taste…if that makes any sense)
You start out letting the yeast and sugar sit for a few minutes…and this is what it looks like
After Kneading
You let it rise…and then you punch the dough down and form the dough into circle rounds
Dusted with the egg wash
After its done baking…this is what it looks like on the inside
Ready to Serve!
Makes about 6 Large Pide (if you cut them half…it spreads further)
salaam babe,
the process is very similar to making roti!
hahaha doa….damn yo i could never make bread everyday like desi aunties do
Good idea to use an egg wash. My sesame seeds fell off when I made this!