Freshly baked pittas are far superior to shop-bought and are amazingly simple to make. Try them stuffed with souvlaki or dipped into hummus. Throughout the Middle East, pittas are served alongside ...

A handy recipe to have in your repertoire. Mix the psyllium powder with 300ml/10fl oz water. Set aside to allow the mixture to thicken. Tip the flour and nigella seeds into a mixing bowl.

Chef director of Dalston’s Oren restaurant Oded Oren shares three elevated pitta filling recipes from his debut cookbook. Some may think of pitta bread as just a vehicle for dips, be it hummus ...

then scrape into a bowl, stir in a squeeze of lemon juice and season to taste. Lightly toast the whole wheat pitta bread and cut into dip-able pieces (be careful it will be hot!) Serve immediately.

Refrigerate until needed. Serve with pitta bread. Eat alone or as part of a Middle Eastern mezze. Char the aubergines directly over a gas flame, using tongs, until the flesh is really soft and ...