High Fiber Tortillas
High fiber tortillas that you can make in one bowl from six ingredients – whole wheat flour, chia seeds, and olive oil, baking powder, salt and water. Each tortilla delivers about 5 grams of protein and 4.5 grams of fiber.
Servings: 8 tortilla
Calories: 180kcal
Equipment
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 heavy skillet
- 1 Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 300 gram whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 3 tablespoon olive oil mild flavored extra virgin
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 230 gram water
Instructions
Start Dough
- Boil about 1 cup of water.
- Grind 1 tablespoon chia seeds.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk 300 gram whole wheat flour and the ground chia seeds.
- Add 230 gram water. Stir.
- Add 3 tablespoon olive oil.
- Mix until you have a cohesive ball of dough.
- Cover and allow the dough to cool to about 100℉.
Finish Dough
- Add 1/2 teaspoon baking powder and 3/4 teaspoon salt.
- Kneed until it forms a cohesive ball.
- Divide into eight golf ball sized balls.
- Cover and allow to rest for at least 10 minutes. Allowing the flour and chia seeds to hydrate longer makes smoother tortillas.
Cook
- Heat a lightly oiled, large heavy skillet over medium heat.
- Lightly flour the counter and rolling pin.
- Roll one of the dough balls to about 6" in diameter, and less than ⅛" thick.
- Cook on skillet until a few bubbles form, about 15 seconds.Flip and cook for another 15 seconds.Adjust the temperature so that the tortillas get cooked through, but not too brown or hard.
- Move tortilla to a plate, and repeat with the remaining dough balls.
