PER ITALIANO
Hello everyone,
Here I am with a new recipe. I've been very active in the blog recently, wouldn't you say? ;)
When I don't have a lot of time or will to prepare lunch or supper, or when I crave for something tasty, this is one of my go to recipes.
I've started to make my own tortilla wraps only recently (in Italy we call such flatbread "piadina", in Turkey "lavash"). Before that I always bought them. Most of the tortilla wraps sold in supermarkets are made with white flour and contain many additives. Instead, the ones we prepare at home are made with 4 essential ingredients only: Whole wheat flour, water, very little extra virgin olive oil and salt.
I've filled our wraps with Tempeh. I know that not everyone around the world is very familiar with Tempeh, which came to my knowledge just a few years ago. In short, Tempeh is a protein rich, nutrient dense soy product which is made from fermented soybeans. Although it originates from Indonesian kitchen, nowadays it is widely used also by vegetarians and vegans. Given the fact that number of people who choose plant based diets are in rise, it seems like we will be hearing about it even more in future.
If you'd like to replace tempeh you can use smoked tofu or veggie burgers as I often do.
Ingredients (2 tortilla wraps):
150 g organic whole wheat flour
100 - 110 g water
1 TBSP extravirgin olive oil
1/4 tsp salt
Filling:
125 g organic natural Tempeh (or smoked tofu slices, veggie burgers etc)
Finely chopped lettuce
Finely sliced tomatoes
Finely chopped pickled sweet green pepper
Finely chopped onion
Cashew Mayonnaise or some other light mayo
Notes:
- Whole wheat flours absorb more water in comparison with white flours. While adapting your old recipes to whole food plant based diet, you need to increase the amount of water when you replace white flour with whole wheat one. The absorption capacity changes also among the whole wheat flours depending on the type of the wheat and the brand. If needed add more water in tortilla dough. It shouldn't be hard nor too soft.
- You can replace tempeh with smoked tofu slices, vegetable burgers etc.
- I've used oil in this recipe even though it is very little I don't list this recipe under the whole food plant based category.
Preparation:
