Flatbread - composition and calorie content. The benefits and harms of flatbreads

Try to answer the question: what is the most important thing on a diet? Some people are sure that the secret is in the minimum calorie content. Someone will prove that you can’t do without apothecary precision when measuring portions. And some people think that the balance of the BZHU is at the forefront.

Everything is true, but even nutritionists will say that if all the described and many other requirements are met, nothing will work when the person losing weight is in a depressive, depressed mood. And you can achieve a positive result by the variety in the menu and the high taste of each dish, without exception.

Tandoor flatbreads: benefits and harms

It is impossible to imagine the daily diet of Uzbek citizens without one gastronomic miracle - unique in its taste and nutritional qualities and never boring hot tandoor bread “issik non”, or in common parlance - flatbread. Everyone who has tried this bread at least once falls in love with it for life. And how the Uzbek people who are far from their homeland yearn for their native flatbreads! But what do we know about this blessed bread, except that it is amazingly tasty, and “that there is nothing like it anywhere else”? What is his secret?..

How many calories are in one fried tortilla?

Good day everyone and happy weight loss!

More and more people who want to lose weight once and for all are starting to count calories.

And many questions immediately arise. How to count these same calories, where to even start. There is a desire to lose weight, but there is not always a desire to search for information.

At the end of this article, I will leave for you links to 2 articles that will become cheat sheets for those who want to lose weight, but do not know where to start.

Now let's figure out how to calculate the calorie content of any dish you prepare. I will try to describe the whole process in as much detail as possible to make it clearer. It will seem like a lot, long and tedious, but when the process becomes clear, you will understand that everything is simple and fast.

Flatbread recipe

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

1. Knead the dough from the prepared ingredients. To do this, dissolve yeast and salt with sugar in warm water and immediately add all the flour (1 kg). Get a small ball or “ball” of dough.
2. For a spicy aroma, spices and herbs are added to the dough: rosemary, sun-dried or smoked cherry tomatoes, mint, thyme, Mediterranean herbs, turmeric, basil, anise, sesame, lemon balm, sage, oregano, cardamom, garlic, pepper, green leek, artichoke , dill, celery, saffron, etc. You can add aromatic vegetable oils to the dough to taste: olive, sunflower, sesame, coconut, flaxseed, cocoa oil, soap nut oil, almond or peanut oil, cedar oil, walnut oil, pumpkin seed oil , pistachio, hazelnut.
3. Let the dough sit in a bucket or deep bowl under the cover of a blanket or pillow in a warm place for 1-2 hours until it rises.
4. Divide the dough into small balls. Roll each of them out a little with a rolling pin;
5. Place on a special round “pillow” before sending it to the oven for baking.

6. Sprinkle the walls of the tandoor with water.
7. Shape the flatbreads using a chekich or a rolling pin;
8. Brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
9. Place in the oven to bake for 15-20 minutes.

10. Remove the bread using a special scraper and a “trap”.

11. Arrange in rows and columns to cool before serving.

Calorie content

Standard caloric content of tandoor flatbreads: 245 calories per 100 g of product.

The low or high calorie content of tandoor flatbreads depends on the ingredients included in the bread. For butter dough, calories are calculated based on the fat content in dairy products added to the dough (sour cream, margarine). For low-calorie yeast dough, the nutritional value depends on the type of flour. If samsa is prepared from puff pastry and filling in the oven, the calculation of calories depends not so much on the dough, but on what is inside the “envelope”: meat, lard, fish, vegetables, herbs, sweets.

Common mistakes

Even if they know how to make flatbread in a tandoor, owners and housewives may not avoid common mistakes:

• First of all, they are associated with non-compliance with safety precautions when working with the oven: insufficient heating or overheating, ignoring the protection of hands, face and eyes from high temperatures, failure to wet the oven walls with water before baking cakes.
• Also, errors can be associated with the choice of low-quality ingredients, and especially yeast, on which the “germination” of the dough directly depends.

Alternative recipes using the same products

An alternative to low-calorie flatbread can be dietary pies with unsweetened filling, which can also be used as a quick and satisfying snack.

Pies with cabbage

A classic of Russian cuisine is pies with cabbage. Instead of the standard butter dough and fried filling, you can use a recipe that is lighter in calories.

Calorie content – ​​132 kcal.

Used - 8 g / 3 g / 18 g.

To make the pies more rosy, you can gently brush them with milk.

Instead of cabbage, you can use onions and eggs, cottage cheese and herbs, boiled chicken breast with mushrooms or fish with carrots. One snack should not be more than 1-2 pies.

Oven-baked rye pancakes with zucchini

Baked pancakes turn out to be very tender due to the pulp of young zucchini and at the same time satisfying due to the presence of rye flour in the recipe.

Calorie content – ​​142 kcal.

Used - 5 g / 1.3 g / 28 g.

Serve the dish with fresh low-calorie sour cream or natural yogurt mixed with garlic, herbs and Khmeli-Suneli spices.

Main conclusions

Diet flatbreads are easy to prepare and very variable. This is the most convenient low-calorie snack option that you can quickly make at home or take with you on the road:

1. The recipe for diet flatbreads does not use wheat flour. It is replaced with more useful varieties or bran.
2. Cottage cheese in the recipe is an alternative to butter.
3. To make the cakes more fluffy, you need to add kefir and soda to the dough.
4. The filling can be based on soft cottage cheese, low-fat cheese, herbs, vegetables and fish.
5. Flax seeds or sesame are often used as additional ingredients.
6. Diet flatbreads are a complete meal (breakfast, snack).
7. You can replace the flatbreads with diet pies or baked pancakes.

Flatbread is a versatile option that can be prepared for work, school, or taken with you on a trip. The variety of fillings will allow you to create a dish that suits any taste.

Popular low-calorie recipes

The recipe for flatbreads can be found in any national cuisine. Small changes in the composition will make this dish accessible even on a diet. You can also prepare flatbreads in different ways. Most often they are baked in the oven or fried in a dry frying pan.

With cottage cheese and onions

Curd and oatcake with onions is the ideal breakfast for an athlete. It contains virtually no fat, but at the same time it contains a large amount of protein, which is so necessary for an athlete during training. However, such a dish can energize an ordinary person for the whole day.

Calorie content – ​​75 kcal.

Used - 22 g / 2 g / 20 g.

Alternatively, the flatbread can be baked in the oven at 180°C. The dish is served with low-fat sour cream and chopped vegetables, such as tomato, cucumber and sweet pepper.

Turkish with cottage cheese and spinach

Flatbread with cottage cheese and spinach is a popular Turkish street fast food dish. It is famous not only for its taste, but also for its wide variety of fillings. Gözleme, the Turkish name for these flatbreads, is made from flour and water.

Calorie content – ​​152 kcal.

Used - 7 g / 1.4 g / 28 g.

In addition to cottage cheese, low-calorie cheese, herbs, stewed fish or meat (chicken) can be used as filling.

Carrots with cottage cheese

Light and bright flatbreads with healthy carrots will fit perfectly into the autumn menu. Instead of carrots, you can use pumpkin, zucchini or any other vegetable suitable for baking or frying.

Calorie content – ​​140 kcal.

Used - 9 g / 4 g / 18 g.

To prevent the tortillas from burning, you can cover them with foil or parchment for the last 10 minutes.

Comment! When warm, the baked goods have a crispy crust and a soft structure inside. When it finally cools down, it becomes equally soft both inside and outside.

With cottage cheese and herbs

This recipe for dietary flatbreads with cottage cheese is prepared with kefir, due to which the dough acquires a porous structure, while remaining soft and elastic.

Calorie content – ​​176 kcal.

Used - 9 g / 3.3 g / 27 g.

After frying, place the flatbreads in a dish and cover with a cotton towel to protect them from drying out.

With curdled milk

You can give the dough a softer taste using yogurt or fermented baked milk. Fermented milk products with natural starter culture are a safe alternative to yeast. They give baked goods the necessary fluffiness and softness.

Calorie content – ​​192 kcal.

Used - 8 g / 3 g / 37 g.

The thinner the dough is rolled out, the crispier the cake will be. The dish can be served with a sauce made from low-fat sour cream, garlic and herbs.

Curd with caviar

This dish can be not only an excellent breakfast, but also a good savory snack option. The choice of caviar is not significant.

Calorie content – ​​168 kcal.

Used - 16 g / 7 g / 10 g.

If desired, the cottage cheese from the filling can be replaced with soy cheese - tofu.

Fish with cottage cheese

As a filling for dietary flatbreads, you can use not only cottage cheese, but also more “serious” ingredients, such as meat or fish.

Calorie content – ​​95 kcal.

Used - 14 g / 2 g / 5 g.

Instead of an oven, you can use a microwave oven at the final stage.