Whole Wheat Flour Tortilla Recipe

Tortillas are an essential part of Mexican food. They are normally available in most supermarkets, but are often made from all-purpose flour. However, if you have ever thought of making them at home, let me tell you it is easy to make the tortillas at home and moreover, you will end up preparing healthy whole wheat flour tortillas by using healthier flour - the whole wheat flour. With the tortilla recipe, you will be able to roll the tortillas easier. You can also make use of tortilla dough press to roll the tortillas and get the perfect round shape each time.

Homemade Whole Wheat Flour Tortilla

There are a number of methods, which can be used to make homemade tortillas using whole wheat flour, however the variation in these recipes is not much, as the basic ingredients do remain the same.

Tortilla Recipe # 1
This is a basic recipe, which can be customized with different spices to make tortillas with different flavors. With flaxseed this recipe will make a nutritious tortilla.

Ingredients

• Whole Wheat Flour 2 ¾ cups
• Ground Flaxseed 3 tablespoons
• Baking Powder ¼ teaspoon
• Nutritional Yeast 2 teaspoons
• Sage 1 teaspoon
• Ginger Powder 1 teaspoon
• Garlic Powder 1 teaspoon
• Canola Oil 3 tablespoons
• Warm Water 1 cup

Method

• In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients together, then add water and oil to the dry mixture and knead the dough.
• If the dough becomes very stiff add more water, but make sure you do not add more than 1 tablespoon of water each time.
• Wrap the dough in a wet cloth and let the dough stand for 10 minutes.
• Now make about 8 to 12 balls of equal sizes from the dough and let them stand again covered with wet cloth for another 10 minutes.
• Roll out one ball and put it on the preheated griddle.
• Flip when you see air pockets, but first remove the air from the air pockets.
• When the color of the tortillas change to golden brown, understand that they are ready.

Tortilla Recipe # 2
This is a different method of making tortillas. For me and my family members, this is the best tortilla recipe. A little more milk than the quantity mentioned in the ingredients may be required if the dough becomes very dry.

Ingredients

• Whole Wheat Flour 3 cups
• Salt 1 ½ teaspoons
• Baking Powder 2 ¼ teaspoons
• Canola Oil 3 teaspoon
• Fat Free Warm Milk 1 cup

Method

• Mix together flour, salt, baking powder and oil well.
• Slowly start adding warm milk to the dry mixture.
• Knead the dough, till the dough is firm and soft.
• Cover with damp cloth or plastic wrap for about 20 minutes.
• Then divide the entire dough into 12 balls of equal size.
• Place these balls in a plate, but make sure they do not touch each other and cover them again with a damp cloth or plastic wrap for another 10 minutes.
• After the dough has rested, roll out one ball at a time and cook them in a dry iron skillet, which is preheated. Each side would need about 30 seconds to cook.

Tortilla Recipe # 3
This is a traditional recipe to make tortilla, which is certainly better than the store bought tortilla. However, make sure you do not substitute the lard with vegetable oil or shortening.

Ingredients

• Whole Wheat Flour 4 cups
• Salt 1 teaspoon
• Baking Powder 2 teaspoons
• Lard 2 tablespoons
• Water 1 ½ cup

Method

• In a bowl mix flour, salt and baking powder together. Then add lard to the dry ingredients and mix till the flour resembles cornmeal.
• Now add water to the flour mixture and mix till the dough comes together.
• Keep kneading the dough for a few minutes, so that the dough is soft.
• Then divide the dough into 20 pieces.
• Roll one ball into a thin, round tortilla, place it on the hot skillet and cook till bubbly and golden.
• Flip to the other side and let it also cook till golden in color.

An important tip to remember while making whole wheat flour tortilla, is to make sure that the dough is soft and let it rest as directed in the recipe. If you wonder about tortilla calories, one serving of size 42 grams will contain 130 to 140 calories, but I will not worry about the calories, as you would have just prepared a healthy whole wheat tortilla as compared to an all-purpose flour tortilla.