Traditional bread

Cypriot pitta bread are much different to the Greek pitas. They are flat breads like the other pita but are different in shape and in taste. I’ve been in Greece for 27 years and have never found any, at least where I live. (After a year, writing this post, you can find Cypriot pitas in most supermarkets).

The only thing close to the Cypriot ones which I have found in Greece are the Arabic ones (which can open and be filled), although they are somewhat different in shape and in taste.

Cypriot pitas are oval shaped and are usually opened and filled with souvlakia and sheftalia and a dry salad, mainly tomato, cucumber, thinly cut cabbage, parsley, onions and pickles and lemon (no oil in added to this salad).

However, I remember years back in Cyprus when we had plenty of them at home, we used to open them and stuff them with halloumi (Cypriot sheep and goat cheese) and lountza, a Cypriot delicacy of smoked, fat free pork fillet) tomato, cucumber and anything else we liked. That was one of our favourite snacks of the day).