How can I make lighter tortillas?!


Question: How can I make lighter tortillas!?
I use a very basic tortilla recipe:

4 cups flour
1tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
1/4 cup oil
1 1/2 cups warm water

I knead the mixture by hand and roll out the dough to the thinnest I possibily can before cooking!.

But once they're cooked they're quite heavy and dense - more like Greek pitta bread!. Am I doing sthg wrong!? Perhaps it's the type of flour - here in Europe it's very startchy and makes the dough very elastic, I can't find anything better :(

Any tips from experienced tortilla-makers would be great!.

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Answers:
Corn tortillas are healthier, less fat, and tastier!.
Here is a recipe with pictures!.
http://www!.cooking-mexican-recipes!.com/c!.!.!.

The corn flour mix looks like this:
http://www!.amazon!.com/Maseca-Corn-Flour-!.!.!.
Instant Corn Masa Mix for corn tortillas, tamales, enchiladas, pupusas, atoles and other Mexican, Central and South American dishes!.



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Buy a tortilla press- it makes the dough very very thin!. I have a metal one, and it works great- as for the flour, try cake flour and see if that works!.!.!.http://www!.gourmetsleuth!.com/tortillapre!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yeah i think it may be the flour not 100% sureWww@FoodAQ@Com





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