Wholewheat brown bread

 

Ingredients: will yield 2 loaves

3 cups wholewheat flour

2 cups white flour use as required and some extra for kneading

2 tbs sugar

1 tbs salt

4 tsp active dry yeast

21/4 cups very warm water

2 tbs olive oil

melted butter for greasing

Method:

In a big bowl stir wholewheat flour, sugar, salt, olive oil and yeast until well mixed

Add warm water and beat with electric mixer or manually for 2 minutes untill you'll get a mixer with no lumps.

Stir remaining white flour adding 1 cup a time until dough become easy to knead or handle. Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead well for 10 minutes. you will get a very smooth and springy dough.

Grease a large bowl with butter. Place dough in bowl, cover with cling wrap and leave in warm place for 1 hour. Dough will rise and get doubled in size.

Gently deflate and devide in 2 equal parts. Roll each part in a reactangle and roll toghtly. Fold both eands and pinch to seal the roll.

Place loaves seam side down in greased loaf pans. brush loaves slightly with melted butter, loosely cover and leave for 45 minutes. It'll rise and double in size.

Preheat oven on 210C and bake the loaves on lowest rack for about 25-30 minutes, until you hear a hollow sound on tap and loaves are golden brown.

Remove loaves on cooling rack and immediately brush with melted butter. Let  the loaves cool completely before slicing, so that you can get neat and perfect slices 

Your perfect bread is ready for toast and sandwiches. :) Happy Baking. Any questions and suggestions always welcome :)

classic white bread

Classic white bread beautifully baked, perfectely smooth texture. Ideal for yummiest toasts and sandwiches 

Ingredients: will yield 2 loaves

6.5 cups plain flour

3 tbs sugar

1 tbs salt

41/2 tsp active dry yeast

21/4 cups very warm water

2 tbs softened butter or olive oil

melted butter for greasing

Method:

In a big bowl stir half of the flour, sugar, salt, softened butter and yeast until well mixed

Add warm water and beat with electric mixer or manually for 2 minutes untill you'll get a mixer with no lumps.

Stir remaining flour adding 1 cup a time until dough become easy to knead or handle. Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead well for 10 minutes. you will get a very smooth and springy dough.

Grease a large bowl with butter. Place dough in bowl, cover with cling wrap and leave in warm place for 1 hour. Dough will rise and get doubled in size.

Gently deflate and devide in 2 equal parts. Roll each part in a reactangle and roll toghtly. Fold both eands and pinch to seal the roll.

Place loaves seam side down in greased loaf pans. brush loaves slightly with melted butter, loosely cover and leave for 45 minutes. It'll rise and double in size.

Preheat oven on 210C and bake the loaves on lowest rack for about 25-30 minutes, until you hear a hollow sound on tap and loaves are golden brown.

Remove loaves on cooling rack and immediately brush with melted butter. Let  the loaves cool completely before slicing, so that you can get neat and perfect slices 

Your perfect bread is ready for toast and sandwiches. :) Happy Baking. Any questions and suggestions always welcome :)

Carrot Halwa in microwave

Ingredients:

11/2 cup grated and slightly squeezed carrots.

1 tbs Ghee

1/3 cup milk

2 tbs milk powder

5-6 tbs sugar

3 tbs cream

nuts to garnish(optional)

Method:

Mix Melted ghee and carrots in a microwave safe and heat proof bowl and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes.

Mix rest of the ingredients to the carrot and ghee mixture and stir well.

Microwave for 8 mins mixing after each 11/2 minute.

Your carrot halwa is ready. Garnish with nuts of your choice. Serve hot or cold. 

Choclate Ganache

This ganache is my favourite ganache with coffee flavour and bit on sweeter side.

Ingredients:

1 cup cream

1 cup dark choclate chips or grated choclate

1 tsp instant coffee powder

1 tbs sugar.

Method:

Take choclate chips, sugar and coffee powder in a heat proof bowl. Boil cream and pour on choclate chips. Leave undisturbed for 3-5 mins. Stir until you get a smooth mixture. Let it cool completely before use. Whip for a minute to make it airy.

Your yummiest mocha flavored ganache is ready.

Banana white chocolate muffin

Best way to use over ripe bananas, healthy, yummy, perfect option for tea time snacks or school lunchbox

Ingredients:

2 cups self raising flour 

1/2 cup caster sugar

1/8 tsp salt

60 gm butter melted 

1/2 cup milk at room temperature 

2 eggs/ replace eggs with 1/4 cup of thick yogurt nicely beaten 

2 bananas pureed

1 tsp vanilla essence(optional)

3/4 cup choclate chips or chopped choclate white or brown whatever you prefer. I used chopped white choclate.

Procedure:

Preheat oven at 180C and prepare your Muffin trays. you can make 48 mini muffins or 12 large muffins with this quantity.

Sift flour in a bowl, add salt, caster sugar and mix well

Melt butter, Add milk, eggs, banana puree and Vanilla essence. Whisk to mix well.

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon gently.

Mix choclate chips or chopped Choclate and stir gently, do not over mix. leave some chocolate to sprinkle on top of muffins.

Fill muffin cases 2/3, sprinkle some choclate.

bake on 180C until light brown on top. 

Approximately 20 mins for large size or 15 mins for mini muffins.

cool on wire wrack and your muffins are ready to serve.

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

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• Ingredients:
• 2 tsp grams active dry yeast 
•  1/2 cup lukewarm milk
• 1/2 cup lukewarm water
• 3 tbs granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 tbs butter, melted, more for greasing bowl and pans
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 1/3 cup Raisins.
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour, I mixed maida and whole wheat flour 50-50
• • 1/4 cup sugar mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  
  
  Method:
  
  
  Mix yeast and 1tsp sugar to the lukewarm water and leave for 10 minutes until frothy
  Add lukewarm milk, raisins, 3 tbs sugar, melted butter and egg to the yeast mixture.
  Slowly add flour and salt to the mixture and knead well for about 7 minutes to make a smooth dough, If you feel dough is sticky add little bit flour.
  Now leave the dough in a well greased bowl for about 1.5-2 hours until double in size.
  Knead the dough again for 1-2 minutes and roll into a reactagle, Now sprinkle 1 tbs of milk on dough to make it little bit wet.
  Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon mixture and fold tight in the form of a loaf. Keep the prepared loaf in a gresed loaf pan. 
  
  
  

  
  
  Leave uncovered for about an hour in a warm place.
  
  
  

  
  
  preheat oven on 180 C for 20 minutes. Bake your loaf for about 45 minuted until top is brown and you can hear a hollow sound.
  

  
  
  Take out and immediately apply butter. Leave in pan for 2 minutes then keep on wire wrack to cool.
  

  
  
  Let it cool completely before slicing.