Fusion Bread

Time to refill my pantry jars, I have been deferring to do so for the past one week due to various reasons. I wanted to bake fresh bread for weekend breakfast but, very limited supplies………..Hmm…what about fusion bread?

Just, add whatever you left with and bake. Not bad at all……..got a very pretty, soft and tasty loaf.

 

Ingredient   -    1/2 cup of oats       ;      1 cup of all purpose flour       ;    1/2 cup whole wheat flour      ;       1/4 cup of flax seed powder         ;      3/4 cup of crushed weetabrix      ;     1 cup of milk       ;      1 /4 cup of water        ;    1 tbsp of instant yeast        ;       1/4 cup of honey        ;        1 /8 cup of melted butter     ;       1/2 tbsp of salt   

 Procedure : cook the oats and keep aside let it cool.  In a mixing bowl add warm milk, honey and yeast mix well. Add salt, melted butter, oats, flax seed powder, weetabrix, whole wheat flour and mix with hand. Add all purpose flour little by little and knead until it is smooth and elastic dough but, not sticky.

 

Shape it into a ball and place it in an oiled bowl and cover with damp cloth for about 1 1/2 hours or 2 hours or till it become double in volume. Gently deflate the dough and shape the dough into a greased loaf tin and cover the loaf with damp cloth for about an hour or it raise almost at the edges of your loaf tin. Sprinkle the chopped almond & walnuts on the top.(its an option)

Transfer the loaf into 180°C pre-heated oven and bake for about 40 - 50 minutes or till the bread is nice brown on top and sounds hollow when tapped. 

 

Hot loaf with kefir spread in a cold morning………..it’s divine!

Gluten Free Cookies

Gluten is nothing but a kind of two proteins present in cereal grains like wheat, rye, barley etc.  Gluten acting as glue that helps holds food together also gives the elastic texture of dough.

Gluten is not bad. but, some people are gluten-intolerant. i.e  the body's inability to digest or break down the gluten protein this condition is known as celiac disease. In general, if you can avoid cereal gains and it’s by products, it’s become Gluten free.

These cookies were specially baked for a three year old boy, who is a gluten-intolerant. So, thought of doing some decorations, to attract.

Ingredient :   ¾ cup of almond meal          ;         1/4 +1 tbsp cup of  coconut flour (coco flour)      ;       2 egg        ;       2 tbsp of flax seed powder       ;        1 tbsp of coco powder     ;      1 tsp of vanilla essence      ;        1 /4 cup of sugar ;        1 /4 cup of clarified butter (ghee)        ;        1/4 cup of chocolate chip cookies      (For decoration – white chocolate chips & melted chocolate for eyes) 

In a bowl add almond meal, coconut flour, flax and coco powder, keep aside.  In a bowl beat the egg, sugar and vanilla essence.

Now add the dry ingredient mixture into egg mixture and blend at the end add the chocolate chips in it.

Divide the mixture into equal size balls and place them on the prepared baking trays with good space between each and slightly flatten them down.

Transfer the tray into 180°C per-heated oven and bake for about 10 -12 minutes. Allow them to cool. That’s it for a crispy gluten free cookie.

Oat Meal Knots

Nowadays, the awareness of healthy food is widely spoken. Due to the life style shift, people prefer a light breakfast and try to avoid rice and white flour based bread.

Hence, breads that are made by millet's are getting popular and widely preferred. While browsing the www.myrecipes.com, I found an interesting bread recipe. 

I am quite impressed with outcome and thought of sharing to with you all. Also, would like to share the facts of Flax seeds. 

Flax seeds are the rich source of Fiber (both soluble and insoluble), Lignans and Omega-3. Hence, I won’t forget to add flax seeds in my cooking / baking, where ever possible. 

Ingredients : 1 cup of Oats      ;      1/2cup of  honey       ;    2 tbsp of butter     ; 1 ½ tsp –salt     ;   2 cups of boiling water     ;      2 tsp of instant yeast     ;   1/3 cup of  warm water      ;    1/4 cup of flax seed meal        ;     3cups of whole wheat flour     ;     1 ½ cup of all purpose flour       ;     1tbsp milk  (brushing)      ;       1tbsp of oats    ;       1tbsp of sesame seeds

Making Process:  combine the oats, honey, butter and salt in a bowl, add 2 cups of boiling water. Stirring until combine and allow it to cool.

In small bowl add yeast into 1/3 cup of warm water and mix well and pour the yeast mixture into oats mixture and stir. 

Add flax seed meal, whole wheat flour into the Oats-yeast mixture then gradually add all purpose flour. Combine well to soft elastic flour ball.

Place dough in a bowl coated with oil and cover with damp cloth for about  1 ½   hour or until doubled in size. Punch dough down, and let rest for 5-10 minutes.

Divide dough into 24 equal portions. Shape each portion into an 8-inch rope. Tie each rope into a single knot; tuck top end of rope under bottom edge of roll. Similarly, do the rest of the portions.

Place each roll on a baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for about 1 hour or until doubled in size. 

Brush the rolls with milk, combine the sesame seeds and oats together sprinkle evenly on the rolls and bake in a preheat oven at 180°c until it done.