Lately, my husband shown few white papers published about the medical properties of Turmeric. Though, we all know turmeric is a good antiseptic Agent. But, the white paper revels much more about turmeric’s curing and healing properties. Even it has ability to fight against cancer cells.
Since then, I had been using Turmeric in raw form in my day today cooking. Apart from its healing / curing properties, I liked its aroma and color. So, why can’t in baking too……..?
Turmeric rhizome, which is the underground stem, looks very much like ginger (member of the ginger plant family) quite popular spices in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking and is widely used in Ayurvedic system of traditional medicine in India.
I thought, along with turmeric, adding the Onion and Chilly will give a unique taste and flour to the loaf. As I thought, it turns to very good (savory kind of) bread. I pat myself.
Ingredients : 3 cup of whole wheat flour ; 1/2 cup of all purpose flour ; 1 tsp of sugar ; 1 tsp of salt ; 1 tsp of yeast ; 25 gms of soft butter ; 2 tbsp of grated fresh turmeric ; 1 small chopped onion ; 1 green chopped chilli ; 1 ½ cup of lukewarm water
Procedure : In a bowl add lukewarm water, sugar, yeast and mix well and kept aside for 10 -15 minutes. In another bowl, mix the whole wheat and all purpose flour and salt and mix well.
Add salt, butter, onion, turmeric, 2 cup of flour mix in to the yeast mixture and start kneading the dough. Add the remaining flour little by little and knead until it is smooth and elastic.
Form a ball shaped dough, coat with oil and cover with damp cloth and leave it at room temperature for about 60 – 90 minutes or allow it to rise, double in volume.
Deflate the dough and place the dough on a flat surface and roll it into a greased loaf and cover the loaf pan with damp cloth for about 60 minutes.
Transfer the loaf pan into a 180°C pre-heated oven and bake at 180°C for about 40 minutes or till it done well. (Tent the loaf with aluminum foil if it begins to brown too much)
Take away the loaf pan from the oven and after a minute turn it out onto a wire rack and brush with melted butter and allow to cool.
Serve the bread with Cheese and Green Chutney………..imm Its Divine.
