Garlic Bread August 28, 2010

Ingredients
Maida – 250 gms
Fresh yeast – 1 tbsp
Sugar – 2 tsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Warm milk – 2 tbsp
Water – 150 ml
Minced garlic – 2 tbsp
Olive oil – 1 tbsp

Method
Dissolve the yeast and sugar in warm milk for 10 mins to activate. Sift the flour and salt in a bowl andn make a well in the centre. Pour the yeast mixture in the middle and bring in the flour to make a soft pliable dough using enough water. Add in the olive oil and cover the dough with a damp muslin cloth and let it rise to double the size.

Punch down the dough and add the minced garlic and knead the dough for 2 to 3 mins. shape it as a log and place it is a greased loaf pan. Bake it at 225 C in a preheated oven.

Remove from oven when the crust is golden (I kept mine for some more time as all at home loves roasted garlic crust :):). Cool it completely and slice.

Baked Paneer Rolls May 31, 2009

Rich Chocolate Cake May 17, 2009

I was fascinated by baking from a very young age, but nobody used to bake in our house. So last year got myself an OTG (oven, toaster, grill) and tried simple things like bread chilli toast and a plain cake. This is the first time i am baking a cake and icing it too, and it came out reallly well band we had ours with vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients
Eggs – 5
Flour – 250 gm
Sugar – 240 gm
Butter – 240 gm
Cocoa Powder – 2 tbsp
Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Baking Powder – 1 tsp

Method
Sift flour, cocoa powder & baking powder together. In a bowl cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy
whisk eggs and fold in alternatively with flour

Line a cake tin with butter paper. Grease the tine with butter and dust with flour.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin, leaving a slight depression in the centre. Bake at 180 degrees C in a preheated oven for 45 mins.

When done remove onto a cooling rack and apply icing once it has cooled.

Icing
Butter – 50 gm
Cocoa Powder – 50 gm
Icing Sugar – 70 gms (increase it for sweetness)
Melted Cadbury Chocolate – 50 gm
Grated Chocolate –  50 gms

Mix together all the icing ingredients except grated chocolate to a smooth consistency.pour over the cake and fill the sides too. top it with grated chocolate.

Hot Wheat Buns March 27, 2008

 

Ingredients
Bun
All Purpose Flour – 1 Cup
Wheat Flour – 1 Cup
Sugar – 4 tbsp
Active Dry Yeast – 1 1/2 tsp
Milk – 1/2 cup
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Oil – 1/4 Cup

Egg Wash
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp water

Method
Whisk together both the flours, yeast, sugar and salt. Set aside.

Heat milk till it is slightly warm and pour into the mixture along with the oil. Knead the dough until smooth and shiny. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.

Punch down the dough and knead gently on a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into equal sized balls. Place each bun into a greased baking dish. Cover with a clean cloth and let the buns rise again in a warm place until nearly double in size, approximately 1 hour.

Beat together the egg yolk and water. Egg wash the buns. Bake in a preheated oven at 190° C for 20 minutes.