Bombay Bread Toast
Ingredients:
Brown Bread - 5 nos
Egg - 2
Milk - 1/3 cup
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Cinnamon Powder - 1/4 tsp
Butter
Preparation:
Beat the egg till light and fluffy. Beat milk and sugar together and then pour into beaten egg and to this add cinnamon powder and beat further.
In a flat pan, rub fair amount of butter on it. Take bread the slices and dip in the mix. Dip the reverse side too. Place the dipped bread slice onto the buttered pan and cook on low flame till both sides are light brown in color. . Serve with fruits and honey. Best for breakfast or evening snacks ..
Can it get more helathier than this :) :)...
Cheers,
Neetz ;)
Notes
You can definitely use normal white bread instead of brown bread.
Banana Bread (the best bread ever baked!)
When it was time for blog hop wednesday, i was paired with Priya. I was awestruck with the recipes and especially the baking section which was my fav!. Seeing the cafe style bread made me no hesitant to try it out immediately. I had no confidence at first that it will turn out as good as she had made. But out of my surprise it came out well and the best part everyone was happily relishing on the bread slices asking for more. Doesnt that make you even more happier!!!.. Thanks a ton Priya for sharing and I m so glad i tried it out :) :)
Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour (sifted) - 1 3/4 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Eggs - 2
Ripe Bananas - 3 large
Oil - 1/2 cup
Buttermilk - 1/3 cup
Walnuts - 1/2 cup chopped
Chocolate Chips - 1/2 cup
Preparation:
Grease a loaf pan with butter and keep aside.
Sift the flour with baking soda. Then beat the eggs first till pale. Then add in the sugar and bananas and beat till smooth. If you need bananas to be chunky you can roughly crush before hand and add to the wet mix. Then add in buttermilk and salt. Whisk nicely and add in all the dry ingredients little by little.
Bake at 190C/375F for 1 hour and 5 mins. I bet the hosue will be smelling awesome right now :) :)...
Relish on warm or cold slice :)
Cheers,
Neetz ;)
Banana Chocolate Bread Muffins
Ingredients:
Flour - 1 .5 cup
Banana - 3 nos ( Ripe)
Eggs - 2 nos
Brown Sugar - 1 cup
Curd - 1 cup
Salt - a pinch
Vegetable Oil - 3/4 cup
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Milk Chocolate chips - 1/2 cup
Roasted Walnuts and Cashew Nuts - few crushed
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
Sift the flour with baking soda twice and keep aside.
Seperate the egg whites and yolks. Beat the egg whites till fluffy. Mix in the yolks and sugar and beat till sugar is dissolved. Then add in the bananas cut and beat till bananas get mushy. i made sure no banana lumps are there. Then add in rest of the wet ingredients (curd,oil) and salt whick nicely. Add in the egg whites and whisk slowly. Then add in the nuts, chocolte chips and sifted flour little by little and fold in gently. In a muffin pan, place the muffin papers. With a icecream scoop add in 2 scoops of the batter into each. Garnish with nuts or walnuts. Bake for about 25-30 mins or till toothpick inserted come out clean.
Wait to cool down a wire rack itself.
Cheers,
Neetz ;)
Wheat bread
I have been planning to make wheat bread for a healthier diet and finally i managed to make today and i was so glad when i sliced the bread it was so much looking perfect and the taste was awesome!!!
Ingredients:
Wheat Flour - 2.5 heaped cups
All purpose Flour - 1 cup ( you can use whole wheat instead)
Warm Water - 1.5 cup
Oil - 4 tbsp
Sugar - 1/3 cup ( i used half white and half brown sugar)
Dry Yeast - 1.5 tsp
Salt - 1.5 tsp
Preparation :
Add in a bowl the suagr, warm water and yeast and keep it in warm place for 10 mins till the mixture turn frothy on top. By 10 mins your can smell the yeast in the whole kitchen. Add the salt and oil to the mix.
In the a big bowl mix both the flours nicely and then add the yeast water and knead to a dough. its gonna be a messy job with your hands. If the dough is too sticky use oil on your hands and knead for 10 mins or more till you get the dough like an elastic (This is very important for the bread to come out nicely). Rub oil all over the dough and keep this dough covered with a cling film in a bowl and keep it in warm place for 1 hour till the dough doubles in size. fter 1 hour, on a well foured surfce, gently punch down the dough to release the air trapped inside and gently knead again for a min. Shape the dough like a loaf and keep it in bread pan and covered for another 45 mins to double in size.
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F . Brush milk on top of the bread and then spray water inside the heated oven to create a moisture and put in the bread pan. Bake for 30 mins. By now the whole house will be smelling with awesome smell of baked bread. I felt i was in bakery store ;).
The pic shows as soon ,after the baking was done
Then roughly cover with aluminum foil and bake further for 10 mins and allow the bread to cool on rack itself. To know if the bread is done, tap at the bottom and it will sound hollow.
Let the bread cool down completely before slicing it and enjoy!
Cheers,
Neetz ;)
Dates-Walnut Whole Wheat Bread
Ingredients :
Whole Wheat Flour - 3.25 cups
Dates - 12 nos (pitted)
Walnuts - A big handful (cruhsed)
Brown Sugar - 2 tbsps
Salt - a big pinch
Olive Oil - 2 tbsps
Soya Milk - 1/4 cup ( you can use whole milk or low fat milk too)
Yeast - 1.5 tsp
Water- 1/2 + 1/2 cup
Preparation:
Take the seeds of the ripe dates and soak in 1/2 cup hot water (approx) for 1 hour. I actually didnt measure the water. Just soak the water just above the dates.
Meanwhile in 1/2 cup warm water add in the yeast and keep it to ferment till a frothy mixture is formed for about 10-15 mins depending on the environment. I kept in warm oven undisturbed.
Once the dates is dissolved, press nicely with hand ( like u would take the pulp of tamarind) to make a thick paste.
Take the flour, brown sugar, olive oil,salt, dates syrup, yeast mix, milk and start kneading. It will take around 5-7 mins. Knead till you get a nice smooth dough. Make sure the dough should not be too wet. In case you need to wet the dough use more milk or flour if its too wet. Adjust accordingly to your need. Dab with oil all over the dough (not too much) and cover with wet cloth and keep it for 1 hour. I kept in warm oven. After 1 hour see if the dough have risen double its size. If not keep for some more time.
Once doubled, add in the granulated walnuts and start kneading again for few mins. Save few for garnishing. Brush some oil on to the loaf pan. Now shape the dough like a bread loaf form and transfer to loaf pan. Make 3 slanting slits on top on the dough and sprinkle with walnuts. Cover the pan with cling wrap or plastic wrap and keep for another hour for the dough to rise. After 1 hour you will the dough has risen again double to the size of the initial stage. It might even have risen over the loaf pan. Now you might be tempted to touch the dough.but No!!!.. Its will be soft as cotton :)..
The left pic shows when i kneaded the dough and shaped into loaf. The above pic shows after 1 hour when the dough doubled in size. The right pic shows the bread soon after it was baked from oven.
Pre-heat the oven to 200C and keep the bread pan inside and bake for first 20 mins. Then after that cover loosely with aluminium foil and bake another 15-20 mins.
To test if bread is done, tap on the bottom of the bread to see if its sound hollow. Go on..Tap and have fun :).
Leave on the rack itself to cool.
I had warm fresh bread and that experience was awesome!!.. I felt like the bread was just melting in the mouth! yuuummmmmmm...
Serve with hummus, jam or butter or anythign u would love to have with.
I seriously couldnt believe my baking went on perfect for a first timer that too a healthy one!!.. I simply loved and even my family memebers. So will you! try it!
Cheers,
Neetz ;)
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