Choco-Banana Bread

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Easy to bake, moist and yummy banana bread with chocolate chips….

Ingredients:

2 Ripe bananas

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup Soft butter

1/4 cup castor sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

2 tbsp Milk at room temp

1 tbsp chocolate chips

Mix together 1 tsp cocoa powder in 1 tbsp milk

Method:

• Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl.
• In another bowl beat together sugar and butter till creamy.
• Mash bananas in a third bowl and add to the butter mix.
• Now, slowly add the dry ingredients to wet and beat well for 2-3 min by adding milk and
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Pour the batter in a greased and lined loaf tin. Swirl gently the cocoa powder mixture.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170 deg C. for 20 - 25 min or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely, cut into slices and serve.

Cornmeal Bread (No-yeast bread)

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Easy-to-make and No- yeast bread recipe prepared with corns and olives …

Ingredients:

2 cups flour (maida)

1/2 cup cornmeal or maize flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 ¼  tsp salt

1 ½  tbsp butter

4 tbsp curd

3 tbsp cream

2-3 tbsp boiled corns

1 tbsp olives, chopped

1 tsp red chilli flakes

1 tsp dried herbs

1/2 tsp black pepper powder

Method:

• In a bowl, shift flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
• Add butter and mix well to get lightly crumbly mixture.
• In another bowl, whisk curd and cream together.
• Add corns, olives, dried herbs, chilli flakes and pepper powder.
• Add this mixture to dry ingredients and mix well.
• With enough water or milk (appox.1/4 cup) make a smooth dough.
• On a floured surface, roll dough into a loaf. Place dough into greased baking tin.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180 deg. C for 25-30 min.
• Cut into slices and serve with some spread.

Sending this recipe to Priya's Bake Fest#29 event by Vardhini 

and Big Sweet Tooth and Vardhini's Dish It Out event - Breads from Scratch

                     

Whole-wheat Bread Loaf

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Healthy Whole-wheat bread recipe with olive-onion topping…

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups whole-wheat flour

1/2 cup warm milk

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tbsp yeast

1 ½ tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

For Topping: (optional)

Few onion strips

3-4 olives, chopped

1 tbsp olive oil

Method:

• Mix milk, yeast and sugar together in a bowl, keep it in a warm place for yeast to activate for 5-7 min.
• In another bowl, shift flour and add salt; add in yeast mixture and half of oil to it.
• Now using enough water and oil, knead a soft and elastic dough.
• Place the dough in a oiled bowl, cover with cling film and leave to rise until doubled in size at least for 1 ½ hours.
• Punch the dough down and place to the floured board. Knead for another few min then shape into a loaf .
• Add the toppings and place in greased loaf tin; keep covered for another 30 min.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 190 deg C for 20- 25 min.
• Take the bread out of the tin; it should sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.
• Allow it to cool thoroughly on a wire rack before slicing.

Plaited Loaf

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Beautiful plaited loaf with lovely golden crust accompanied with any soup…

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Ingredients:

1 recipe basic dough

1 tsp olive oil

Method:

Check link to see Plaited loaf or Challah Loaf 

• Grease the baking sheet. Punch the dough after first proving and divide into 3 equal pieces.
• Roll to shape each piece into a long thin strand.
• Lay the strands out on the lightly floured surface Take three strips together and begin plaiting with the centre strand, tucking in the ends.
• Cover loosely and leave to rise in a warm place for 30 min.
• Preheat oven to 190 ^oC. Brush with olive oil and bake until golden, for 30-40 min.
• Turn out onto a rack to cool.

(I made two small loaves from above recipe )

Banana Bread

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Rich, delicious and slightly moist banana bread recipe.

Ingredients:

3 Ripe bananas

2 cup all purpose flour

1/3 cup Soft butter

2/3 cup castor sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

3 tbsp Milk at room temp

Method:

• Sift together flour, Baking powder, baking soda in a bowl.
• In another bowl beat together sugar and butter till creamy.
• Mash bananas in a third bowl and add to the butter mix.
• Now, slowly add the dry ingredients to wet and beat well for 2-3 min by adding milk.
• Pour the batter in a greased and lined loaf tin.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170 ^oC. for 40 - 45 min or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 
• Cool completely and cut into slices with a serrated knife. 

Focaccia Bread

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Focaccia is Italian bread topped with herbs or other toppings like onion, olives, cherry tomatoes...

Ingredients:

1 recipe Basic Dough

9 inch loose bottom tin

2 tbsp olive oil

For topping

5 -7 cherry tomatoes

1 tsp mixed herbs

1 small onion, cut into thin slices

2-3 tbsp cheddar cheese, grated

Few black olives         

Method:

• Knead dough with 1 tsp of mixed herbs.
• Press the dough in a loose bottom greased tin and leave for second proving for about 15-20 min. 
• Now lightly milk wash the dough (for milk wash: mix together 2 tsp milk, 1 tsp water and 1 tsp oil)
• Make dents in dough with knuckle. Spoon 2 tbsp oil in dents, sprinkle toppings over the dough.
• Bake at 210 ^oC for 20-25 min in a preheated oven.
• Serve hot with any dip of your choice.

Home made Flour Tortillas

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Easy to make home made tortilla recipe.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup warm water

1/4 tsp Baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons olive oil

Method:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in water and oil.
• Turn onto a floured surface; knead 10-12 times, adding a little flour or water if needed to achieve a smooth dough. Let rest for 10 minutes.
• The dough has to be smooth, not too sticky or too tight.
• Divide dough into eight portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 7-in. circle.
• In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook tortillas over medium heat for 1 minute on each side or until lightly browned.

Garlic Buns

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Easy, tasty, spongy  homemade garlic buns.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup Plain flour       

3/4 tbsp Yeast 

1/2 cup Water  (add if more is needed)

3/4 tsp Salt      

1 tbsp Sugar

1 tbsp Olive oil/ any cooking oil           

For the garlic Spread

3-5 flakes Garlic chopped very fine      

2 tbsp Butter softened  

1 tbsp oregano (optional)

Method:

• Warm the water (not very hot, just warm) and add the yeast, sugar and salt in it and mix well. After a minute mix again to make sure the yeast gets properly dissolved.
• Take the flour in a big bowl and make a dent in the centre and add the mixed yeast water.
• Knead the dough with oil to smooth and pliable (add 1 or 2 tbsp of water if water is needed, the dough should not be too stiff and dry, it should be soft, smooth and pliable)
• Keep covered the bowl with either a clean wet towel or a cling wrap (wrap the bowl to cover it, not the dough).
• After an hour, the dough should have raised double in volume. Again knead it little to make it smooth.
• Divide into 6 equal balls and arrange it with enough gaps in a lined baking tray.
• Make a small slit on top using a knife to fill the garlic spread. (not very deep, more on top)
• Keep it aside in warm place for 45 minutes to make the balls double in size.
• Mean while make ready the spread, by mixing the butter, garlic and oregano.
• Pre heat the oven for 180°C and apparently fill the spread in the slit we made in the dough balls.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or till you get a golden coloured buns. Just cook for needed, over baking makes it harder.