Monday, March 6, 2017

Stuffed Garlic bread..!!

Garlic bread is one of the most loved dishes amongst all, in most of the pizza joints.Apart from ordering pizzas, almost all order this as an accompaniment to build their appetite,and I must say it does taste great too..When ordered...by the end of the whole loaf...usually kids would want to have the last strip or slice or bite of it..as they can never have enough of it...!!
I have always ordered this one from Dominos on my India visits,thinking we cannot perfect it at home...but I put down my own belief of it being a difficult task by making it...and it turned out awesome, just as it would come from Dominos or any pizza joint . Elated by the outcome made it again yesterday and gave a variation to it too with Jalapenos and corn stuffing and making a braid style bread...which turned out great too...!!
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour 
2tsp instant dry yeast
2 tsp sugar
1 cup milk
2-3 tsp dried herbs
4 tbsp butter
4 tbsp garlic chopped fine
2 tbsp Fresh Coriander/parsley
2 tsp oil
2 tsp salt 
For stuffing :
150 gms mozarella
Jalapenos as per liking
Corn as per liking.
METHOD:
In a big bowl add luke warm milk,yeast and sugar mix and let it sit for 5 mins as yeast will get activated in that time...now add flour,salt,dried herbs ,2 tsp garlic, 2 tsp melted butter to it and knead all together for at least 5 mins to a soft dough....apply oil on the surface of the dough ball and cover with cling wrap and put in some warm place for 1-1&1/2  hours atleast for the dough to ferment.
Take out the dough after 2 hours it would have risen and size would have doubled. Punch down the dough,knead once and divide into 3 big balls..keep aside 2 and roll out 1 ball with the help of hand or a light pressure rolling pin...apply garlic butter all over it place mozarella on half the disc fold and put cuts as in cutting the half moon shape in strips as shown in the final pic above...apply the garlic butter on the top also and bake it in a preheated oven on 200°c for 15 mins...or until golden on top...serve with ur choice of sauce.
For the braid bread pics below as to how to make the braid....and baking time and temperature is same for 15 mins on 200°c preheated oven.



Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Paneer n veg oats cutlets!!

The look is really rustic ...but a very healthy dish...made from one of my favourite ingredients,it turned out sumptuous....a no carb dish...with all the goodness of protiens and oats in it...!!
Would suggest all to try atleast once..
INGREDIENTS:

100 gms cottage cheese (paneer)
200 gms mixed vegies  (carrot,peas,beans,corns)
1/2 cup roasted oats
Salt to taste
2 tsp garam masala
Little chopped coriander 
1 green chili chopped..
METHOD:
In a big bowl mix all ingredients together to nicely bind them...make small cutlets out of them and shallow fry them on a flat pan with 2-3 tsp of oil from both sides till golden and crisp...serve hot with sauce or chutney of ur choice..!!