Here is yet another healthy version of a whole wheat flour bread with some pureed strawberry and flavoured with cardamom powder. It is a rustic kind of bread. Easy and simple to prepare, this delicious bread can be enjoyed with butter, jam, eggs or just the way you like it.
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp. active yeast
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1/3 cup lukewarm water
- 1 tbsp. oil
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
- 1/3 cup strawberry puree (I used frozen ones)
- fresh strawberry to garnish (opt)
In a small bowl, mix together yeast, sugar and lukewarm water. Mix well and cover. Keep aside for 10-15 minutes.
In a separate bowl, mix together whole wheat flour, salt and cardamom powder. Make a well in the centre and add the oil, followed by the yeast mix and the strawberry puree.
Combine everything with a spoon. Adjust the puree accordingly. My dough was very soft and loose.
Set aside for 1-2 hours. Dust some flour and punch back the dough. Make into a round shape. Place on a baking tray lined with butter paper.
Bake in a microwave oven for 25-30 minutes at 180 degrees C. Transfer to a wire rack and set aside to cool down. Cut into slices and enjoy with jam, butter or just the way you like it.
Mix yeast, sugar & lukewarm water. Mix & cover. Keep aside for 10-15 min.
After 10 minutes.
In a bowl, mix together whole wheat flour, salt & cardamom powder.
Make a well in the center & add oil, followed by.....
yeast mix.....
.....and strawberry puree.
Mix everything with a spoon.
After 2 hours.
Dust some flour & punch back the dough. Make into a round shape.
Place on a baking tray lined with butter paper. Bake in a microwave oven
for 25-30 minutes at 180 degrees C.
Cut into slices & enjoy with jam, butter or just the way you like it.
Try this amazing way of baking a bread in a round cake tin for a change. It is a healthy version of whole wheat flour bread with some flaxseeds thrown in. I added cardamom powder and rose water to enhance the flavour. Relish this simple home baked bread with butter or jam or anyway you like it. So check out the step by step pictorial recipe to prepare it.
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. flaxseeds
- 1 tsp. active yeast
- 1/3 cup lukewarm water
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. vinegar
- 1 tbsp. oil
- 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
- 1 tsp. rose water
- melted butter to grease the pan
- 1 tsp. powdered sugar to garnish (opt)
- 1 tsp. jam to garnish (opt)
In a bowl, mix together 1/3 cup lukewarm water, yeast, sugar and vinegar. Mix well and cover. Keep aside for 10-15 minutes. By then it will froth up.
In a separate bowl, mix together whole wheat flour, salt, flaxseeds, oil and rose water, followed by the cardamom powder. Add the yeast water and knead into a soft dough. Cover and keep aside in a warm place for 2 hours.
By now it will swell up. Punch the dough back by dusting some flour and transfer to a greased and flour dusted cake tin. Cover and keep aside again in a warm place to rise for another 2 hours.
Bake in a preheated microwave oven at 180 degrees C for 25-30 minutes. Let it cool down a bit and then scrape away the sides.
Flip it over carefully and set aside to cool further on a wire rack. Garnish with jam and a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Cut into slices and relish with a jam or butter spread or anyway you like it.
Mix 1/3 cup lukewarm water, yeast, sugar & vinegar. Cover & keep aside
for 10-15 minutes. By then it will froth up.
After 10 minutes.
In a separate bowl, mix whole wheat flour, salt, flax seeds, oil & rose water
.......followed by cardamom powder.
Add yeast water & knead into a soft dough. Add yeast water & knead
into a soft dough.
Cover & keep aside in a warm place for 2 hours.
After 2 hours.
Punch dough back by dusting some flour.
Transfer to a greased & flour dusted cake tin. Cover & keep aside
again in a warm place to rise for another 2 hours.
After 2 hours.
Bake in a pre heated microwave oven at 180 degrees C for 25-30 min.
Let it cool down a bit & then scrape away the sides.
Flip it over carefully & set aside to cool further.
Garnish with jam and a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Cut into slices & relish
with jam or butter spread or anyway you like it.
This is just like any other homemade bread but with a difference. I added some spices like cumin seeds and nigella seeds to try out something new. The baking was done in the convection mode of a microwave oven at 180 degrees c for 40 minutes. So enjoy as a tea time snack or for breakfast.
- 1 cup Atta (whole wheat flour)
- 1 1/2 cups maida (plain flour)salt to taste
- 2 tsp. active yeast
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 3/4 cup lukewarm water
- 3 tbsp. oil
- 1 tsp. nigella seeds (kalonji)
- 1 tsp. cumin seeds
- 2 tbsp. oats
- oil to grease the loaf tin
- butter to brush
In a bowl, mix together the yeast, sugar and water. Cover and leave aside for 10-15 minutes. By then it will have swelled up and become frothy. Grease a loaf tin and keep aside.
Sift together atta and maida. Add salt, nigella seeds, cumin seeds and 2 tbsp. oil. Mix well till it resembles bread crumbs. Add the oats and combine.
Now add the yeast mix and required quantity of water. knead into a smooth dough. Add 1 tsp. oil and continue to knead for approx 15 minutes till all the oil is absorbed.
Apply some oil all over and leave it to rest in a greased bowl in a warm place for an hour.
By then the dough will have doubled in size. Knead again for 5-10 minutes by adding some more oil.
Give a log shape to the dough. Brush with some oil on the surface and sprinkle oats over it. Transfer to the loaf tin and leave it to rest in a warm place for another 25-30 minutes.
Preheat the oven for 5 minutes at 180 degrees C. Bake for 40 minutes. After 30 minutes, cover the tin with a foil and continue to bake. (I baked in a microwave oven in the convection mode).
Let it rest for 15 minutes. Take it out of the oven. Check by tapping. It should sound hollow. Apply butter over the surface and allow it to stand for 10 minutes.
Flip it over on the rack and let it cool down considerably. Store in an airtight container. Slice and serve with jam / bread or as desired.
M
ix yeast, sugar & water. Cover & keep aside for 10-15 min.
By then it will turn frothy. So take a large bowl for this purpose.
Mix atta, maida, salt, oil, cumin seeds & nigella seeds.
Add oats to the mix & combine.
Add the yeast & knead....
.......into a dough. Keep aside in a warm place for an hour.
Grease a loaf pan & keep aside.
After an hour, the dough has risen considerably. Knead again & ....
........give it a shape of a log.
Transfer to the greased tin & keep in a warm place for 25-30 minutes.
After 25-30 minutes, the dough has risen.
Bake at 180 degrees C. for 40 minutes.
Keep aside to cool on the rack before slicing them to serve.
