Whole wheat and sorgum focaccia (atta and jowar) recipe

Whole wheat and sorgum focaccia (atta and jowar) recipe

Once upon a time when I bought few cherry tomatoes I just crushed few and put in my pots. Been religiously watering the pots without but my expectation of seeing the tomatoes had died. But to my surprise after a couple of months I started seeing the saplings and one fine day I see my cherry tomatoes have showed up.

Now when someone has surprised me so well, I wanted to treat them special and hence this recipe. I wanted them to show them up, yea, I agree salads are one option but unfortunately I am not a salad person. Hence thought of making a focaccia since I got about a dozen of those cutie pies. But then again thoughts will try whole wheat and jowar focaccia. Why not, when you want to make someone feel special, take an extra step always J

Alright so I am eager to share the recipe now

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour – ¾ cup

Jowar flour – ¾ cup

Water ¾ cup

Yeast – 1 tsp

Sugar – 2 tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Olive oil – 2 tbsp.

For the topping

Cherry tomatoes – 1 dozen

Oregano, chilli flakes, basil (seasoning of your preference)

Olive oil – 2-3 tbsp.

Method

• The temperature of the water for the yeast to work is crucial, I have mentioned this every bread baking post. So for this measurement I microwaved the ¾ cup water in high for about 30 seconds. 
• After removing the glass proof bowl I sprinkled the sugar and the yeast into the water and stirred well. After 15 mins it would have frothed up.
•  Sift in the flours and salt and knead well (I use the dough hook of my egg beater attachment) once the dough has come together, add the olive oil and start kneading with your hands for a while.
• When  you get the soft dough let it rest in a well-greased bowl for about an hour or until the dough has risen and doubled in size.
• Preheat the oven at 200 degrees Celsius for about 10-20 mines. Meantime, knock down the dough and flatten in a preferred pan and make a lot of holes by using your finger. Pour in some olive oil and half the tomatoes and place in it. Sprinkle the seasoning all over and leave it to puff up again until the oven is preheated.
• Once the oven is heated place this pan in the oven and bake for about 20 – 30 minutes or until you see a nice golden brown crust on top.
• Remove and let cool.
• Serve it with some extra virgin olive oil or a garden salad

Thanks

Chaithanya

Rice bran and hazelnut cookies sweetened with jaggery

Rice bran and hazelnut cookies sweetened with jaggery

(Something which is easy to bake, tasty and healthy as well) 


As i have said many times in the past I just love baking cookies because its very easy to assemble and bake and also there are lot of options which we can explore. So this time I boldly tried baking cookies with rice bran just to see what could be the result. And thankfully it was accepted my family. I can proudly share the recipe with you all.

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Rice bran - 1/2 cup
Hazelnuts - 1/2 cup ( crushed)
Thick jaggery syrup - 1/2 cup
Butter - 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1/3 tspn
Egg - one ( I use country egg )
Choco chips ( optional)

Method 

Throw in all the ingredients in a huge bowl and gently bring in together . I dint use any milk in this recipe since the ingredients came together when I mixed. You may add more jaggery syrup or few spoons of milk if you find it difficult to make the soft dough.
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius
One the soft dough is formed, scoop spoonful of dough, roll and flatten slightly and place in the greased baking tray.
Keep the tray in the top rack of the oven and bake for about 15-18 minutes until you see the bottom of the cookies have turned dark brown.
Remove the tray from the oven and gently remove each cookie and place in the wire rack to cool.
Once cool the cookies becomes crisp , store in a air tight container .

As i said isnt it easy to bake these cookies ! Bake and enjoy!! :)

Thanks!

Baked bitter gourd crispies

Now this is something I am making very regularly these days for the only bitter gourd lover in my family who is my dear husband. I like to make something simple, consuming less time yet tasty with it. So once I tried baking  and it turned out good and there was no looking back since then. This recipe has turned to be his favorite way of having his bitter gourd. Another good thing about the recipe is once you place the tray in the oven, you can move on to the rest of the cooking you ought to do in the kitchen.

I promise I will click a pic next time I make, yea I make it very often these days and following is the recipe for the same

Ingredients
Bitter gourd - 250gms
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspns
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspns
Salt - as required
Olive oil - to drizzle
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Green chillis- as required

Method
Preheat the oven ( OTG) at 200 degrees.
Wash, slit and remove the seeds of the bitter-gourd and slice it thin.
Throw the cut bitter-gourd in the baking tray and add the rest of the ingredients, mix well and spread it evenly in the tray.
Now place the tray in the middle rack and bake for about 15-20 mins or until you see the gourd shrinks but doesn't get burnt. 
Now  turn the knob to grill mode and grill for another 5-10 mins, making sure that you don't burn the gourd, to be on a safer side you may remove the tray and mix and spread the gourds. Remove the tray once done. Enjoy it hot with rice, or with rotis having a gravy by the side. My dear husband enjoys it with rice as well as roti. So its your take :)