Wholewheat Buns Stuffed With Leftover Bhaji

Ingredients:

For the Dough:
Chapati/Whole Wheat Flour                     1 - 1/2 cups
Milk                                                           1/4 cup
water                                                          1/4 cup (add 1-2 tblspoon if more needed)
Active dry yeast                                         3/4 tblsp
sugar                                                          1 tblsp
Salt                                                             3/4 tsp
Olive oil                                                     3 tblsp

For stuffing:
Leftover Bhaji of Pav Bhaji


Method:

Warm the milk,add sugar to it and mix well. Add the yeast to it and mix well. Keep aside.
Take flour and make a dent,add water,olive oil,salt in it and the yeast completely dissolved in the milk.
Mix and make a smooth dough,keep in a warm place covered with a cling wrap for an hour.
Meanwhile to prepare the stuffing, you do not need to do much efforts just dry out the water from bhaji and make it a bit of the paratha style stuffing. Keep it aside to cool down.
By now/after an hour, the dough we prepared would have doubled in size. Take it again and just give it a gentle knead and make 8 equal sized balls.
Take each bun and make a dent in the middle.
put the dried bhaji stuffing inside and pinch all the end towards centre to cover the stuffing, Just like we do while making Kachori.
Roll into smooth bun. Repeat for every bun. Arrange them in the lined baking tray. Keep the pinched joined side down.
Brush them well with olive oil and sprinkle your choice of seasoning on top.

Preheat the oven for 190°C. When the preheat is finished,by the time the buns will again rise a bit.
Bake for 17- 20 mins or until the top crust turns golden brown in colour. (Mine took exactly 20 mins) Smells heavenly!!




































After finished baking,brush them with butter or oil and enjoy with tea/evening snack!
This would also be a great snack for kids after they come back from school!
One more close look at the texture :) Enjoy until next time :)

Punjabi Bhatura

As the name says, this is a hearty food. Punjabi food is spicy, tangy and delicious. Chole Bhature is the best known combination of Punjabi cuisine. We often eat Chole Bhature , because my family is a big fan of this dish, even friends come over for the chole bhature party.

Bhatura/Bhature, is made another form of fried bread made from plain flour/maida or sometimes 50:50 ratio of wheat flour and Maida. I make it each way. Some people add semolina in it to get the crunchy texture, but that makes Bhatura to soak a lot of oil, which noone in my family likes.

This recipe of Bhatura is my mom's recipe and tried and tested by me several times. So I totally trust this recipe. My mum keeps the dough to ferment overnight and then knead it again to active the gluten of the flour. Thats what I've learned from her and use her way of making Soft, fluffy and delicious Bhaturas.

Few ingredients, less hassle recipe is the best recipe for me. You also try this recipe at home and leave your feedback in comments below. I would love to hear from you. Until next time............... Happy Cooking Friends, Saumya

Ingredients:

Maida/Plain Flour                   - 1-1/2 cups
Salt                                          - to taste / 1 tspoon
Oil/Butter                                - 1 tblspoon + for deep frying
Yogurt                                     -  1/3 cup
Baking Powder                        - 1/2 tspoon
Baking Soda                            - 1/4 tspoon
Warm Water                            - 1/2 cup to as required

Method:

In a mixing bowl, take the yoghurt, baking powder, baking soda, 1 tblspoon oil, salt  and flour.
Mix well, with the help of water form a soft smooth and pliable dough.

If the yogurt is thick and has it's water/whey in it, probably you don't need all the water.
If the yogurt is thick, then to thin the batter, add more water.

Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and set it aside in a warm place for atleast 3-4 hours to get the fermentation. if the weather is too cold, keep the dough overnight..
The 4 hours later/next day you will see the dough will be more than double in size and has bubbles in it.
Punch and Knead the dough again to make it smooth.

Divide it into 8-10 balls (depending on the size of Bhatura you like)  and roll them into 5-6 inch discs.

Heat oil or ghee in heavy Karahi/Pan and deep fry the bhaturas, same way as Poori or Kachori.

Bhaturas are the best companion of Punjabi Chole. Serve them Hot with Chole, Raita, Salad and Chutney.

Tofu and Veggie Stuffed Rosemary Buns

Mummy is nowadays feeling Lazy! Thats what my kids are thinking. To be honest, It's the weather, which is making me lazy. I just wanna sit down and read with a cold drink in my hands. I do not want to go in the Kitchen, which is just next to the HOT HOT HOT Sunroom.

Can you resist the temptation of baking new recipe, you just read in a magazine. Can you can you, I can not. So here goes Mum in the Kitchen. Mixing some flour, making stuffing and preheating oven. Finding maximum possible ingredients and checking the time.

Why I always start to do preparation, just before I need to go out and pick-up the kids from their schools? Why oh Why??? Just the thought my kid's happy face, when they step inside and smell the aroma of goodies baking in the oven, makes me do that.

"Rosemary Tofu and Veggies Stuffed Buns", The original recipe calls for Indian Samosa stuffing and sesame seeds on top of the buns. I've already tried that recipe, so decided this time it needs some changes. The original recipe calls for plain flour/All purpose flour but I used Chapati Flour/Wholewheat flour.

So here is the end result of all the hard work. very simple recipe, just like all the "made from scratch" bread recipes, it just need some time for the dough to proof. Stuffing gets ready in 10 minutes. assembling is done in few minutes and baked in just 17-20 minutes. Kids loved them for their after school snack. They saved few for their morning breakfast as well. I love my Fairy and Champ!!!

Have a go on this recipe in your Kitchen, alter the stuffing, herbs and flour according to your taste. Enjoy the product of your hard work. My family loved these little bunds. Fulfilling and yummy, easy to make and bake. Drop a comment below with your feedback............Until next time, Happy Cooking friends, Saumya

Ingredients:

For the dough:
Whole Wheat Flour         - 1 cup
Rosemary                         - 1 tspoon
Salt                                   - to taste or 1/2 tspoon
Yeast                                - 1 tspoon
Honey                               - 1 tspoon
Oil                                    - 1 tblspoon
Water                                - 1/4 - 1/2 cup lukewarm

For the stuffing:
Tofu                                - 1/2 cup crumbled
Mix Veggies                   - 1/2 cup (par-boiled)
Salt                                  - to taste
Italian Seasoning             - 1 tblspoon
Lemon Juice                    - 1/2 tspoon


Method:

Mix flour, rosemary, salt, yeast, honey and oil in mixing bowl.
With the help of water start to knead the dough. Make it a bit wet and sticky dough. I used 1/2 cup water for that.
On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for few minutes until smooth.
Grease a deep bowl and place the dough in it, cover with a cling film and leave it to rise.
It takes 2 hours to double up in warm weather and 4-5 hours in a cold weather.
Once risen punch it down and knead again, keep aside.
In another bowl, mix crumbled tofu, veggies, seasoning, salt and lemon juice. Mix well and keep aside.

Line a baking tray with parchment/baking mat/grease with butter.
Now divide the dough into 8 equal portions. Roll all of them of the size of coaster.
Put the stuffing in the center of rolled out dough coaster.
Pinch all the corners of the dough and seal it properly.
Place them on a baking tray pinched sides down.
Keep the baking tray aside for the second rise of the buns. It will take near to 30-35 minutes, depending on the temperature of Kitchen /weather.

Meanwhile preheat the oven to 190c.
Bake the stuffed buns for 20-30 minutes or until start to form golden crust. Keep an eye on the after 20 minutes.
Once baked brush them with butter and serve them with choice of other snack and condiments.
I'm sure this will be a hit in your family as well.

Baguette Bites

Last few days were BUSY, super BUSY :D I know you must be thinking I sound crazy because each household is always busy, but believe me they were busy. With my daughter's 8th birthday, I was busy baking her cake and then planning where to take her for day out.

Sunday evenings are already very lazy and being on Friday and Saturday made it super Lazy. We went to ZSL London, where we walked almost 6 miles and shatter by the end of the day. So Sunday was like not wanting to get up from the bed.

Kids do not care about how tired you are, they need exciting and attractive food. Breakfast was a late affair this morning and I wanted to make something not so time and energy taking. Anyways I donot have much energy left.

There was half baguette, some cheese and some assorted veggies left in the fridge, so made these little bites for breakfast along with some Uttapams. Everyone enjoyed and satisfied their Tummy. Now everyone is off to the Park and I'm gonna catchup with my sleep.

We loved these bites and I'm sure you will too, as they are simple to make and light to your tummy as well. Don't forget to comment below Until next time.......Happy Cooking Friends, Saumya

Ingredients:

Baguette slices                               - 6 (I used Chili and Onion Baguette)
Grated Cheese                                - 1/4 cup
Pizza Sauce                                    - 2 tblspoon
Onion                                             - 1 small finely diced
Olives                                             - 2 tblspoon
Sweetcorn                                       - 2 tblspoon
Mushroom                                      - 3 big finely diced
Oregano                                          - 1/2 tspoon
Chili Flakes                                    - 1 tspoon (optional)
Salt                                                 - to taste (optional)
Butter                                             - 1 tblspoon

Method:

Preheat the oven on 200c.
Take 6 slices of any flavoured Baguette. Plain can also do, but flavoured add a twist to the taste.
Cut them to half. Roll each half of them with a rolling pin. Place all 12 rolled pieces in a 12 muffin pan.

Rub a little butter on each rolled slice.

In a bowl, Mix Pizza Sauce, Mushroom, Sweetcorn, Onion, Olives, Oregano, Salt, and Chili Flakes.

Spoon this mix on each slices, equally.

Sprinkle few strands of cheese on each slice.

Bake the slices on 200c for 10 minutes or until the cheese starts to turn golden. Take it out and let them cool in the tray as they will get Brown while cooling in the Pan.

Baguette Bites are ready to serve.
Serve them Warm with choice of dips and drinks in a Tea-Party or as a starter in a get-Together.
My Family had them on evening tea and they absolutely love these bites.

Veggie Bread Cutlets

One fine evening, my hubby called me and informed about going to a tea-party, that too with some snacks for the hosts. Kitchen was a mess cause it's half term break and I was so chilled out about it. Wake-up call for me.....I thought. So the search starts in my brain and also in the cupboards... Funny I know but I'm a mum and I've a busy mind :)

Here comes the bread loaf for my rescue. Quickly gathered Bread, Veggies, some random seeds, spices and ingredients of "Veggie Bread Cutlets" were in-front of me. Time to assemble everything and cook them up. So I did all the Hard Work (Ha ha ha Funny) :) and Cutlets were ready in a jiffy. Easiest to make quickest to finish :D

These cutlets are great as a tea-time snack or as a starter for any small party. We all enjoyed eating them in our Tea-Party, even kids loved them. Now I've one more recipe for my leftover bread slices just like others in the blog.

Try these easy and tasty cutlets in your Kitchen and you will be amazed about their taste. Something so easy to make and tastes awesome. Would love to hear from your kitchen experience. Don't forget to comment below. Until next time.......Happy Cooking Friends, Saumya

Ingredients:

Bread Slices                - 4 (Shredded/Ripped roughly by hand)
Boiled Potato              - 2 boiled and mashed
Mix Veggie                 - 1 cup (I took carrots,beans,peas,spinach and corn)
Green chili                  - 2 finely chopped
Fresh Coriander          - 2 tblspoon
Whipped Yogurt         - 2 tblspoon
Sesame seeds              - 2 tspoon
Poppy Seeds               - 1 tspoon
Salt                             - to taste
Amchoor                    - 1 tspoon
Garam Masala            - 1/2 tspoon
Oil                              - to deep fry

Method:

In a mixing bowl, tip the roughly ripped 4 slices of bread, add yogurt to it.

Mix the yogurt with bread and keep aside.

After 1 minute, add mashed potatoes and veggies in the bowl.

Now add Salt, Seeds,Amchoor and Garam Masala into it. Mix well.

Mix everything in the bowl to form a soft dough. Keep it in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, pinch a small portion from the dough and roll that into a small cutlet/sausage/log shape.

Meanwhile keep the Karahi with oil on the flame to get warm enough to fry the cutlets. You can bake them as well. But this time I choose to fry, because it was for a friend's tea-party.
Do this with rest of the dough. I made 16 cutlets out of them, as I made a bit smaller size. Quantity will depend on the size you will make for the cutlet.
Once all the cutlets are formed, deep fry them on a medium flame until they turn golden brown from all sides. Flip them in between the frying.

Try not to over-crowd the Karahi, fry 2-4 cutlets at a time. Take them out on a paper towel to soak excess oil.

Serve the cutlets warm with choice of Chutney, Sauce and other Condiments.
These cutlets are great for Tea-Party, Evening snack and breakfast. You do not need occasion to have something delicious. Enjoy :)