Potato Cheesy Buns

The buns are easy and tasty. I made these buns for a tea party with my friends they enjoyed these buns.  My hubby too loved them.  These are like the batata vada, but they are baked and healthy.

Ingredients

2.1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
21/4 Teaspoon Instant Yeast
3 Teaspoon Sugar
3 Teaspoon Butter
1.1/2 Teaspoon Salt
3/4 to 1 Cup Luke Warm Water
A Teaspoon of black sesame seeds (optional)

For the Filling

200 Grams Potato - boiled, peeled and mashed
2 Onions
1 Green Chilly
2 Tablespoon Coriander - finely chopped
1/4 Teaspoon Chilly powder
1/4 Teaspoon Turmeric powder
2 Tablespoon Oil
50 Grams Cheese - grated

Method

For the filling 
Heat a oil in a pan, fry the onions till translucent, add the chilly and fry again then add the potato, chilly and turmeric powder, salt to taste and fry for 3 minutes.  Turn off the heat and stir in the coriander and the cheese and mix well. Keep aside to cool.

For the Dough:

In a bowl add flour, salt, sugar, butter, yeast and mix well. Add water to knead a soft and slightly sticky dough. On a counter, knead the dough for 10 minutes to make it soft, silky and smooth.

Place the dough in a clean and oiled bowl, keep it covered until double. 

When the dough is double in volume, transfer it to counter and punch it down. Divide the dough into 10 equal parts.

Roll each ball  with your plam  and make it into a small puri add a tablespoon of filling and bring the egdes together and make into a ball . Seal the edges properly and by cupping it inside the palm and rolling it in circles until you get a smooth finish. Place the balls on a greased tray with enough place for rising.

Keep it covered with a towel until it has doubled. Preheat oven to 200C.

When the balls are ready, brush the top with milk and sprinkle sesame seeds.


Place the tray in the centre rack and bake for 25 minutes or until the top is golden.

Rotate the tray in between to avoid burning of the corner buns and even browning. Remove the tray from oven and brush the buns with melted butter. Remove and cool  on a wire rack.

These can be given for kids tiffins and also had a breakfast.  These went to friend's house and her kids loved it.  You too try and give your comments.

Labels: Breads, Healthy, Breakfast, Kids delight, 

Paneer Burger with Eggless Burger Buns and Strawberry Jam with Eggless Butterless Wholewheat Flaxmeal Dinner Rolls - A Combo Post

This is a combo post for the Blogging Marathon - Taming the yeast challenge. Our host Srivalli suggested that two days we make the bread and on the third day we do a combo post for the breads prepared.


Homemade Strawberry Jam with Eggless Butterless Wholewheat Flaxmeal Dinner Rolls.

 We had the Butterless Wholewheat Flaxmeal Dinner Rolls with Homemade Strawberry Jam . Slice the bread spread lots of jam and have it with a mug of coffe or tea.  Thats great na!!

Paneer Burger with Eggless Burger Buns

To Make the Paneer Tikki.

Ingredients

400 Grams Paneer

2 Large Onions - pureed

7 Tablespoons All Purpose Flour

1 Teaspoon Mixed herbs

2 -3 Drops of Capsico sauce

Salt to taste

For Coating

Fine Bread Crumbs

1/2 Teaspoon Mixed herbs + a pinch of salt

Oil for frying

Method

Cut the paneer into a square and thick slice ( see pic). I got only four thick slices after trimming the sides.

Mix the  ingredients for the coating and keep aside.

Keep oil for heating while the preparation process is on.  The oil should be very hot for frying the paneer slices.  I shallow fried the paneer in a small cast iron kadai so, used very little oil.

 Mix the onion puree, all purpoise flour, salt, capsico sauce  and mixed herbs well.  Take each slice of paneer and coat it with this marination. 

Then coat with bread crumbs.

Fry on high flame till the brown on one side then turn and brown the other side.  Be careful while turning the paneer or it will crumble. Let is cool a little so that handling is easy.  

Butter the burger bun on both sides and toast it lightly.

Then add  the paneer tikki, ketchup or mayonnaise ( I added ketchup) and then top it with lots of finely chopped salad leaves and  few drops of capsico sauce .

Serve.  We enjoyed this burger for our dinner. The coating of onion on the paneer gives a awesome and crispy taste.

Preparing burgers at home is really cheap and healthy, since the oil is never recycled.  When I prepared the paneer buns we had one each and were full.   Do try it.

I made  milk mayonnaise but somehow the texture and taste that is required for mayonnaise was not there so I did not use it.  But will try again with some additions and subtractions.  This mayonnaise  I will use, not let it go waste.  Will post a recipe soon.

Thanks Srivalli for organising the Blogging Marathon every month.

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Labels: Breads, Sandwiches, Breakfast, Healthy, Blogging Marathon, Kids delight, Paneer, Burgers

Strawberry Jam

When strawberries were in season, we friends went to the APMC market and bought boxes and boxes of these.  So I stored some, in the deep freezer. 
To store them, wash and dry them, then place a silicon sheet in the deep freezer and place them on this sheet overnight so that they are frozen and hard.  Then keep them in an airthight container and place it in the deep freezer for further use.

This is a tasty homemade strawberry jam without any preservatives and color. Spreads smoothly on your toast, this jam is worth the effort.

This jam has no preservatives hence store it in the refrigerator.

Ingredients
1.1/2 Cup Strawberries - pureed
3/4 Cup Sugar- powdered
1 Lemon juice
2 Drops Strawberry essence (optional)

Method

In a saucepan place the strawberries puree and sprinkle the sugar on it. Keep this on low flame for 10 minutes stirring off and on till the sugar melts.  After 10 minutes increase the flame to medium , keep stirring.  Remove the scum that surfaces.

When the jam bubbles add the lime juice and start timing, begin with 10 minutes and then remove from the heat.

Spoon a little jam on a plate, let cool, then push with your finger, if you get a crinkly skin it is set. If not, boil it up again for another 3-5 minutes and do the test again, if necessary do more repeats.  This got ready from start to finish in 20 minutes.

When ready remove from the heat add the essence. (see pic) You will see a shine and it is set. Pour the jam in dry clean jar and seal with lid. Store in the refrigerator when cool.

To see details and method of Jam making see here. 

This jam is very easy to make not much stirring or spluttering around the kitchen tiles. No mess at all and it taste any day better than the store one.  Try it and see the difference the seeds in this jam taste good and gives a crunchy effect to the it.  We enjoyed this jam with bread.  I had made this bread and taken for my friends  with this jam they too enjoyed it.  You too try and give your comments.   My daughter not fan of strawberry jam, she too loved it.

Labels: Jams & Sauces, Strawberry, Healthy, Kids delight, Vegan. 

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Eggless Burger Buns

Baking bread is really satisfying and makes me feel happy . This recipe is given by Gayathri , for the 2nd day of our Blogging Marathon - Taming the yeast challenge. For details and pictures go here Each one has a different recipe for making Eggless Burger Buns and this again is a different one. Adding curd to bread is something I had never used. The curd in the bread give a unique taste and flavour. The bread turnout out so soft and perfect.

Ingredients
1 Tablespoon Butter
1/4 Cup Curd + a pinch of Baking Soda
1./3/4 Cup Flour
1/8 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Luke Warm Water
3/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Tablespoon Instant Yeast

Oven Temperature:160C
Rack-Centre
Method


In a bowl add flour, salt, sugar, butter, yeast, curd and baking powder mix well. Add water to knead a soft and slightly sticky dough. On a counter, knead the dough for 10 minutes to make it soft, silky and smooth. Place the dough in a clean and oiled bowl, keep it covered until double.  When the dough is double in volume, transfer it to counter and punch it down. Divide the dough into 6 equal parts.

Roll each ball by cupping it inside the palm and rolling it in circles until you get a smooth finish.  Place the balls on a greased baking tray with enough place for rising.

Flatten each ball. Keep it covered with a towel until it has doubled.  Preheat oven to 180C. 

When the balls are ready, brush the top with milk and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.

Place the tray in the centre rack and bake for 25 minutes or until the top is golden.

Rotate the tray in between to avoid burning of the corner buns and even browning.   Remove the tray from oven and brush the buns with melted butter. Allow it to cool completely before handling.

 We had these burgers with something interesting.  To know what is .... look out for the post tomorrow.  We relished these buns.  Thanks Gayathri for this recipe.

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Labels : Breads, Eggless, Healthy, Main course, Blogging Marathon.

Eggless Butterless Wholewheat Flaxmeal Dinner Rolls

Nothing beats having homemade bread for breakfast. I simply love baking bread at home. The aroma of the yeast just fills the house and Ha! you just wait for the bread to be out of the oven. The joy and happiness that takes over is unspeakable, seeing the bread perfectly baked and aromatic.

This recipe is given by Priya for our this month's Blogging Marathon - Taming the yeast challenge. This is a flax seed bread and this seed is almost all fiber. Flax seed is very useful on a low carb diet, and this seeds imparts a rich nutty flavor to bread and has numerous health benefits including:

Anti-Inflammatory substances
Protection against heart disease, cancer and diabetes
Helps control high blood pressure
Prevents high cholesterol
Rich in beneficial fiber

With this seed I have also made a cake which turned out delicious as this bread.  An excellent substitute for egg. I, use flaxseed in every meal of mine.  In the tadka container I, mix 6 types of seeds and this flaxseed is mixed with the mustard seed, therefore whenever I, give tadka to any preparation this is consumed in our food.  So lets go to the recipe.

Ingredients
1 Cup Wholewheat flour (home ground flour)
2 Cups All purpose flour
1/2 Cup Flaxmeal (grounded flax seeds)
2+1/2 Teaspoon Instant yeast
1+1/2  Cup Lukewarm Milk
2 Tablespoon Olive oil
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoon Milk (for brushing)
Oil for greasing the dough and the pan

I used another 3/4 cup of warm water to knead the dough.

Method
Mix  the whole wheat flour,all purpose flour, flax meal well  In a large bowl add sugar, salt and instant yeast  and the flour mix. Add in the lukewarm milk, olive oil and knead everything until the dough turns soft and smooth.

Place the dough in a greased bowl, wrap the bowl with a damp cloth and place it  in a warm place for the to rise double the volume.

Once the dough doubled the volume, punch the dough and knead for 2-3minutes, roll it into a log.

I weighed the dough and then made equal balls each weighing 75 grams.  Roll the balls into a round shape  and arrange the balls in a greased pan, leaving enough place in between. Cover the pan with a damp towel, keep aside for 40-45 minutes in a warm place until the balls rises double its volume.

Preheat the oven at 180C for 10 minutes.

Brush the rolls with milk gently, bake in middle rack for 35 - 40 minutes or until the crust turns golden brown

Remove the pan from the oven, let it cool slightly.

Transfer the rolls to a wire rack, let them cool completely.

We enjoyed this bread with what.. wait and see will post the pics of the same in my next post.  Thanks Priya for the recipe.

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Labels: Breads, Flaxseed, Vegan, Blogging Marathon, Healthy.