Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Bread Sticks



Ingredients:

Warm water - 1+ 1/4 cup
Yeast - 1 packet
All purpose flour - 4 Cups
Wheat Flour - 1/2 cup
Oil- 1/3 cup
Curd- 1/3 cup
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Salt - 1 tsp

Method

In a bowl, combine warm water and yeast.
Stir to dissolve.

Add 1 cup of the all-purpose flour, the whole wheat flour, oil, curd, sugar, chili powder, salt.
 Beat  for 10 minute.

Add  the remaining flour to make a soft dough that pulls away from sides of bowl



 Place dough in greased container. Spray/spread oil over the dough .Cover; refrigerate overnight.

 Next day, punch dough down.
Knead the dough again in a lightly flouired surface
Roll dough into a  rectangle.

Use oiled  knife to cut dough into strips,

  Cover and let rise about 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Brush with oil chilli and garlic for flavor.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake about 20 minutes or until golden.

Serve with soup or  olive oil

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Dark Cocoa Cake





Ingredients

Sugar - 2 cups
All purpose flour - 1 + 3/4 cups
Cocoa powder - 3/4 cup
Baking Soda - 2 tsp
Salt - 1tsp
Egg - 2
Milk - 1 cup
Oil- 1/2 Cup
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Boiling water - 1 cup

Preparation

Grease and flour the bread baking pan to bake .
Preheat oven at 350 deg
place pan inside to preheat

In a mixing Bowl, Mix sugar, salt , flour and baking powder .

Mix well
Add milk and mix together

Add egg and mix

Add vanilla extract and mix

Add oil and mix

transfer in a blender and blend for 2 minutes

Add water and mix well again

pour mixture in the baking dish leaving space for the cake to rise

Heat for 1 hour or till the cake is baked ( a needle pierced in the cake comed out clean)
Let the cake rest in rack till it cools

cut and serve
Can be removed from the pan and decorated with icing