Pull-Apart Bread With Spicy Herbs And Pizza Sauce!!!

Pull-Apart Bread. Last week i was seeing this bread post in almost every blog, and i was very tempted to bake this bread. When ever i bake i have problem with yeast and which ever brand i buy. Actually i knew that gloripan yeast is good, i had read lot's of review about gloripan yeast, but i was not sure where do we get it. Then i started searching on net to buy Gloripan yeast near by my house, i got one in mission road which is pretty far from my house, and i asked my hubby should i go, as always he said will go on weekends and it is very sunny outside. Even i thought the same and kept quite for some time but my heart din't agree with me, without telling him i just took my bike and went searching the address. GUESS WHAT!!! I got the address and i rush to shop and bought the yeast.. After coming back home i started preparing to bake fast fast and finely my bread came out so yummy and perfect.. He also love it.

I should thank to Divya Kudua from EasyCooking for her very useful post and step by step pictures which made my work easy. I have followed her same steps but different ingredient's, This was my first attempt to bake bread a perfect bread and i'm very happy with the way bread was looking and tasting.. Thanks everybody for baking so many different types of Pull-Apart Bread and making me to start baking.. I'm sending this recipe to We Knead To Bake#1 event hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen.

Ingredients.

For the dough

1/2cup Warm milk

1/2tsp Sugar

1tsp Active dry yeast(I used Gloripan Yeast)

1 1/2cup All purpose flour

1/2tsp Salt

1tbsp Butter(soft at room temperature)

1tsp Ginger Garlic Paste

2tbsp Milk + a couple of tbsp to brush over the bread

For the filling

2tsp Melted butter 

1tbsp Mixed Italian herbs

1/2tsp Chilli flakes

2tbsp Grated Mozzarella cheese

1tbsp Pizza Sauce

1/2tsp Black Sesame Seeds.

Baking Method

In a small bowl, dissolve the sugar and the yeast in the 1/2 cup of warm milk. Keep aside for about 5 minutes till the yeast mixture bubbles up.

Put flour, salt, softened butter, and ginger garlic paste in a large bowl mix.
Then add the yeast mixture and the 2tbsp of milk and knead till you have a soft, smooth and elastic/ pliable dough which is not sticky. Add a little extra flour if your dough is sticking, but only just as much as is necessary.

Shape the dough into a ball and place it in a well-oiled bowl, turning the dough to coat it completely with oil. Cover and let it rise for about 1 1/2 hours or until almost double in volume.

Dust your work surface lightly with flour. Deflate the dough, shape it into a square and roll the dough out into a larger square that is about 12’ by 12”. Brush the surface of the square with the melted butter. Evenly sprinkle the herbs, chilli flakes, pizza sauce and then the grated cheese.

Use a rolling pin to very lightly press the topping into the dough to ensure the topping doesn’t fall off when you are stacking the strips.Using a pizza cutter, slice the dough from top to bottom into 6 long and even strips. Lay each strip on top of the next, with the topping facing upwards, until you have a stack of the strips.

Using a sharp knife, cut straight down through the stack dividing it into 6 equal pieces (6 square stacks).

Grease and lightly flour a loaf tin. Layer the square slices, cut sides down into the loaf tin.

Cover the loaf tin dough with a towel and allow the dough to rise for an hour. Lightly brush some milk over the top of the loaf and sprinkle the black sesame seeds from top.

Bake the dough at 180C (350F) for about 30 to 40 minutes until it is done and the top is golden brown.

Pull-Apart Bread is ready. Serve Warm.

Cheesy Curry Macaroni !!!!

I have already cooked cheesy macaroni before but this time i have tried it with a little bit of twist which is adding vegetable and tomato sauce. This new combination has blended very well and the curry taste in macaroni was simply awesome. Do try it :)

Ingredients

Macaroni Pasta 2 Cups

2 Tomatoes large, 1 medium size onion, 2 green chilli, finely chopped

1cup chopped veg (carrot, beans, peas,and cabbage) 

Coriander Powder 1tsp, Chilli Powder 1 tsp 

Tumeric 1/2 tsp, Garam Masala Powder 1tsp 

1tbsp Ginger paste 

1tbsp tomato sauce 

Cheese 1 cup 

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method 

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when it is hot, add onion, green chilli and fry to golden brown, then add all the masala powder and ginger garlic paste and fry till oil starts leaving, and then add tomato and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Then add chopped vegetables and mix it. Now add the macaroni and tomato sauce. mix it well, then add 2 cups of water and salt. Now close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame, and 1 in low flame) Once its cooked, remove from the stove and add cheese and coriander leaves, mix it gently.

Curry Macaroni is ready to serve.

Cheese Paratha

Last night i was watching TLC Channel and there i saw many types of cheese recipes. And my mouth was watering but i had finished my dinner there was no place in my stomach to make and eat anything.. Then i decided i should make something with cheese tomorrow for breakfast or lunch. Then i made this very simple cheese paratha for my lunch, and it was very yummy. After i finished my paratha i called up to my hubby and said the cheese paratha was so yummy and i finished everything, and he said, i want to eat the same paratha on sunday breakfast. He made my work so easy, now i don't need to spend my energy for thinking, what to make on this sunday breakfast.... Here is the recipe for cheese paratha.

Ingredient's
1.5 cups Wheat Flour
1/2 teaspoon Salt
Water to knead

For Filling
250 gms Mozerella Cheese 
1 green chilli (finely chopped)
1/2 tsp Black Pepper powder
Mix every thing together and keep it aside

Cooking Method
Prepare dough like you would for chapati. Roll out 2 medium sized thick chapatis. Take 4-6 tablespoons of the filling and spread on one of the rotis. Take the second roti and stick it on top of the first roti that has the filling. Heat tava and place your roti. Let cook on medium heat until browned. Repeat the same with the other side. Apply oil or butter while cooking. Make sure not to flip the roti many times as the filling may spill out. Serve hot with Tomato Sauce.
The more adventurous ones could try adding finely diced vegetables with some extra spices. Boiled. shredded chicken, scrambled egg should also taste good with the above mixture.

Cheesy Macaroni

Ingredients : 

Macaroni Pasta 2 Cups 

2 Tomatoes large, 1 medium size onion, 2 green chilli, finely chopped

1tbsp Ginger paste

2 tsp pizza sauce (Optional)

Coriander Powder 1tsp, Chilli Powder 1 tsp

Tumeric 1/2 tsp, Garam Masala Powder 1tsp

Cheese 1 cup

Salt to taste 

Seasoning

Mustard seeds 1 tsp.
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Oil 2 tsp.

Cooking Method 

In a pressure cooker, add oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, when they splutter, add onion, green chilli and fry to golden brown, then add all the masala powder and ginger garlic paste and fry till oil starts leaving, and then add tomato and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Now add the macaroni and pizza sauce. mix it well, then add 2 cups of water and salt. Now close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame, and 1 in low flame) Once its cooked, remove from the stove and add cheese and coriander leaves, mix it gently. 

Cheesy Macaroni is ready to serve

Potato Pizza

Ingredient's

1 ready made pizza base

1 small  boiled potato, cut in to small pieces 

1/2 onion, 1/2 tomato, 1/2 capsicum, chopped in to pieces

2tsp pizza sauce

1/2 cup of Grate Mozzarella cheese

Preparation

Pre-heat the oven for 10 minutes in 200 degree Celsius, In the mean time prepare the pizza. On a pizza base apply the pizza sauce and arrange all the vegetable and potato on top, now cover the vegetable with cheese, and bake the pizza in 180 degree Celsius for 8 to 10 minutes.

Serve hot with tomato sauce and other seasoning. 

Yummy Desi Pasta

First time i tried pasta in a different way and it was very delicious. This indian masala and cheese works very well together for pasta , it had a little bit of Indian and Italian taste. I made this for breakfast and we enjoyed very much over weekend morning.

Ingredient's
250 gram pasta
1 onion, 2 green chillies, 1 tomato, finely chopped
1/2 tbsp red chilly powder, 1/2 tbsp coriander powder, 1/2 tbsp garam masala, 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
3tbsp of melted butter
50 gram cheese
10 curry leaves
1/2tbsp mustard seeds
Salt as per taste
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Cooking Method
Boil the pasta as per the instruction on the pack, after boiled sprinkle some oil on it and set a side
In a deep frying pan, add butter, mustard seeds and curry leaves, when they splutter, add onion and green chillies sauté for 4 minutes, then add all the masala powder fry for some time, after that add tomato cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add cheese and pasta mix it will till the cheese is spread all over the pasta, sprinkle some salt and coriander leaves, now mix it gently and Serve Hot with Tomato sauce.