Nothing it can't cure
There are few things I like better than bread and one of them is a stuffed bread. With a delicious filling and a pretty braided bread there is little else I would ask for. I would recommend this for a beginner bread baker. It looks pretty and makes you confident of being able to achieve…
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Bread is my one major weaknesses. I could probably sustain on fresh bread and cheese for the rest of my life. Like that is a surprise! So these amazing quick dinner rolls are a blessing for those times when I have a real craving for some bread. I make these often with great success except…
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This eggless banana bread holds a special place in my heart because it was the first dish I baked. Also because it was the first one to taste so awesome and delicious. The best part of this recipe is that it is very easy and more importantly very forgiving. I have tried variations and substitutions…
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I love making small breads and buns. They make for a wonderful snack with some tea in the evening. These spicy buns are easy to make and taste delicious with or without a dip on the side. These are made with yeast and so it should be ready in a couple of hours. You can…
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One of the most common questions I am asked is how to bake bread with whole wheat flour. I must admit that I am not a fan of whole wheat bread, especially made with those available in India. Yet every once in a while I try to bake with whole wheat. This is mostly a…
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This is a very special and significant post for me. This easy sourdough bread with tomatoes and thyme was my first sourdough bake ever. I had struggled to make a starter and then when I did I immediately baked my first loaf. Today I can see how many mistakes I made with it but at…
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The best part of baking sourdough bread is that it can be adapted to any schedule, weather and time. I love this stiff dough sourdough bread because it is perfect to bake during the Indian summer when the chances of over proofing are so high. What is a stiff dough sourdough bread? A stiff dough…
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Rewena bread is a traditional Maori potato sourdough bread, known as Rewena Paraoa. The Maori are indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. Paraoa is the Maori word for bread. The word rewena comes from the root word ‘rewa’, which is a potato. Rewena bread is made with fermented potato instead of yeast, which gives the…
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Once we have our sourdough starter ready, the next exciting job is to be bake a lovely loaf of bread. I have baked this loaf multiple times with all purpose flour, with part wheat flour and seeded loaf too. All of the loaves turned out amazing and I have loved every version of it. I…
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Today we have the second in the series of ‘Bread of a kind’. I have made another sourdough bread, a boule but this time I have used the coil folding method instead of the usual stretch and fold method for strengthening and developing the gluten in the dough. Coil fold seemed easier to me and…
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