Around The World On Your Plate

Ingredients: 1/3 cup warm water 2-1/2 teaspoons of active dry yeast 1 cup almond milk 3-1/2 tablespoons of vegan butter 3 to 3-1/2 cups of all purpose flour 1 teaspoon of salt Cinnamon powder and sugar mixture as needed Butterscotch crunches (optional) Method: Mix melted butter with milk and set aside. Heat water to 110 degrees Fahrenheit and add yeast and sugar and set aside to activate. In a mixing bowl, add 3 cups of flour, salt and mix well.  To this add the yeast and butter and milk mixture and knead until it comes together into a soft dough. Once the dough is well formed and kneaded, grease a bowl and place the dough in it and cover it.  Place it in a warm spot in your kitchen and let it rise until double in size.  This may take anywhere from 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. Once the dough has risen, punch down the dough and place on a lightly floured surface. Roll it out to 14 x 8 inch rectangle, sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar mixture eve...

Ingredients: Tapioca/Sabudana/Sago 1 cup Roasted crushed peanuts 1/4 cup 2 green chillies chopped 1 medium sized potato, chopped 1 tablespoon oil 1 sprig curry leaves 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder Salt to taste 1 teaspoon lemon juice Cilantro to garnish Method: Wash tapioca pearls and sprinkle about 1/4 cup of water and set aside for 5 hours.  Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, asafoetida along with green chillies and curry leaves and saute.  Next, add chopped potatoes and cook with little water until done. Next add in the tapioca pearls along with turmeric powder, salt, and crushed peanuts and mix everything well.  Stir well on medium flame.  Sprinkle water if it is too dry. Turn off heat, add lemon juice and mix. Garnish with cilantro leaves and some peanuts and serve hot.

Serves: 2 Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 5-6 slices of bread cubed (I used a baguette) 1 onion chopped 1-2 tomatoes chopped 1 green chilli chopped fine 1 teaspoon sambar powder or chilli powder salt to taste 1 tablespoon oil 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 sprig curry leaves Cilantro to garnish Water as needed Method: Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and let them pop, next add curry leaves and green chilli and saute. Add in the onions and saute until translucent.  Next, add the tomatoes and sambar powder or chilli powder and cook until tomatoes are tender. Add the cubed bread and sprinkle some water to moisten it.  Adjust salt to taste and mix everything well. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot.

Its almost autumn and I have a lot of cherry tomatoes and basil growing in my garden, so thought of making this delicious bread and trust me when you are done, your kitchen will smell divine. Ingredients: 150 grams of all-purpose flour 50 grams of 00 flour 70 grams of water 30 grams of lukewarm water 2 tablespoons of olive oil 5 grams salt 5 grams sugar 60 grams ripe sourdough starter 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast 2 teaspoon Italian dry mixed herbs Handfull of fresh basil chopped Few ripe cherry tomatoes halved Method: Mix yeast and sugar to lukewarm water and set aside.  In a mixing bowl add water and ripe sourdough starter and mix.  To this, add activated yeast mixture along with flour, salt, mixed herbs, and olive oil and mix.  Knead into a soft smooth dough. Place it in a greased bowl and set aside to double in volume. Once doubled in volume, punch down the dough and divide into three equal portions, approximately 135 grams eac...

Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour 1 small onion finely chopped 1 green chili finely chopped 1 tsp cumin seeds 1/4 cup grated coconut Salt to taste oil as needed water as needed Method: In a mixing bowl combine flour, salt and mix well.  Next, add all the remaining ingredients except oil and water. Add water in small quantity and start to knead a soft dough.  Once everything comes together, grease it with oil and set aside covered. Divide the dough into equal portions. Take a banana leaf or an aluminum foil and generously grease it with oil. Place one of the dough balls in the center and start patting it down with your fingers, if it gets too sticky just wet your fingers and continue to pat it down to a small 6-inch round shape. Place a skillet on medium heat and grease it. Put the ready to bake rotti on the skillet  upside down so as that the banana leaf or foil is on top.  Once the bottom side of the rotti gets cooked, peel off the ban...

Ingredients: 160g milk 50 grams ripe starter 215 grams all purpose flour 10 grams sugar 5 grams salt 10 grams butter Method: Mix milk, starter, sugar, and flour. Autolyse for 2 hours. Mix salt and knead until dough is not sticky. Add butter in two batches and mix well and knead. Transfer to a greased bowl and cover and let ferment in the fridge for 16 hours. Remove the dough from the fridge and knead once and divide into 8 portions, roll into balls and place on greased baking sheet and let double in size. About 1-2 hours.  Brush with milk/egg/water and sprinkle sesame seeds and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 25-30 or until golden brown in color.

Ingredients 1-1/2 cups of lukewarm water 3 to 3-1/2 cups of OO flour or bread flour 1 packet of active dry yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon olive oil Method: To luke warm water, add yeast and sugar and mix gently and set aside to activate. In a mixing bowl, add flour and salt and mix.  Next add in the yeast mixture and knead into a soft dough.  Knead until it comes together and does not tear when shaped into a ball. Place it in a bowl and grease it with some olive oil and cover and let rise for an hour or so until doubled in volume. Once it has doubled in volume, punch down the dough on a floured surface and divide into three equal portions. Stretch or roll out each piece of dough to form a rectangle and roll in to form a log. Place it in a baguette tray or a baking sheet with a kitchen towel generously sprinkled with flour, create dividers between the towels so the dough does not stick. Cover and place all three on the baking sheet a...

Ingredients: 2 medium potatoes, cubed 1 medium onion, diced 2 medium green bell pepper, diced 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 tablespoon olive oil/butter Salt and pepper to taste Fresh chopped parsley to garnish Method: Precook potatoes until just done and not too mushy. Heat oil/butter in a pan and stir fry onions, bell pepper and minced garlic.  Next add in the potatoes and stir fry until nice golden brown in color. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with parsley and serve hot.

Ingredients: 1/3 cup warm water 2-1/2 teaspoons of yeast 1 tablespoon sugar 1 cup milk 3-1/2 tablespoons of butter 3 to 3-1/2 cups of all purpose flour plus extra for dusting 2 tablespoons of milk powder 1 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 cup chopped apples 1/3 cup sugar, or as needed 1 tablespoon cinnamon, or as needed Method: Melt butter in milk either on stove top or in a microwave and set aside. Heat 1/3 cup of water to about 110 degrees Fahrenheit and add yeast and sugar and set aside to activate. Meanwhile, mix flour, salt, and milk powder. Once the yeast is activated (foamy), add it to the flour along with milk and melted butter and knead into a soft dough. Add extra flour if needed and knead until everything comes together and forms a soft dough. Place it in a greased bowl and let it sit in a warm spot in your kitchen to double in size which may take approximately 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. Once the dough has risen: 1.  M...

Ingredients: 1/3 cup warm water 2-1/2 teaspoons of active dry yeast 1 cup milk 3-1/2 tablespoons of butter 3 to 3-1/2 cups of all purpose flour 1 teaspoon of salt 1/4 cup and 2 teaspoons of sugar (separated) Sesame seeds as needed Method: Melt butter in milk either in the microwave or on stove top and set aside to cool until its no more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  Heat water to 110 degrees Fahrenheit and add yeast and sugar and set aside to activate. In a mixing bowl, add 3 cups of flour, salt and remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and mix well.  To this add the yeast and butter and milk mixture and knead until it comes together into a soft dough.  Add more flour if it turns to be sticky. Once the dough is well formed and kneaded, grease a bowl and place the dough in it and cover it.  Place it in a warm spot in your kitchen and let it rise until double in size.  This may take anywhere from 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes. Once the dough has ...

Ingredients: For the dough 3 to 3-1/2 cups of bread flour 1-1/4 cup warm water 1 packet of active dry yeast 1 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoons of oil 1 teaspoon salt sesame seeds and poppy seeds For the water bath 1 pot full of water 2 tablespoons of honey Method: Heat 1-1/4 cup of water to a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit.  Add a packet of yeast and sprinkle sugar over it.  Set aside for it to activate, about 8-10 minutes. In a mixing bowl, combine salt and 3 cups of flour.  Once the yeast has activated, add it to the flour along with oil and knead into a soft dough.  Add extra flour if needed.  Knead until everything comes together into a soft dough.  Place it in a greased bowl and cover it with a kitchen towel or cling wrap and set it in a warm spot to double in size which may take around 1 hour. After the dough has risen, deflate the dough gently and knead. Place it on the work surface and do not add extra flour...

Potato Pinwheel Buns Ingredients: For the buns: 1-1/4 cup whole milk 2 tablespoons of sugar 2-1/2 teaspoons of active dry yeast 1 teaspoon salt 3-1/2 tablespoons of butter 3-1/2 cups of all purpose flour and extra for dusting For the filling: 2 medium sized potatoes boiled, peeled, and mashed 2 green chilies sliced 1/8th teaspoon asafetida Cilantro to garnish Salt to taste 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 sprig curry leaves 1 tablespoon oil Optional: Sesame seeds Lemon juice For the filling: Boil, peel and mash up the potatoes and set aside.  Heat oil in a skillet and add mustard seeds and let them pop, next add in asafetida, curry leaves, and green chilies and fry.  Now add the potatoes along with salt and turmeric powder and mix well.  Add some lemon juice (optional) and garnish with cilantro and set aside. For the buns: Begin by warming up milk to about 110 degrees Fahrenheit, add yeast and s...

Ingredients: 1 cup cooked daliya (broken wheat) Finely chopped vegetables like bell pepper, carrot, potato, some green peas 1 sprig of curry leaves 1-2 green chillies slit length wise (or to taste) 1 sprig of cilantro to garnish 1 teaspoon of lemon juice 1 teaspoon of clarified butter (ghee) 1 tablespoon of oil 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds A pinch of asafetida 1/2 teaspoon of urad dal 1/2 teaspoon of channa dal 1 teaspoon turmeric powder Salt to taste. Method: Start by cooking daliya ahead of time either in microwave or in a cooker with a teaspoon of ghee in it. In a pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds and let them pop, next add asafetida, urad dal, channa dal and stir it well.  Once it starts to develop color, add the green chillies and curry leaves along with turmeric powder and stir for a few seconds. Now add in all the vegetables one by one and stir them well and let them cook. Now add the cooked daliya along with s...