People have Morning Blues I have Breakfast Blues ? Tired of regular bored ? hence, decided to experiment my hands on homemade Bread but was looking for bread-art oh yeah… ? Don’t know what I did but I came with this masterpiece… you may call it ‘twisted-kneaded-braided…’ whatever you like but am just in love with its shape ? Wanna give a hand follow ?
Preparation – 10-15 mins, Proofing – 3.5 hours, Makes – for a Family ?
♨️ Ingredients :
✏️ 1 tsp instant dry Yeast
✏️ 2 tsp brown Sugar
✏️ ¼ cup lukewarm Water
✏️ 2 cup Wheat flour
✏️ ½ cup Cornmeal flour (Makkai flour)
✏️ Spices any (Asafoetida, Salt, Coriander Powder, Black Pepper Powder, Fennel Seeds, Cumin Seeds, Caraway Seeds)
✏️ Za’atar spice (Middle Eastern Herbs)
✏️ 2 tbsp Canola oil
✏️ Milk or Oil for brushing (optional)
? How to Prepare :
- In a bowl add lukewarm water, yeast and sugar, mix well
- Cover the bowl and soak for 10-15 mins or until you find a you a foam forming on the the top
- Gradually add flour, oil, spices and knead for 5 mins
- Grease the bowl and dough and let it rest for 3 hours in a warm place. I generally keep it in microwave for better results-of course without turning it’s switch on ?
- Once the dough rises or doubles in size make small balls from it
- Flatten it with the help of a rolling pin
- Sprinkle little water with brush and spread generous amount of Za’atar spice and roll it
- Cut into 3 strings length-wise ensuring it’s secured from top
- Braid it and twist if you want this shape else let imagination lead you ? … I accidentally created this shape while experimenting on the dough by far the best I found ?
- Preheat Air Fryer @ 200C for 5 mins
- Let it rest ? I let my masterpiece rest for 30 mins
- Now bake @ 180 C for 7 mins
- Flip it and bake for another 5 mins or until it’s cooked
- Remove from Air Fryer basket and let it cool
- Make the other breads similarly
You may use Microwave or use OTG and bake as per your equipments’ instructions
? How to Serve :
- Pretty simple no tantrums required ? Take a serving plate
- Place these masterpieces and voila serve with ❤️ with your loved ones
Hope this recipe inspired you, give yourself ? as you are able to create Masterpiece ?