Just like there is no egg in eggplant, there is no melon in melonpan. Who would’ve thunk! As per the various blogs on the www, This much loved Japanese bread gets its name from the characteristic crosshatch shape the Japanese cut a melon in before serving. Here is a cute kiddie song that says there is anko (adzuki beans) in Anpan, Curry in Karepan but the melonpans don’t have any melons. So what is a Melonpan? A type of Japanese sweet bread. The bread is a soft bun encased in a Pâte sablee . The delicate cookie-like crust, is …
Orange and Poppy Seed Quick Bread and a CookBook Swap
A few weeks ago my friend Holly from A Baker’s House shared the message about Food Blogger Cook Book Swap 2014. She was ““Participating in the Food Blogger Cookbook Swap, hosted by Alyssa ofwww.EverydayMaven.com and Faith of http://www.anediblemosaic.com. She was to send cookbook to a food blogger and receive a cookbook in return!” What an interesting idea! Thank you Holly, for sharing a lot of fun and interesting stuff in addition to the delicious bakes you comes up with. I went ahead and signed up for the swap and waited excitedly to find out who I will be sending a book to and who …
Homemade Naan
Tandoor is the first thing that comes to mind when people talk about Naan. Let’s first get the ‘Naan bread’ thing out of the way. It is Naan, a kind of flat bread. The yeasted, doughy, soft, earthy bread that is so good to scoop up curries with. Not Naan Bread. Naan is a bread. k? Traditionally they are made in a Tandoor, a blistering hot cylindrical shaped oven. But there is no reason why we can not make them in a simple oven. And when you don’t have an oven, they can be made on stovetop. I did . …
Khaman Dhokla – Nutrition Packed and Gluten Free Steamed Bread
Khaman Dhokla is made from the flour of chickpeas also known as Garbanzo / Egyptian peas/ Bengal grams and Channa. Since Garbanzo beans are a source of protein and fibre
Piroshky – The Russian Stuffed Pie
“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don’t do things right once in a while – you do them right all the time.” Vince Lombardi On our recent trip to Seattle’s historic Pike’s place Market, our friends recommended that we try out the Piroshky from the Piroshky Piroshky. We readily and greedily agreed and put it at the top of our list when we visited the market. The day was warm and sunny. Oh yes! We did get sunshine and warmth in the middle of a Seattle winter. So we set out …
Focaccia Caprese
High gluten flour, lots of olive oil, a dash of herbs, salt, water, yeast – knead it, rest it, bake it and then eat it and enjoy with a glass of nice wine. Platter of cheese is optional. Focaccia is the bread lover’s perfect bread.