Hi
This time it is bread again!!!!! Well! what do you do when you are feeling low??????? I bake a bread so that i can knead and knead and knead till my blues fly away. not that i am always low when i brake bread :-)The weather here is not so great now, generally cloudy and no great sunshine , that makes me dull and lazy :-(. I know it is a wrong time to bake a bread when we can never be sure if YEAST will appreciate my efforts and rise well!!!But the fresh yeast which i had in my refrigerator was quite forgiving and frothed up really well. Another reason to bake this is my friend Seetha wanted the step by step procedure, could not go over to her place so thought might as well give a detailed procedure virtually!!!!!!!
INGREDIENTS
All purpose flour 4 cups
Fresh yeast 2 Level Tbsp
Sugar 2 Tbsp
Salt 1 Tsp
Melted Butter 2 Tbsp
Warm milk 1/2 cup
Warm water 1/2 cup
FILLING
Onion 1
Bell pepper (Red, Green, Yellow) 1 each
Tomato 1
Tomato puree 3 tbsp
Corn 1/4 cup
Oil 1 tbsp
Mozzarella 2 tbsp
Chilli powder 1 tsp
Oregano 2 tsp
PREPARATION
Mix yeast with half the water and little sugar and set it aside to froth up
Sift the flour with the salt and in a bowl
Combine the remaining milk and water
Add all the ingredients to the flour mixture and mix well. Will look a little sticy.
Now transfer it to a wooden board, sprinkle little flour and knead till dough becomes pliable
Keep it covered in a well oiled bowl and let it rise( nearly an hour in this weather)
Meanwhile chop all the vegetables finely
Cook the corn till soft( i microwaved it for 5 minute)
In a pan add 2 tsp oil, saute the onions till they turn golden brown
Add the peppers and saute for further 5 minutes
Now add the cut tomatoes, tomato puree, salt , chilli powder and fry for few minutes more till the tomatoes turn soft.
Put off the fire and add oregano or any other seasoning of your choice
Preheat the oven at 190 C
If your dough has risen by now , transfer it to a wooden board
Roll it into a rectangle( not very thin)
Keep the filling in the center along the long side
Make serrations on either side as shown
Sprinkle mozzarella on it
Plait it softly covering the filling
transfer it to a oiled tray and let it rise for another 20 mutes
Sprinkle some cheese at the center
lightly apply milk on it. You can give an egg wash for a lovely golden crust too
Bake in the hot oven till the bread turns golden brown( It took nearly 25 minutes in my oven)
Cut, eat and ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sending this lovely bread to Breakfast club # 5 hosted by Helen of fussfreeflavours.com and Sarah of fingers and toesLabels: bell pepper, bread, breakfast, yeasted dough
