Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Home-made Flatbread

If i could or had time to, i would love to make my own bread. You know whats in it, you can add your extra seeds and grains, and it's a healthier option. The only preservative in homemade bread is the oil content. I use olive oil, or yoghurt. Homemade pizzas are great. Sometimes i get some dough from a local baker/winemaker. It is amazing. I make cheese and bacon rolls for the kids lunches.
I make a bit of a slushy mix with yoghurt, lemon juice and salt and pepper. To that i add, some Atta Flour. It is the flour they use to make Naan and other Indian breads. It has a higher protein but lower gluten content. It als makes it nice and dense and chewy. I play around with quantities. You could add some spices like cumin, coriander or turmeric. I cook it in a heated frypan, brown both sides. It's done...

I get this flour from Indian Grocery Stores. So for my lunch, flatbread with diced tomatoes, yoghurt, mint, and some dukkah...nice

Sunday, 14 July 2013

CAKE

Lets make cake...my mum's yoghurt cake. I use this basic recipe with so many combunations. Rhubarb and apple crumble, peach and raspberry, raspberry coconut, i add some cocoa with berries, blueberries, jam, lots...
Here's the recipe. It is so easy.
Mix 1 cup of oil with 1 1/2 cups caster sugar,  2 eggs,  375g natural yoghurt and some vanilla essence...
Sift in 2 cups of Self Raising flour. That's it. Pour into standard greased and lined cake tin and bake for 50 mins or so in mod oven. Do the skewer test. Now i either swirl fruit in before i bake, or i lay fruit on top and make a little bit of crumble to sprinkle over. Just some flour,butter and sugar rubbed in together. Google a crumble recipe and follow that..



I iced this one with a white chocolate frosting and some blackberries..