Sep 5, 2013

Focaccia Bread


Prepare Time            15 minutes
Cook Time                30 minutes
Serve                         4

Focaccia is  flat oven baked bread. with herbs. It is popular in Italy. It is similar to pizza dough. My daughter told me to make this bread. This is like pizza with herbs.

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour              2 cups
Active Yeast                      1 tsp
Salt                                   1 tsp
Olive Oil                            2 tbsp.
Sugar                               1ts
Rosemary                          2tsp
Black Pepper                     1/2 tsp
Bread with herbs .It is popular in Italy
Focaccia Bread
Method

In a bowl mix all purpose flour,  sugar, yeast, salt black pepper.
Coarsely grind rosemary and tsp olive oil.
Make a thick batter mixing all.
Cover it and let it rise for 30 min
Preheat the oven 350 degrees.
punch the dough and spread in a greased baking sheet in rectangle.
Dimple the bread with your thumb. push in to half inch. add little oil on the top.
Put it in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

Potato Bajjias


Prepare Time       10 min
Cook Time             10
Serve                      5
potato slices are dipped in gram flour batter and deep fried

Ingredients

Bengal Gram flour.(Besan)                 1cup
Rice Flour                                           1tsp
Red Chili Powder                               1tsp
Asafetida                                           a pinch
Salt to Taste

Method

Mix the flours chili, asafetida, salt with little water make a thick batter
Slice the potato thin
Heat a pan with oil, dip the potato slice in the batter and drop in the oil.
Deep fry them till golden
Serve with chutney