Wednesday, January 6, 2016

100%Whole wheat bread

Whole wheat bread available outside contains a lot of chemicals in the form of added gluten, binding agents, rising agents, gums etc...which are not good for health. 
Here is an easy recipe to make it at home without any additives. Make at home and enjoy the freshly baked bread.

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup warm water
1 tsp active dry yeast
1 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp honey
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp butter/ghee
1 tsp milk

Procedure:

Dissolve sugar in the warm water and add yeast, stir and cover. Let it sit for 10 min to activate the yeast. Then add salt and honey and mix well.
Add 3/4th quantity(1.5 cups) of the flour in to the yeast mixture and just mix until the water is absorbed.
Do not knead at this time. Let it sit for 15 min so that the bran of the flour gets soaked and softens.
Then add the remaining 1/4th quantity of flour (0.5 cup) and start kneading until it forms a soft but non sticky dough. Use 1 tbsp of butter/ghee while kneading.
Now take a large bowl and grease it with the butter or ghee and place the soft dough, and brush top layer with some oil/ghee and cover the bowl with a damp cloth or cling film.
Let it rest till the dough becomes double its size.

After that take a loaf pan and grease it with some butter/oil/ghee.
Then take the dough out and slowly without kneading too much, shape it in to a loaf form and place it in the loaf pan. Brush the top layer with some milk and place it in the warm place for second raising.
Let the dough raise again to its double size or till the top of the loaf pan.

Preheat the oven at 180C and place a bowl of water at the bottom of the oven. It'll help the bread in remaining soft crusted.
Now place the loaf pan in the oven and bake it until done for 15 to 20 min(time varies from oven to oven). When you tap on the top of the baked bread it should sound hollow.
Then take it out of the oven, brush some butter on it and let it cool until it can be handled. Then take the bread out of the loaf and let it completely cool. After cooling cut into pieces, and use it fresh.




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