Banana Bread
Nothing satisfies like a loaf of freshly baked home-made bread. The aroma of multiplying yeast instantly puts me in a good mood.
For the longest time, I would pore over bread recipes looking for sweet breads, and come away disappointed. They called for peaches and nectarines and blackberries and rhubarbs and many other ingredients that are alien to Chennai. I can find them in cans at the supermarket, but that's not the same as fresh produce.
My long search was rewarded when I found the recipe for a Banana Cardamom Bread. I have made several batches of this bread and made modifications each time. This is the recipe I liked best. It makes a lovely breakfast bread.
Banana Cardamom Bread
Makes 1 loaf
Yeast mixture
* 75 ml warm water
* !/2 tsp dry yeast* a pinch sugar
* 1 tbsp warm milk
* 100 gms refined flour
* 100 gms whole-wheat flour
* 1/2 tsp salt
* seeds from 5 cardamom pods, roughly pounded
* 1 tbsp honey* 1 large over-ripe banana, mashed
Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl and make a well in the center. Add the banana, honey, and yeast mixture. Bring everything together to form a ball of dough. The dough should be slightly sticky.
Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead using the base of your palm. Stretch the dough as you knead. After 5 minutes the dough should feel elastic.
Make a ball of the dough and leave it in a large bowl covered with a damp tea-towel. Leave it for an hour or until doubled in size.
Lightly grease a baking tray. Knead the risen dough lightly and shape into an oval or round loaf. Place on the baking tray and cover with a large plastic bag. Set aside for 30 mins.
Preheat the oven to 220 C.
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Just before it goes in the oven |
Brush the loaf with water and place in the oven. Bake at 220C for 10 mins and then lower the temperature to 200 C and bake for a further 10 mins.
Remove the bread from the oven and tap it's base. If it sounds hollow, the bread is cooked and can be put on a wire rack to cool. If not, return it to the oven for another 5 mins.
Labels: Banana Bread, Banana Cardamom Bread. Breakfast bread
posted by Priya Dsouza @ 1:30 PM
3 Comments:
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looks yum, tastes yum and why not ............ if it is baked with lots of love by a pretty baker.
wow!really looks yum!can't wait to give it try!thank you for sharing it with us!little nervous tho'. seems a little difficult! how about posting some easy ones for beginners like us:)looking forward to seeing more....
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