Pumpkin Cheese Buns

It's always the busiest time for me at this time of year. Dinner, birthday party, holiday and X'mas really filled up my entire day. Somehow, I always enjoy the last two months in a year. This pumpkin cheese buns was made in the last 2 weeks but I didn't manage to post it.

The recipe extracted from 孟老师的100道面包. The bread was super soft and I guess that pumpkins puree helps to produce the extra soft texture.

Recipe:

(A) 200g bread flour

60g plain flour

35g caster sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp yeast

35g whole egg

35g fresh milk

35g water

(B) 65g pumpkin puree

20g unsalted butter

(C) 90g cheddar cheese

50g mozzarella cheese for toppings

How I made it:

1. For the pumpkin puree, peeled and cored the pumpkin then cut into small cubes. Steam until just soft. Puree the pumpkin with a folk then set aside.
2. Mix ingredients (A) at low speed using a dough hook mixer follow by the pumpkin puree. Turn to medium speed continue kneading until it become a smooth dough.
3. Add in the unsalted butter and knead with low speed until the butter combine with the dough. Turn to medium speed continue the kneading process until it become a smooth and elastic dough.
4. Place the dough into a lightly grease bowl and cover with cling wrap to proof for 80 minutes.
5. Divide the dough into 6 portions and round them into small balls. Then fill the doughs with cheddar cheese and shape it into a smooth balls. Let the dough proof for 30 minutes.
6. Egg wash the doughs and cut a cross at the top of each doughs then top with mozzarella cheese. Continue for another 10 minutes proofing.
7. Bake at 180'C preheated oven for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Raagi Morkali

I got the idea of making raagi morkali when I saw the recipe in a magazine. I didn't remember the recipe. But I tried making it the same way as I make using rice. I have replaced rice with raagi. Rest of the recipe is same. Refer Rice Morkali for the recipe. This I made on stove top. It is ideal when you want to have a quick,filling and healthy snack to go along with tea. This too can be sliced. I was very hungry that I could not wait to spread and slice. I have started making raagi morkali more often than the rice version. When you make it for kids, you can add some grated carrots or corn to make it more nutritious.


I am re posting the Raagi idiyappam

Both the raagi dishes are my entry to Sangeeth's Eat Healthy-Fight Diabetics Event

Spinach Oats Dosa

I have been seeing oats dosa recipe in so many blogs for quite some time. I tried this recipe from Simple Indian Food blog. It came out so soft and spongy. I modified the recipe by adding some spinach to the batter.

Ingredients:
Instant cooking Oats(powdered)-1 cup
Rice flour-1/4 cup
Rava(Sooji)-1/4 cup
Yogurt-1/2 cup
Salt
hing-a pinch
Jeera-1 tsp
Chopped green chillis
Finely chopped spinach-1/2 cup
Water as needed(approx 1 cup)

Method:
Mix all the above ingredients to make a dosa batter like consistency.
Let it rest for 15 minutes.
Make dosas(don't make it very thin) the usual way.