Hi everybody, it's been a long time since I blogged, I thought I could never blog again with lots of things going on, needless to say, everything seems to get alright now, with this I won't go straight to my recipe you have to wait, I have to say a few things which are very important to me.
Today is my Thanksgiving day..... I have to thank few people who have been with me, encouraged me and helped me through my blogging adventure.
Blogging has not only brought happiness to me as a passionate foodie but wonderful readers who even though I haven't posted for some time who still like my blog and some readers who still write to me asking queries which makes my day, and also my dear friends and family who have always encouraged me on this and insist I should not stop blogging.
Let me start with few of my blogger friends Swathi, Gayatri, Suzanne and Kalyani who stood with me when I was in trouble, and encouraged me to post when I could.  Thank you very much dears.
I would also like to thank Nisha, Swathi, Shabs Cp, Swasthi Blank and Meena Bhatia for helping me to get back to blogging, From Last 1 and 1/2 weeks I was trying to post my recipes and my blog was not allowing to upload any images I was so stressed out and I did know what was going on and just 2 days back I realised that I don't have any space in my Picasa Web album.  When I placed this problem in FB all these ladies helped me out and here I am blogging again.  Thanks to all of you.
I have been baking a lot these days, My bread seems to disappear quickly so I have to definitely bake bread twice at least in a week.   This bread was basically for my daughter who loves to eat her bread only with Jam, she is not like the other to eat bread with cheese, pickles and leaves.  I was planning to make cinnamon rolls, that was when I saw this month's MM#12 Kalyani announced Fruits and chocolate as the Magic Mingle Ingredients.  So, I changed the filling with fruits it turned out really tasty and smelled great.

PEAR, NUTS AND DRIED FRUITS IN SWIRL ROLLS

INGREDIENTS:
FOR THE ROLLS
150 gms Whole meal Strong bread flour
150 grms White Bread flour
25 grms Wheat Bran
25 grms Water Roux
1 tbsp Honey
1/2 tbsp Yeast
2/3 + 2 tbsp water
1/2 tsp salt

FILLING:
1 Large Pear
4 tbsp of soft Brown sugar
4 tbsp chopped dried fruits ( Papaya, Mango, pineapple)
3  tbsp chopped Nuts ( Almond, cashew, pista, walnut )
1 tbsp Honey
1/2 Cadbury flake
1/8th tsp Cinnamon powder and Nutmeg powder

METHOD
Sieve together flours and bran, In a large bowl take yeast with 2 tbsp water and Honey and leave it for few minutes you can see small bubbles forming up that means our yeast is active now to this add all the remaining Ingredients under the Rolls add water as required, My flour needed 2/3 cup of water.
Just remember If you have prepared the Roux just then the flour might need more water, But if you had made it earlier like a day before and if it was stored in the fridge, add water little by little as you might not require the same amount of water and make it into a soft dough.
Knead dough for at least 10 minutes oil the dough and leave it to raise or double in size for at least 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours in a warm place
Meanwhile, make your filling.
Peel and chop pear into small pieces.  In a thick bottomed bowl take 4 tbsp of sugar, Honey and chopped pear and cook on a low flame with a lid closed after some time the pear becomes nicely cooked to this add the other Ingredients this helps in most of the liquid to get evaporated.  (do not add any water honey, sugar and the water in the pear helps it to get cooked ). It will be of semi-solid consistency, leave it to cool down.
Once the dough is raised punch it down and bring them all together, sprinkle some flour on to the surface and flatten the dough into a rectangle spread the cooled down filling on to it and roll down it from the long end.
Cut it down into 7 pieces, In each one of the pieces close one end of the filling by bringing together the dough together and place them on to the baking tray, line the tray with a parchment paper.
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4 / 180 degree
Leave the rolls for another 1/2 hour covered with a cling film the rolls rise again in a warm place. Once they raise.
Bake these rolls in a preheated oven at Gas Mark 4 / 180 degrees for around 25 minutes ( Check your oven temperatures ) until well done.
Take it out and leave it on a cooling rack.
Once it a bit cool enjoy these rolls...
Hope you like it...
stay tuned for more recipes to come soon......

This recipe goes to Magic Mingle #12 and also to Bake-a-thon.

Thanks to Champa of Versatile Vegetarian Kitchen who hosts Bake-a-thon every year, Last year I was planning to participate and before it began my computer busted and I just had to leave the group.  This year they had already started which I noticed today and wrote to her.  She and the other bloggers agreed to include me in their month-long baking marathon only this year it's going to be only for 3 days in a week and here I am with my first bake for this event.  The other bloggers who are with  Bake-a-thon are Preethi, Srivalli, Priya, Veena and sumana Deepak.

This recipe is also Yeast spotted.
Seniding this to Kriti's event, Brown sugar - know your sweetness, started by Jagruti

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You must be wondering why I have given the name as wheat bran muffins because these muffins have more of wheat bran taste.., Nevertheless to say that they are the healthiest muffins, Consuming 25 gms of Wheat bran everyday per person will get all the sufficient RDA required. They were a bit moist but to tell you we enjoyed it...
I basically made this recipe from kat from study food, she is basically a student and loves cooking and baking., she loves and tries all kinds of cuisines.., I was so surprised to see all her creations..., this recipe she has adapted from here but has tweaked it to her liking, she uses Peach juice, which I did not have and uses 1 egg which I have substituted.., I found this recipe to be quite a healthy one, which I could just grab for a good breakfast for my daughter with a glass of milk and apple, who doesn't eat anything otherwise in the morning!., My twins took it school for their lunch box as an extra treat.. 

Here goes the recipe..., hope you like it and try it...

EGGLESS BLUEBERRY & WHEAT BRAN MUFFINS

Recipe source: study food

Makes 12

INGREDIENTS:

1 and 1/4 Cup Whole meal Self Raising flour

1 and 1/4 Cup Wheat Bran 

1 Cup Fresh Blueberries

1/4 tsp  pinch of salt

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Nutmeg

1/2 Cup Brown Sugar

1/4 Cup Honey

2 Banana

1/2 Cup Milk

1 tsp Baking Soda

4 tbsp Oil

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

1 tbsp Flax seed powder + 3 tbsp water

METHOD:

Soak 1 tbsp of Flax seed powder with 3 tbsp of very warm water

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees/ Gas Mark 4

Oil Muffin tins are use a paper liners as I have done..

Sift the flours, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar., As the Bran is difficult to sift you will be left with bran when sifting just mix it with all the other dry ingredients throughly

Next peel the bananas (I used medium sized ones) chop them then blend them in a food processor/ Mixie ( I used my Indian mixie) with the flax seed powder, then add milk, Oil and honey and blend them again add vanilla essence well combined - so your wet ingredients are ready.

In a large bowl take all the dry ingredients make a well in the middle pour the wet ingredients into it and fold the flour into it until everything is completely incorporated into it then add the blue berries and fold in.

If you find it the batter very thick keep adding  a tbsp of water to it.n (I added around 2 tbsp warm water).

Fill your Muffin tins with the batter and bake it for 25 to 30 minutes depending upon your oven temperature.

A tooth pick inserted after 20 minutes will tell you if it done or you need to leave it for few more minutes.

Once well done take them out of the oven and cool them on a rack.

Enjoy these healthy Muffins for a wonderful breakfast, I made these muffins for Taste and Create and also for Moms Crazy Cooking in which this month she featured Blue Berry Muffins

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EGGLESS MOCHA MUFFINS WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND PECANS

adapted from Bon Appe'tit with minimal changes

INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp Hot water
1/2 tbsp Instant espresso powder
1/4 Cup butter milk
1/4 Cup vegetable Oil
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 Cup All Purpose flour
1/4 + 2 tbsp Barley flour
1/4 Cup packed Golden Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Agave Nectar
1 and 1/2 tbsp Unsweetned cocoa powder
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
100 gms Milk Chocolate Chips
100 gms coarsely chopped pecans toasted

Preheat oven to 375 degrees/Gas Mark 6.
Line 6 Muffin cups with Paper Liners
Sieve both the flours with Cocoa powder, Baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
Stir 2 tbsp of hot water and expresso powder in a medium bowl until the powder dissolves.
In a large bowl add buttermilk, oil, Sugar, Agave Nectar and vanilla, whisk  well until well blended.
In parts incorporate the flour into the Liquid mixture until well combined, Mix in chocolate chips and pecans.
Divide the batter equally among the prepared muffin cases.

I baked my muffins 15 minutes in Gas Mark 6 then reduced it to Gas Mark 5, they got baked within 20 minutes.Bake Until the tester or tooth pick inserted into center of muffins comes out clean.
Transfer muffins to rack and cool.

My Verdict: Here I have Halved the recipe.  So, if you want to make 12 Muffins just double the recipe and I would say if you are baking it Eggless then I would suggest you to add 1 tbsp of Flaxseed powder with 3 tbsp of very warm water and allow it to rest for 5 to 10 minutes and then blend them with other Liquid ingredients.
Even if you are baking 6 Muffins use 1/2 tbsp of Flaxseed powder, it gives a moist texture to the muffins and helps in replacing the fat content in the baking process, as the muffins were not too moist, they were soft though.

If you are planning to bake it in Vegan Version you can substitute buttermilk with soya milk and Cocoa powder with Carob powder and vegan Chocolate chips
These muffins are not too sweet if you have a sweet tooth, substitute Agave Nectar with Sugar, they are perfect for Breakfast with Tea or as an evening snack with Tea or coffee.
If you want to make it with Eggs then for the above recipe just add 1 Large Egg, you will get your Mocha Muffins perfectly, If doubled add 2 Large eggs!!

See you next week with an other muffin recipe....., check out her blog for the MM team members and their Lovely Muffins. Thanks Anu for these beautiful muffins which my family enjoyed.

I am send this to vardhini's Bake fest and co-hosted by Anusha's Tomato blues

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QUINOA DINNER ROLLS

Do not ask me why I have a photo like this, first time I made a egg wash and this was how it turned out! very shiny!! :))
coming back to the recipe..

INGREDIENTS:
1 Cup Quinoa
2 Cups water
3 tsp salt
1 and 1/2 tbsp Active dried yeast
1 cup water
1/2 cup honey + 1 tbsp
1 Cup vegetable oil
2 Egg whites
2 Cups whole wheat flour
4 Cups Bread flour ( I used 2 cups bread flour and 2 cups Oats flour)

METHOD:

Here is how I made them.....

First of all cook the Quinoa seed with 2 cups of water, and drain the water if remaining and keep the cooked Quinoa aside.
Next in a bowl take the active yeast and a 2 tbsp of warm water, mix well, and leave it in a warm place, I usually keep it in my MW for 10 -15 min with the light on you can see the yeast bubbling up, this tells me that the yeast is still active and is in good condition, then I start mixing all the ingredients to it.
So, once the yeast is working its way, I added honey, oil, egg whites salt a tsp of sugar and mixed well with a whisk with 1 cup of warm water . until well combined.
Then I added 2 cups of wheat flour, mixed it well then added cooked quinoa and well combined, then I added 2 cups of Bread flour and 2 cups of oats flour.
I had to use all the flour (not adding the last cup of flour as needed instructed by DK),  I do not know why my  dough was quite sticky, and I had a hard time to handle it, but I did not use any extra flour, I dipped my hand in oil once and in the flour once (that is I just floured my fingers but did not take any extra flour to knead) and tried to handle  the dough and knead it until it was quite smooth and soft, then covered it with a cling film oiling the dough and left it to raise, Once it rose, punched it down again and handling carefully gave it a slight flowery knead to it and shaped them into 11 balls as you can see in the picture and allowed it to raise again.
My dinner rolls were not small as you can see!
I gave the rolls an egg wash, I did not add any quinoa on top as DK did.., just left it to bake.
Meanwhile I had preheated the oven to 425 degrees and pushed the tray into bake for 10 to 15 minutes then lowered the temperature to 375 degrees and left it to bake for an other 10 minutes.

As you can see the rolls were well done, they had a soft interior and a fine crust on the exterior, they had a sweetness to taste, My little girl enjoyed it with Mixed fruit jam and said it was really good. The other ten rolls were consumed by all of us with our soup.
Thanks to Priya, DK, Zlamushka and Lakshmi for this lovely event.., which I do really enjoy....
soon I will post my Tried and tasted from Alka of sindhi Rasoi, which all of us enjoyed in our family.....

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