Masala Cheese Bread Loaf Recipe With Garam Masala & Herbs
A vegetarian Fusion recipe with all purpose flour (maida), active dry yeast, sugar. Ready in 2h 40m, serves 12.
Curated bySarah Jenkins🇺🇸
Instructions
36 steps- 1
To make the pre-ferment:To begin making Masala Cheese Bread Loaf Recipe With Garam Masala & Herbs, make the preferment one day before kneading the dough
garam masala powder(1/2 tablespoon)cheese - grated(1/2 cup) - 2
Mix all the ingredients mentioned for the pre-fermentation process in a large mixing bowl, and add enough water to make a sticky dough
- 3
This is important as the preferment has to be risen to 3 times its initial volume
- 4
Keep in a warm place till it triples in volume
- 5
(Spoon the fermented bread dough out into a glass container and refrigerate
- 6
This can be stored under refrigeration for weeks and used and required
- 7
It makes terrific tasting breads!)To Knead The Dough:Keep approximately half of the prepared pre ferment in a large bowl
- 8
Mix all-purpose flour, salt, sugar, garam masala and turmeric powder on the pre fermented dough and keep the dough covered for nearly 30 minutes
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)sugar(1 tablespoon)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups)teaspoons salt(2)caster sugar(1 tablespoon)garam masala powder(1/2 tablespoon)teaspoons turmeric powder (haldi)(2) - 9
The preferment may have come to the top of the flour and formed bubbles but it is fine
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups) - 10
Mix the flour and spices into the pre ferment
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups) - 11
Add enough lukewarm water and make into a soft dough which does not stick to the sides of the bowl
- 12
Keep it covered with a plate till the dough doubles in size and comes to nearly the top of the bowl
- 13
Now add the butter/oil mixing it all the while into the dough with a pinching and pushing motion till all the oil is used up
butter(1/2 cup) - 14
Knead the dough vowed well using the back of your hands till smooth and elastic
- 15
Cover with the plate and leave to rise
- 16
After the dough has risen,punch it back
- 17
Take a sheet of clingfilm and grease it with oil or butter
butter(1/2 cup) - 18
Wrap the dough in it and keep it in a plastic bag
- 19
Refrigerate this dough for 8 hours or overnight
- 20
The cling film will puff up like a balloon
- 21
If this happens, then the bread would turn out fantastic!Next day, take the dough out from the plastic bag and clingfilm and punch it down again
- 22
Leave to come to room temperature
- 23
Prepare a loaf pan
- 24
Flour the kitchen counter top and sprinkle the chopped herbs
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups)coriander (dhania) leaves - finely chopped(1 tablespoon)mint leaves (pudina) - finely chopped(1 tablespoon) - 25
Put the dough on the flour and herbs and knead for 15 – 20 minutes
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups) - 26
Roll into a loaf and place seam side down in the loaf pan
- 27
Cover with clingfilm again and leave to rise for almost an hour till the dough comes to nearly the top of the pan
- 28
You can make a loaf from 3/4 of the dough and use the rest to make lovely bread rolls, or use it for a smaller loaf
- 29
Preheat oven to 180°C
- 30
After the loaf has risen sufficiently, brush the top with milk
- 31
Sprinkle cheese on top
cheese - grated(1/2 cup) - 32
Bake for 35 – 40 minutes till the cheese melts to a lovely golden brown, a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean and the bread sounds hollow when tapped
cheese - grated(1/2 cup) - 33
Leave to cool in the pan for 20 minutes and then remove the bread from the pan
- 34
Use a wide,sharp knife to loosen the bred on the sides
- 35
Take out on a wooden board and leave to cool for a couple of hours or till it comes to room temperature
- 36
Serve Masala Cheese Bread Loaf Recipe With Garam Masala & Herbs as a tea time food with a smoothie like Peanut Butter Lassi (Yogurt Smoothie) or Kashmiri Noon Chai Recipe (Pink Tea) or with soft boiled eggs and hot Coffee as accompaniment
garam masala powder(1/2 tablespoon)butter(1/2 cup)cheese - grated(1/2 cup)
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Masala Cheese Bread Loaf Recipe With Garam Masala & Herbs
A vegetarian Fusion recipe with all purpose flour (maida), active dry yeast, sugar. Ready in 2h 40m, serves 12.
Curated bySarah Jenkins🇺🇸
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Directions
36 steps- 1
To make the pre-ferment:To begin making Masala Cheese Bread Loaf Recipe With Garam Masala & Herbs, make the preferment one day before kneading the dough
garam masala powder(1/2 tablespoon)cheese - grated(1/2 cup) - 2
Mix all the ingredients mentioned for the pre-fermentation process in a large mixing bowl, and add enough water to make a sticky dough
- 3
This is important as the preferment has to be risen to 3 times its initial volume
- 4
Keep in a warm place till it triples in volume
- 5
(Spoon the fermented bread dough out into a glass container and refrigerate
- 6
This can be stored under refrigeration for weeks and used and required
- 7
It makes terrific tasting breads!)To Knead The Dough:Keep approximately half of the prepared pre ferment in a large bowl
- 8
Mix all-purpose flour, salt, sugar, garam masala and turmeric powder on the pre fermented dough and keep the dough covered for nearly 30 minutes
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)sugar(1 tablespoon)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups)teaspoons salt(2)caster sugar(1 tablespoon)garam masala powder(1/2 tablespoon)teaspoons turmeric powder (haldi)(2) - 9
The preferment may have come to the top of the flour and formed bubbles but it is fine
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups) - 10
Mix the flour and spices into the pre ferment
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups) - 11
Add enough lukewarm water and make into a soft dough which does not stick to the sides of the bowl
- 12
Keep it covered with a plate till the dough doubles in size and comes to nearly the top of the bowl
- 13
Now add the butter/oil mixing it all the while into the dough with a pinching and pushing motion till all the oil is used up
butter(1/2 cup) - 14
Knead the dough vowed well using the back of your hands till smooth and elastic
- 15
Cover with the plate and leave to rise
- 16
After the dough has risen,punch it back
- 17
Take a sheet of clingfilm and grease it with oil or butter
butter(1/2 cup) - 18
Wrap the dough in it and keep it in a plastic bag
- 19
Refrigerate this dough for 8 hours or overnight
- 20
The cling film will puff up like a balloon
- 21
If this happens, then the bread would turn out fantastic!Next day, take the dough out from the plastic bag and clingfilm and punch it down again
- 22
Leave to come to room temperature
- 23
Prepare a loaf pan
- 24
Flour the kitchen counter top and sprinkle the chopped herbs
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups)coriander (dhania) leaves - finely chopped(1 tablespoon)mint leaves (pudina) - finely chopped(1 tablespoon) - 25
Put the dough on the flour and herbs and knead for 15 – 20 minutes
all purpose flour (maida)(1/2 cup)all purpose flour (maida)(3 cups) - 26
Roll into a loaf and place seam side down in the loaf pan
- 27
Cover with clingfilm again and leave to rise for almost an hour till the dough comes to nearly the top of the pan
- 28
You can make a loaf from 3/4 of the dough and use the rest to make lovely bread rolls, or use it for a smaller loaf
- 29
Preheat oven to 180°C
- 30
After the loaf has risen sufficiently, brush the top with milk
- 31
Sprinkle cheese on top
cheese - grated(1/2 cup) - 32
Bake for 35 – 40 minutes till the cheese melts to a lovely golden brown, a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean and the bread sounds hollow when tapped
cheese - grated(1/2 cup) - 33
Leave to cool in the pan for 20 minutes and then remove the bread from the pan
- 34
Use a wide,sharp knife to loosen the bred on the sides
- 35
Take out on a wooden board and leave to cool for a couple of hours or till it comes to room temperature
- 36
Serve Masala Cheese Bread Loaf Recipe With Garam Masala & Herbs as a tea time food with a smoothie like Peanut Butter Lassi (Yogurt Smoothie) or Kashmiri Noon Chai Recipe (Pink Tea) or with soft boiled eggs and hot Coffee as accompaniment
garam masala powder(1/2 tablespoon)butter(1/2 cup)cheese - grated(1/2 cup)
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