Baked Vegetables

Baked Vegetables in Marathi



Serves: 3 persons

Time: 30 minutes



Ingredients:

1 tbsp butter

1 tsp paste of - ginger + garlic + green chili

1 cup Cauliflower florets, small (I used 3/4 cup cauliflower + 1/4 cup broccoli)

1/2 cup carrot, small dices

1/2 cup sweet corns, (I used canned one)

1/4 cup french beans, 1 cm round slices

1/2 cup onion, finely chopped

1/2 cup green bell pepper, small dices

salt to taste

Spice mixture of - 3 pinches of Cinnamon pdr + 2 pinches crushed black pepper + 2 pinches cardamom powder

White sauce - Click here for the recipe

Other Ingredients:

1/2 cup Italian cheese blend

1/2 cup Cheddar Cheese

1/4 cup bread crumbs (optional)



Method:

1) Preheat the oven at 350 F.

2) Heat butter in a pan. Add ginger-garlic-chili paste. Saute for few seconds. Add onion and saute until translucent. Now add cauliflower, carrots, french beans, and bell peppers. Saute for a minute. Add sweet corns, salt and spice mixture. Mix well.

3) Put vegetables in baking glass pan. Pour in white sauce as much as needed. Mix in some cheese. Sprinkle the remaining cheese and bread crumbs, evenly on top.

4) Increase the temperature to 400 F. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or cheese on top melts and turn slightly brown.



Serve with brown bread.



Tips:

1) You may use other vegetables of your choice.

Oatmeal Cookies

Eggless oatmeal cookies in Marathi

Time: 45 minutes
Yield: approx 15 cookies

Ingredients
1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 + 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
Egg Replacer powder for 2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats (old fashioned)
1 cups chocolate chips or chunks

Method:
1) Preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C)
2) In a medium bowl, sieve flour + baking powder and baking soda.
3) In a large bowl, add butter and brown sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Add necessary amount of water to egg replacer and mix well. Add vanilla and egg replacer to sugar-butter mixture. Beat until mixed. Add all purpose flour and mix well.
4) Now introduce oats to the bowl and mix until well incorporated. Add chocolate chips and mix nicely.
5) Scoop the mixture onto greased baking tray or baking sheet (you can line it with parchment paper to avoid sticking). Press with hand to flatten into disc. Put the trey into preheated oven and bake the cookies for 16 to 18 minutes or until golden brown (Tip).
Let the cookies cool on baking sheet completely before removing.

Tips:
1) You can add raisins or dried cranberries to the mixture.
2) Baking time may vary according to oven's heating power and size of the cookies.
3) You can add eggs instead of egg replacer.

Butter Naan

Naan bread in Marathi

Yield: 4 to 5 medium Naan
Time: Fermentation - Approx 1 and half hour । To make Naan 10 to 15 minutes

Ingredients:
2 cups Maida (All purpose flour)
1 tsp dry yeast
1/4 cup Yogurt (Tip 1)
1/4 cup warm water
1/2 tsp Sugar
Salt to taste (approx 1/2 to 1 tsp)
2 to 3 tbsp Oil

Method:
1) In 1/4 cup warm water dissolve sugar and yeast. Cover and let it rest for 10 minutes. This mixture will become frothy within 10 to 15 minutes.
2) Take maida in a mixing bowl. Add salt, yeast water and mix nicely. Then add 1/4 cup yogurt and knead the dough. If required, use little warm water to knead the dough. Make a soft dough. Knead the dough until it becomes elastic. Use little oil while kneading. Cover the bowl with a plate and keep at a warm place for an hour to ferment.
3) After one hour, the dough will be fermented and doubled in size. Punch down the dough to remove air bubbles. Put the oven on Broil. Grease and keep ready a baking tray. Divide the dough into 4 to 5 equal balls. Sprinkle little dry flour on a flat surface and roll the dough ball into 1/4 inch thick naan. You can give any shape. But generally naan has uneven triangular shape or oval shape. Put the rolled naan on baking tray. Two naans would easily fit on the baking tray.
4) Put the tray on the top rack of the oven. Cook one side for one and half minute. If required, bake for 30 seconds more. Once you see brown spots on one side, remove the tray out and flip the side. Cook the other side for a minute.
Butter and Sesame Naan
Remove baked naan from the oven. Rub a teaspoon of butter on each naan and sprinkle roasted sesame seeds for garnishing. You can also sprinkle some chopped coriander. Serve hot.
Garlic Naan
Before baking the naan, keep ready a mixture of 2 tbsp butter and 3 garlic cloves (minced). Once naan is baked, rub 1 or 2 tsp garlic butter on the naan and serve hot.

Serve Naan with delicious North Indian curry dishes.

Note:
1) Do not use cold yogurt. It should be at room temperature. Cold yogurt slows down fermentation process. In winter season, use some hot water while kneading the dough.

White Bread Dinner Rolls - Ladi Pav

Pav Bhaji Bread in Marathi

approx 12 breads

Health Tip: How to choose the healthiest bread?

Ingredients:
3 cup All purpose Flour or Self Rising Flour (Note 1)
2 tsp Dry Yeast
1.5 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt
4 tbsp Oil
1 and 1/2 cup to 1 and 3/4 cups warm water
2 tbsp Milk

Method:
Activate Yeast
1) Take 1/2 cup warm water in a small bowl. Water should not be too hot or cold. Mix sugar in it. Add dry yeast and mix nicely, cover the bowl for 5 minutes. Yeast will activate within 5 to 10 minutes. After 5 to 7 minutes, water should become frothy. If it becomes frothy, that means yeast has activated.
Dough
2) In a big bowl, sift 3 cups flour and salt. Add yeast's frothy water, and warm water. Knead to soft dough, use some dry flour while kneading. Knead till dough become elastic (approx 3 minutes). Incorporate oil into the dough and knead for few minutes. Make a nice ball. Surface should be very smooth. Place the dough ball into deep bowl. Cover with a plate and place it to a warm place for 1.5 hours.
3) After 1.5 hours dough will rise and become double in volume. Use little Oil and slightly punch down the dough. Now divide the dough into 10 equal parts. Use little dry flour while handling. Grease a baking pan (I have used 10" dia pie bakeware) with little oil and sprinkle little dry flour. Make 10 smooth surface balls. Arrange on the baking pan. Cover with plastic paper for 30 minutes. In this 30 minutes, dough balls will rise a little.
Bake
4) Preheat oven at 370 F for 7 to 10 minutes. Brush the surface of dough balls with milk. Bake for 22 minutes. Turn off the oven, remove pan after 3 to 4 minutes. Let the bread cools down for 10 minutes.
Serve these Bread rolls with Misal, Pavbhaji, Batata Vada, Chole, Pindi Chole

Note:
1) I have used Self Rising Flour to make this bread. Self Rising Flour is a mixture of All purpose flour, salt and Baking powder. Therefore one can use self rising flour in this recipe. But some salt is already exist in this flour, so for 3 cups of self rising flour add 1/2 tsp salt. While using All purpose flour, add the salt according to the given quantity.
2) The more you knead the dough, the finer texture you will get.