Love Breakfast? Start your day on the right note with Simran Dhanju’s recipes for healthy oat bran and wholemeal dough bread and a delicious strawberry jam.
Strawberry and Rose Petal Jam
Ingredients:
- 750g strawberries, hulled and chopped
- 350g white sugar
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2tbsp dried rose petals
- 1tsp rose water
Method:
- Wash strawberries, remove leaves and core; chop them.
- In a saucepan, add sugar, strawberries and lime juice. Cook on medium-low fire until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture starts bubbling for approximately 10 minutes.
- Now reduce the flame to low settings and cook further, stirring every few seconds; add rose water and petals. Cook for approximately 20-25 minutes until strawberries are pulpy and reduced to a thick syrupy consistency.
- Now pour the hot jam into a sterilised sealed jar and let the jam cool in it.
Oat Bran and Wholemeal Bread
Ingredients:
- 1 cup oat bran meal
- 1 cup wholemeal flour or atta flour
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 1/2tsp dried yeast
- 1tbsp sunflower oil
- 3/4tsp salt
- 1tbsp sugar
- 2cups warm water
Method:
- Pour yeast in warm water, add sugar and stir well to dissolve yeast and sugar. Let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
- Sieve flours in a mixing bowl; add oatmeal, oil and salt. With the help of a dough hook, mix all at low speed. Gradually add yeast water while the machine is still on, to let all the dry and wet ingredients combine well and form a dough ball.
- Increase the speed to medium-high and mix further for approximately 7-10 minutes until it’s elastic and gluten is formed.
- Place dough in an oiled bowl, cover with cling wrap and rest at a warm place for 3-4 hours to rise double in size.
- Remove the dough on a floured surface and knead well to make it smooth.
- Grease baking loaf tin, sprinkle flour and dust off the extra. Place the dough in the prepared tin, put 3-4 cuts on top, cover with plastic wrap and let it rest for proving for another 2 hours.
- Brush lightly with water, sprinkle rolled oats on top and bake in preheated oven at 200 degree Celsius for 20-25 minutes.
Simran is a celebrated chef and a winner of multi cooking competitions; she creates visual delights artfully by merging traditional flavours.