Thursday, November 28, 2019

Monkey Bread Recipe

Monkey Bread or Sticky Buns Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Monkey bread makes the best christmas morning breakfast option. This soft buns has a buttery texture and a caramel cinnamony sticky sauce.  Cinnamon Sticky Buns are just divine.

monkey breadWhy Monkey Bread is called as Monkey Bread?

The origin of the term “monkey bread” comes from the pastry being a finger food; the consumer would pick apart the bread as a monkey would.

How long does monkey bread stays good?
Store in a air tight container at room temparature for couple of days.
How to Freeze monkey bread?
Bake the bread, cover it tightly with foil and freeze them.  Before serving, thaw the bread in fridge and reheat in oven for 10 to 15 mins untill bubbly.
What is the Difference between cinnamon rolls and sticky buns?
Cinnamon rolls has the butter spread inside the rolls. But sticky buns has the sticky sauce on top which makes it dense and more buttery.
Where does Sticky Buns Originated from?
Sticky buns originated from german.

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An easy version of monkey bread is made using store bought biscuit can. But making your own dough for it is not only therapeutic but is so worth it.

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Monkey Bread Recipe
 
Monkey Bread is a light airy rolls coated with cinnamon sugar and then baked with a brown sugar butter sauce poured over it. Which creates a caramel sticky bread.
Author:
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: German
Ingredients
FOR DOUGH:
  • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 cups
  • Egg - 1
  • Dry Yeast - 2 tsp
  • Sugar - 1 tblsp
  • Melted Butter - 2 tblsp
  • Salt - 1 tsp
  • Warm Water as needed
FOR CINNAMON SUGAR BUTTER:
  • Sugar - ¾ cup
  • Cinnamon Powder - 1 tblsp
  • Melted Butter - ½ cup
  • Walnuts - ½ cup chopped finely
FOR SAUCE:
  • Butter - ¼ cup
  • Brown Sugar - ¾ cup
  • Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp
Instructions
  1. First lets make the dough. Take flour, salt in a bowl and mix well.
  2. Take yeast, sugar in a bowl. Add warm water and mix well, Leave to activate for 5 mins.
  3. Now add egg, melted butter and yeast mix to the flour and knead to a soft dough. Add warm water as needed. Cover and leave aside to rise for 1 to 2 hours untill double in size.
  4. Now make cinnamon sugar to coat the bread. Mix cinnamon, sugar and walnuts and set aside.
  5. In a separate bowl melt butter and set aside.
  6. Now snip small portion of the dough using a scissors. Dip it in melted butter and coat in cinnamon sugar and place in a bundt cake pan. Cover and leave to rise for 30 mins.
  7. Mix together butter, brown sugar, vanilla together to form a sauce.
  8. Pour this over the buns and bake it in oven for 35 to 40 mins.
  9. Once baked remove from oven and cool for 5 mins,
  10. Carefully unmould.
  11. Serve warm.
Notes
1)The dough can be made a day in advance and stored in fridge.
2)You can bake the buns and store in a air tight container in fridge.
3)Warm it in microwave for few seconds before serving.
4)Serve it with extra caramel sauce.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 460

Pictorial:

1)Take yeast in a bowl

 dry yeast

2)Add sugar

activating yeast

3)Add warm water and let it activate

activating yeast

4)Now it is foamy

yeast

5)Take all purpose flour in a bowl

all purpose flour

6)Add in salt

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7)Mix well

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8)Add in eggs

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9)Add in melted butter

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10)Add in yeast mix

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11)Add in warm water

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12)Knead to a soft dough

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13)Now the dough is done

14)Cover and leave aside

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15)Now the dough is risen

yeast dough

16)Take sugar in a bowl

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17)Add in cinnamon powder

cinnamon powder

18)Add walnuts

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19)Mix well

cinnamon sugar

20)Take a bundt pan

bundt cake pan

21)Melt some butter

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22)Snip a piece from the dough. Scissors is best

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23)Dip it in the butter

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24)Coat it

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25)Roll it in sugar

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26)Coat well

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27)Place in the pan

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28)Arrange it like this

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29)Leave to rise for few mins

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30)Take melted butter in a bowl

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31)Add vanilla

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32)Add brown sugar and mix well

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33)Pour over the buns

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33)Time to bake

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34)Baked

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35)Unmould

bundt cake pan

36)look at that sticky sauce

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37)Serve.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Peas Rice – Kids Lunch Box Ideas 55

Making and packing lunch for kids is the hardest part. Kids can be very picky eater. Specially maha is too much. When i started this series of showcasing  kids lunchbox on my blog. I had to be realistic.

During busy mornings it has to be easy on time to make and pack lunches.

This is a simple lunch which i made for maha.

Peas pulao and boiled eggs in her lunch box. Boiled peanuts on her snacks box.

Simple Peas Pulav ( Pilaf ) Made in Rice Cooker – Rice Cooker Recipes

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Pickled Gooseberry Recipe

Pickled gooseberry with step by step pictures. It is a tangy, sweet and spicy pickle which will make you crave even more always. Gooseberry pickle can be enjoyed on its own, or as a side for any drinks.

Gooseberry pickle is a delicious dish which taste amazing on its own or as a side for drinks. Pickled gooseberry has a ginger and chilli flavour in them. You can have the ginger and chillies on its own as well.

Arai nellikai is tart and tangy berry unlike regular gooseberry which is more of a different taste.

Have you ever taste gooseberry and then had water. If so how does the water taste. Sweet right. That is the magic of gooseberry.

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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

Pickled Gooseberry Recipe
 
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Gooseberry pickle is one of the mouth watering recipe which can be had on its own or as a side as well. This particular recipe is so yum.
Author:
Recipe type: Condiments
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
  • Arai Nellikai / Seema Nellikai / Gooseberry - 4 cups
  • Ginger - ¼ cup juliened
  • Green Chillies - 6 chopped
  • Vinegar - 1 cup
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Sugar - ½ cup
  • Salt - 1 tblsp
Instructions
  1. Wash and drain gooseberry. Take it in a jar.
  2. Take sugar, vinegar, water in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Add salt and mix well.
  3. Take it off the heat and add in ginger and green chillies.
  4. Pour this over the gooseberry and let it sit for 1 day before enjoying,
Notes
1)This pickle stays good for over a month.

Neer Nellikai Recipe / Gooseberry Pickle Recipe

Pictorial:

1)Wash and drain gooseberry

2)Chop some green chillies and ginger

3)Take sugar in a sauce pan

4)Add in vinegar

5)Add in water

6)Bring it to a boil

7)Take it off the heat

8)Add in salt

9)Add in ginger and green chillies

10)Take gooseberry in a jar

11)Pour the ginger and chilli mix in

12)Let the gooseberry be completely immersed.

13)This is after a day

14)Done

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