Aug 28, 2009
COLORD BREAD WITH SPINACH AND CARROT
Weekly one time I bake bread for breakfast, last week when I was baking got bored with white or simple wheat bread every week and I wanted to bake some thing new. And I started searching for a new and interesting bread recipe and I came though some colored bread recipes but most of those recipes are colored with food colors. Maximum I avoid food colors in my cooking so what to do I was thinking… I wanted to make my bread more interesting and healthy. Opened my diary and searching if I got any ideas from that... long back I made colored chapatti with spinach and beetroot so now I thought why didn't I that same method in bread making hurrrrrrrry it worked and here is the beautiful colored bread with natural colors here I go………….
FOR SPINACH DOUGH:-----
Wheat flour – 2 cups
Yeast – 1 teasp
Sugar – 1 tea sp
Cumin seeds – 1 teasp (lightly roasted and crushed)
Spinach paste – 1 tab sp
Garlic – 1 tab sp crushed
Salt – 1/4 tea sp
Egg – 1 (optional)
Milk powder – 1 tab sp (optional)
Butter – 1 tab sp softened
METHOD:----
1. In 1/2 cup warm water add yeast and 1 tea sp sugar and mix well and leave in a warm place for 10 min. to rise and become creamy and bubbly.
2. Now in a big bowl add butter, flour and salt and rub well then add egg, milk powder spinach paste, crushed garlic, crushed cumin seeds and yeast mixture and make soft dough
3. Then place this dough on a floured surface and knead for 10 min. or till dough become smooth and elastic.
4. And place the dough again in the same big bowl grease little butter on top and cover and leave in a warm place for 1 - 2 hours or till it become double in size..
FOR CARROT DOUGH:--
All purpose flour – 2 cups
Yeast 1 tea sp
Sugar – 1 tea sp
Milk powder – 1 tab (optional)
Egg – 1 (optional)
Carrot paste – 2 tab sp s
Butter – 1 tab sp softened
Salt a big pinch
METHOD
1. Same as like spinach dough in 1/2 cup warm water add yeast and 1 tea sp sugar and mix well and leave in a warm place for 10 min. to raise and become creamy and bubbly.
2. Then add flour, salt butter and rub well and then add carrot paste, milk powder, and egg and yeast mixture and make soft dough.
3. Then place this dough on a floured surface and knead for 10 min. or till dough become smooth and elastic.
4. And place the dough again in the same big bowl grease a little butter on top and cover and leave in a warm place for 1 - 2 hours or till it become double in size.
5. Now after the dough raised up punch back both dough s and knead for 2 min on a floured surface
6. Now take the spinach dough on a floured surface and roll in to a thick circle.
7. Then take the carrot dough on a floured surface and make same sized thick circle like spinach dough.
8. Now place the both circles on top of the other and roll like a swirl (like a Swiss roll) and close the both ends with little milk.
9. Place this roll in a greased loaf pan in a warm place till it became double in size.
10. In the same time pre heat the oven at 350 degree F or 175 degree c. or in gas mark 5 for 10 min.
11 Reduce the temperature to 250 degree F /120 degree C/gas mark 3 and bake for Now brush the roll with milk on top and bake it on a pre heated oven for 25-30 min. or till it turn golden color then remove from oven and leave it a side and let it cool before serving.
12. Slice the colored bread after it cool down and enjoy as a breakfast with eggs or jam or cheese.
If you want you can use All purpose flour in the place of wheat flour.
Can remove the eggs from this ingredients list if you don't like to add egg s in the dough.
wow the bread looks colorful & delicious .........
ReplyDeleteWOW! WOW! WOW! FANTASTIC ! Beautiful & Colorful bread! Good job Rekha!:D
ReplyDeleteLooks very colorful and also very healthy...
ReplyDeletelooks like a store bought bread..i meant the texture, shape etc...too good..adding spinach and carrot is very good idea..bookmarking it though i have not yet succeeded in making a perfect bread..
ReplyDeleteWow looks so good and perfect ...Even i thought of doing this one day , so healthy awesome.
ReplyDeletewow so perfectly u have made the bread...loved the pic as well...looks really delicious...
ReplyDeleteGreat job Rekha...I could never make a soft and tempting bread like that :)
ReplyDeletenice innovation.....excellent
ReplyDeleteThats such an innovative bread Rekha..was jus imagining how happy my daughtie will be to see such a bread..great recipe
ReplyDeletetiranga bread looks just great...it's just what i would love to make. I love incorporating spinach and carrot to get a tri-coloured dish just like what you made...of course my inspiration is our very own tiranga :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful and colorful bread, loved it...
ReplyDeleteTri color bread luks so gr8...i must try.....i too bake bread once in a mont :P...will try nd its prefectly baked...:)
ReplyDeleteWat a brautiful bread Rekha..
ReplyDeleteThis looks brilliant and yumm.. absolutely creative one :)
ReplyDeleteOMG thats amazing rekha! so unique and looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteLooks so awesome and delicious dear. Great job!
ReplyDeleteLooks very tasty ,colorful and delicious...
ReplyDeleteLoved the swiss roll pattern on the delicious slices. What an idea!!
ReplyDeletewow!! Thats perfect!!
ReplyDeleteLokks yummy!!
Rekha, Thats a yummy looking bread. I will try it. BTW, I have something waiting for you at my site.... http://swethabhatta.blogspot.com/
ReplyDelete~Swetha
real creativity! nice idea..looks perfect and seems to be the most nutritious form of bread!
ReplyDeleteLovely looking bread dear!! Such healthy one !!
ReplyDeleteLovely delicious colorful bread.
ReplyDeleteNice idea,very creative rekha.
ReplyDeletelooks so yum,..
ReplyDeleteRekha you are rocking dear...looks just fab...wow...gud going
ReplyDeleteOh wow....that's an droooooooooooooooooooooool worthy bread.....perfect in shape and looks very soft.....nice pics too Padma...
ReplyDeletecolorful and healthy bread.. looks very tempting.. Awesome job dear!!
ReplyDeletewow! I only saw such things in bakeries... It looks really attractive...
ReplyDeleteThose are some great swirls in the bread and very nice flavours too.
ReplyDeleteAwesome job - never made bread at home - but this is inspiring...
ReplyDeleteMaking bread by itself is a huge task for me and you come up with coloured bread..??Fantastic..:)
ReplyDeleteWow bread looks colorful and great. Good job. Looks nice and yummy. Nice pic.
ReplyDeleteWow, that bread looks awesome!
ReplyDeletethat looks so pretty! such a lovely idea to use natural ingredients to colour the bread :)
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ReplyDeletebeautiful looking bread rekha ... The colors look just lovely
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ReplyDeleteLovely bread!The swirl is just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so healthy and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow..awesome bread,looks like marble cake
ReplyDeleteWow,looks great,Rekha.The bread is too healthy and hearty.I have been thinking of making a similar one but keep postponing it always.This is a must try.I missed few recipes being 'netless'
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Wow Rekha,
ReplyDeleteFirst tme on your site and your bread simply WOWED me. It looks so soft and crumbly but you dont feel the guilt with the white bread as you are addng spinah and carrot. Independence Day Special Bread???
Shobha
This is lovely, Rekha. Thanks for sharing.
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