Banana Cardamom Bread by DK on May 20, 2008
Last weekend, while I was giving my car a new look with washing and waxing, I suddenly got a whiff of some v aromatic smell. Some more sniffing (!!) told me that it was something with banana. Guess someone was baking something with it ( of course Banana milk shake is not going to give you that aroma!) and my stomach started grumbling. There was an additonal smell along with that which I couldnt place though v familier.
After close to 2 hrs of pleasurable agony (!!!!), I rushed back home and started snooping around my spice rack. It had to be something..what was it..what in the world was that smell...and then BINGO! Cardamom! Now I was all curious and had to have it, so soon started baking my bread ( It could have been a cake too, but Nah! I wanted the bread for next morning :)) Here is how I made it
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- Yields: Makes one 9X5 inch loaf
- 2 ripe bananas ( pureed )
- 3 cups bread flour (or all-purpose flour/maida)
- 1/2 cup wheat germ (optional, just substitute with flour)
- 1 tbsp cardamom powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp fast-rising dried yeast
- 2/3 cup warm water
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1-2 tsp sesame seeds for sprinkling
Mix the flour, wheatgerm, salt and yeast together. Make a well and then add the water along with honey, cardamom powder and the banana puree.
Incorporate the flour well to make a soft dough.
Transfer to a floured surface and knead for 2-3 min.
Shape into a loaf and place it in a greased loaf pan. Cover with plastic wrap/ damp kitchen cloth and keep it in a warm place till it doubles. Then lightly brush the top with some water and sprinkle the sesame seeds on top of the loaf.
Bake for 10 min in a preheated oven at 450F. Then lower the temp to 350F and bake further for 20-30min till the loaf sounds hollow when tapped underneath.Cool in a wire rack .Cut into slices and serve. I had it with Raspberry jam and it was simply delicious.
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By viji on Jul 23, 2010
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By SD on Dec 8, 2009
Hi SD, thank you :). Wheat germ is just to increase the nutritional aspect for this dish. Its not mandatory. You can surely replace it and the bread flour with AP. You can see the substitutes chart for the same - http://chefinyou.com/2009/07/substitutes-in-baking-101/. Hope this helps -- DK
By Sana on Nov 4, 2009
Adding wheat flour does do that to a bread, as i mentioned previously. If you want a soft bread then - bread flour, wheat pastry flour is the option. Or else, increase the all purpose flour next time
By Sana on Oct 25, 2009
yes of course you can. Using whole wheat will make it more dense and not as spongy. Try using a 50-50 mix of APF and wheat flour. -- DK
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That was a decadent bread. Looks too good. YUM!...
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