Showing posts with label breads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breads. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Gambang Bread (Betawi Traditional Bread)

Gambang Bread (Betawi Traditional Bread)

1½ cup Java red sugar, grated*
¾ cup Water
3 cup flour
1 cup breadcrumbs dry
¼ cup milk powder
¼ tsp Salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon powder
¼ tsp vanilla powder/vanilla extract
2 egg yolks
100 gram margarine or to your taste.
3 Tbsp sesame seeds

*or substitute with palm granulated sugar, but the texture would become a little bit drier
**the more the margarine, the softer the bread. Many people like it chewy, original recipe is 200 gram

Boil Java red sugar with water until dissolved and hardboiled. Set aside and let it cool.

Mix flour, breadcrumbs, milk powder, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, vanilla and egg yolks. Blend well. Pour in sugar syrup, knead until well blended.

Blend in margarine, knead until well blended.

Form the dough into ball shaped, cover with pastic sheet. Set aside for about 30 minutes at room temperature until the dough becomes dry and easy to roll.

Uncover, form the dough into round oval shape, each weighed 75 g. Arrange them on greased cookie sheet, give space among them as they will rise.

Brush the surface with water, sprinkle with sesame seeds. tips: don't flatten the oval shape.

Bake in a preheated oven at 150 Celsius for 30 minutes until done.

Friday, May 28, 2010

About Lelaki Memasak

Cooking

Dear Friends,

Lelaki Memasak means the man who loves cooking! Yes, I love to eat and I love preparing dishes.

My name is Lelaki which is “man” in English. Don’t ask me why I was given the name “man”. My grand grand father gave me this name and my parents just accept it. I thought it was because they have too many children so they don’t really focus on their names but how to feed each of us, we are twelve brothers and sisters!

Thanks God, my mom love to cook and we all love to eat! But can you imagine cooking for 14 people, 3 times a day? Linda McCartney once said that “Cooking for six people every day is like having a cafĂ©” and my mom have to cook for 14, that's including my mom and dad.

What happened back there was we all help her in kitchen. That’s why all of her children can cook now, that’s including me!

This is a bit about me, I love to share and I hope I can get your responses back too, including your recipes if you care to share! If you have any suggestion to improve my recipes so my dishes can taste better, please let me know by dropping your comments on related article. Many thanks.

Sincerely,
Lelaki Memasak

Lelaki Memasak

This is my journal, to be exact my culinary journey!

I love to eat and prepare my own dishes, here in this blog I am going to share most of my recipes, my friends recipes *of course with their permission* and all free recipes generously contributed by people who love to share in the internet.

Bon appetit!
Lelaki Memasak