Corn Bread

This is my sister's recipe. She gave it to me last Thanksgiving and it turned out really good so thought of sharing it with you all. Corn bread is one of the popular American thanksgiving dishes.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Baking Time : 30-40 minutes

Serves: 8-10

Ingredients:

11/3 cup sugar

8 oz melted butter

4 eggs

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups butter milk

2 cups cornmeal

2 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp salt

Method:

• Mix sugar and melted butter in a bowl.
• Beat the eggs and add it to the sugar butter mixture and fold it well.
• Add baking soda to the buttermilk and mix it with the above mixture
• Finally, add the cornmeal and the flour and mix well till you see no lumps. It should be a smooth batter.
• Grease the parchment paper and pour the batter in the tin.
• Bake it 375 degree F for 30 -40 minutes
• Let it cool and then cut it into pieces and serve.

Naan

I love ordering naan in restaurants and thought why not try making them at home. So, the day I made malai koftas, I decided to make naan with it as this is a good combination. The recipe for making naan is very simple and within a few hours, you will be able to enjoy restaurant style naan at home.

Preparation time : 15 minutes + 4 hours for the dough to rise

Makes : 6 Naans

Ingredients :

2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup water

2 tbsp oil

21/2 tbsp plain yogurt

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp instant yeast

2 tbsp melted butter

Toppings :

2 tbsp minced garlic

2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander leaves

Method:

• First dissolve the yeast in water and keep aside for a while
• In the meantime, combine flour, salt, sugar, baking soda and mix well.
• To the dry ingredients, add the wet ingredients i.e yogurt, oil and the yeast mixture and knead well to form a soft dough.
• Cover this dough with a cling wrap and keep aside for 3 -4 hours.
• After 4 hours, you will see that the dough has risen and has almost become double in quantity.
• Add a little flour to the dough and make 6 big balls.
• In the meantime, pre heat the oven at 500 degree F for about 30 minutes
• Roll them out in a rectangle shape to 1/4 inch thickness. Do not make them very thin.
• Prick them with a fork so that they don't rise while baking in the oven.
• Add your favourite toppings on top of the naan and put them in the oven.
• You could put 2 or 3 naans at a time adding your favourite toppings
• It should take about 3 minutes to get the naan ready.
• As soon as they are out from the oven, brush them with some melted butter
• Serve them hot with any gravy of your choice.