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Fried Dough with Syrup

By Sid • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: Cooking For Kids, Desserts, Posts, Vegetarian Food

I used to read a lot of Wilbur Smith in the past. In fact, I think I’ve read all of his books twice or more. If you ask me, I think his books are the ‘Mills and Boon’ equivalent for men. Anyway, there was mention of a dish called ‘Koeksisters’ in a few of his [...]



Easy bread dough

By Sid • Aug 16th, 2007 • Category: British Food, Indian Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Vegetarian Food

Yesterday was baking day. Amazing how de-stressing baking can be. For the basic dough, you’ll need:

650 gms refined flour [maida].
15ml oil
10gm salt
5 gm sugar
7gms dry yeast
400ml lukewarm water

 

Method:

Mix all ingredients together
Add water [1 part boiling, 2 parts cold]. Knead for about 10 minutes, with lightly greased fingers.
Shape into whatever you’re making
Put the pieces of shaped [...]