Walnut Garlic Coriander Wholewheat Bread
Nothing better than fresh home baked bread, and this Walnut Garlic Coriander Wholewheat Bread is bursting with goodness of this new wholewheat flour . It has great flavour. Use herbs and nuts of your choice, play around with ingredients, but do make this. It's healthy, it's addictive, bread baking is therapeutic and above all it's so good for a 100% whole grain bread!!
Ingredients
Walnut Garlic Coriander Dough
- 2 cups Aashirvaad Sugar Release Control Atta
- 1 tsp yeast
- 1/2 salt
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup water {approximately}
- 1 tsp garlic powder {or 4 cloves minced}
- 1 cup fresh coriander, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped
Topping
- 4-5 walnut halves
- Few sprigs fresh coriander
- Himalayan pink rock salt
- Extra virgin olive oil to drizzle over
Instructions
Walnut Garlic Coriander Dough
- Add the wholewheat flour/Aashirvaad Sugar Release Control Atta, yeast, salt,garlic powder, honey and extra virgin olive oil to bowl of your stand mixer fitted with dough hook.
- Stir to mix on speed 2, then knead for 5-7 minutes on speed 4 until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Add a few spoons of wholewheat flour if the dough is too wet, or a tbsp or two of water if too dense. We're looking for a soft dough.
- Make a smooth ball, drizzle over some olive oil, and cover the bowl with cling-wrap or a damp kitchen towel. Place in a warm, draft free place for an hour or two until the dough doubles in size.
- Form into a ball, drizzle over with a little olive oil, cover the stand mixer bowl with cling-wrap or a wet kitchen towel. Leave to rise in a warm, draft free place for an hour or two until doubled.
- Preheat oven to 200C.
- Take off the cling wrap or kitchen towel, add the finely chopped fresh coriander and walnuts to the same bowl and knead again briefly to mix.
- Form into a loaf and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Topping
- Paint top gently with damp fingers and sprinkle over some Himalayan rock salt and finely sliced garlic, push in walnut halves, and maybe add a sprig of fresh coriander.
- Leave covered with a kitchen towel until the oven preheats to 200C. {20 minutes}
- Bake for approximately 30-35 minutes until golden brown and done. Serve warm or at room temperature.