“Our Daily Bread”

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Dal is a nutritious food.  How about adding a handful of dal to our daily bread?

In India we have been using Sabut urad/ Black gram in roti/flat bread since very early times.

Here is a small story about kala roti.  The English translation of kala roti is black bread.  Since the gram is black (kala), the colour of the roti remains so and hence its name – kala roti.  In the harvesting season, after the first day of Black gram harvest, some workers would take a handful of the fresh black gram, grind them with stones and then mix with wheat flour to make roti. All the workers would be fed with these rotis before they set out to work.  Black gram rotis are very filling and nutritious, so the workers work happily the whole day. 

Dalonthetable tried out 6 different coloured breads – Brown, Yellow, Black, White, Pink and Green with different dal and pulses with success.

Urad Black Bread

Bread with Sabut Urad/ Black gram

The nutrition of a daily bread can be improved significantly with the addition of just a handful of urad dal.  Urad contains the highest nutrition values amongst all the dals.  The dark colour skin contributes the black colour to the bread.

How to make Sabut urad flour is given at the end of the recipe.

Ingredients:

100 gm all purpose flour

25 gm sabut urad/ Black gram flour*

1 Tbsp refine oil

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp of yeast

125 ml water to make sticky dough

Method:

  1. Mix all the dry ingredients together.  Add oil to the mixture and mix it well.  Add water gradually to make a sticky dough.

2. Bring the mixture together and cover it with a damp cloth or thin film and leave it in a warm place for about 1 hour. It should be double in size.

3. Turn the dough on to a floured board and knead it well.  Shape the dough to the size of the baking pan.  Oil the pan well and drop the dough into it. 

4. Cover it with a damp cloth/ thin film and leave the pan in a warm place for another 1 hour.  Leave it to rise until it becomes double in bulk.

5. Bake in a hot oven 400 C for 15-20 minutes till the top is golden brown. Turn the loaf out of the pan and cool it on a wire rack.  If you like a soft crust, wrap it up with a damp cloth till it cools.  Serve it with jam, butter, cheese or mayonnaise.  It is delicious.

*How to make Sabut urad flour:

Over a heavy hot pan, toss the sabut urad/black gram for a few seconds. Switch off the heat.

Let it cool on the pan.  Little warming up improves the flavour.

Cool it and grind in a grinder till fine.  Sieve through a fine sieve.

Store the flour in an air tight container.  It will stay good for days.

Happy Baking 4 Healthy Breakfast !

                                                        To be continued…..

9 thoughts on ““Our Daily Bread””

  7. Lovely reading the recipe. I will surely try it. You make it so simple to learn. This is a fantastic website where dal is the superstar!

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