Are You Curious How Versatile #Cardamom Is?

Are You Curious How Versatile #Cardamom Is?

I am!

I am VERY excited to be sharing this first Ssshhh Cooking Secretly Challenge with you thanks to Priya from Priya’s Versatile Recipes “adding a pinch of love to everyday cooking.”

Thank you to Divya from Divya’s Culinary Journey for creating the wonderful logo.
Members worldwide express interest to join.

The members are then split into pairs where the two new partners discuss what ingredient that can both make to try and surprise people; so that the secret ingredient is not overly obvious.

Partners can decide to make one recipe that they both make the same recipe or as our very creative team did, we decided one ingredient would be cooked and the other recipe baked.

Are You Curious How Versatile #Cardamom Is?

Priya created this challenge to allow members to get to know other food blogger friends.

The challenge is about “cooking, chit chat and meeting a new food friend along the way!”

I think it is a terrific challenge and what a fun way to meet a new food friend.

I would like to introduce my partner Amrita from The Food Samaritan.

Amrita and I discussed numerous ingredients that we both cook and or bake.

The challenge was to create something a little but different, unusual and interesting to those who might venture a guess at our hidden secret ingredient.

We initially discussed Basbousa aka as hareesa aka ravani which is a sweet cake made from semolina that is soaked in a sugar syrup.

We discussed with this we could make Sooji ka Halwa; I had not heard of but was curious about!

Sooji ka Halwa is a very popular sweet dish in India that is usually made on religious occasions as an offering to God.

Both Amrita and I thought it would be fun using the same ingredient and perhaps not many people may know the secret ingredient.

I really enjoyed learning heaps in the process of being introduced to Amrita; so thank you Priya as this was a very fun challenge that I am glad Amrita and I have now completed.

Are You Curious How Versatile #Cardamom Is?

I think you are by now!

Amrita created Coconut Rajma (Kidney Bean Curry) from Hetal and Anuja’s blog Show Me The Curry.

                        Photo Courtesy of Amrita The Food Samaritan

Amrita and I decided one would cook and the other would bake with the same ingredient which you know by now as cardamom.

No recipe is really an original.

While I was researching online, I can across Jean’s Cardamon Rolls from Alba Living.

I really enjoyed the step by step photos as they were inspiring to me.

I slightly adapted the recipe as I wanted to use up some sultanas I had from The Butterfingers Princess Tart and Hot Cross Buns Comes to #Adelaide and from……oops, I almost gave away one of my Easter secrets!
Look forward to what else that includes sultanas comes your way!

Joanna’s #Cardamom Fruit Rolls

#easy #entertaining #breakfast #brunch #cardamon #sultanas #fruit #rolls #sweet

Author: Joanne T Ferguson

Recipe type: Baking

Ingredients

• For the Dough
• 1½ tablespoon active yeast
• 100 grams unsalted butter
• 500 ml milk, warmed
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 cups bakers flour
• For the Filling
• 150 grams unsalted butter, melted
• 70 grams sugar
• 1 heaping tablespoon cardamon
• ½ cup sultanas
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 egg beaten for egg wash
• icing sugar and water slurry for drizzle (optional but recommended)
• additional flour for surface
• oil spray

Instructions

1. For the Dough
2. In a stand up mixer, place yeast.
3. In a large saucepan on the stove, melt butter; whisk in milk and remove when milk is warmed.
4. Add a small amount of the melted mixture with the yeast to dissolve.
5. Add remaining melted mixture.
6. Add salt and sugar; combine.
7. Slowly add flour for about 5 minutes; dough will come away from the sides; remove to lightly floured flat surface; knead additional 2 minutes.
8. Place dough in an oiled bowl; cover with plastic wrap for 45 minutes.
9. For the Filling
10. In a medium bowl, combine room temperature butter, sugar and cardamon; combine well with the back of a fork; set aside.
11. Assembly
12. On a slightly floured surface or on a non-stick mat, roll out dough to a rectangle to about 55 mm or ¼ inch thick.
13. Add the butter-sugar-cardamon mixture over the entire dough.
14. Fold the dough in half pulling the far end towards you.
15. Cut ribbons 5 mm or ¼ inch thick, 5 at a time.
16. Twist in length; fold dough into a knot.
17. Place on a slightly oiled baking tray; cover with a tea towel and let rise for about 20 minutes.
18. Pre-heat oven to 250C.
19. Brush beaten egg over rolls and bake for about 5 – 7 minutes.
20. Remove from oven when done; place on a wire rack; drizzle with icing mixture.
21. ENJOY!

Notes

If you have any difficult dissolving the yeast, once you added the milk butter melted mixture, strain entire contents with a Chux.
The dough will be very sticky.
If rolls start to burn too quickly, cover with aluminum foil.
Can be frozen & thawed to serve or in a warm oven.
Rolls prepared two ways; personal preference.

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