Thursday, September 01, 2011

Raisins Bread Knots



It was a wonderful month of Ramadan. I still can't believe it is over very soon. Eid was on Tuesday for us. It was a lovely day and on the Almighty's grace, it went on very well. We had been invited to a friends' house in the north of Germany. After prayers, we set out there and we had a memorable time there. We returned home only very late last night. This post is exclusively for the Blog Hop Wednesday, a blog event by Radhika of Tickling Palates. Even before Eid, I explained my situation to her and she kindly gave me one day excuse. So, I'm posting for the event today.

This time, I got the opportunity to visit Neha's blog - From my heart. Her blog is young, but within a short time, she has posted some really wonderful and unique recipes. I really liked a few of them and had a tough time choosing. At last, I asked my husband to pick one. He finally closed in on these cute little bread knots.



The original recipe can be found here. I followed it almost exactly, except for the following changes:

  • I omitted washing the bread knots with egg-whites. Instead, I brushed the knots with a little olive oil before baking. This gave the knots a beautiful upper crust.
  • I added some raisins along with the flour while kneading, which was a great idea indeed. We really loved biting into those sweet pieces. (Ok baba, I admit, it was my husband's idea!!) 
  • I used Nigella seeds instead of Basil seeds.
I enjoyed preparing these pretty knots very much. They were easy to make, but tasted great. Initially, I wondered how to make those knots, but later realized that it doesn't really matter. It was fun twisting and turning the dough. Unleash your creativity and you get wonderful shapes. I think, most of mine turned out to be like snails rather than knots. As I said, it really doesn't matter. We took some of these to our friends too and they too liked it a lot.



It is best served warm. You can either bite into them as such or enjoy with marmalade or honey. A dash of honey is my personal choice. Have it as breakfast or as tea time snacks. I'm sure you would like them either way. Sending this to Blog Hop Wednesday - Week 3.

15 comments :

  1. looks lovely..i shud get back 2 baking bread...

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  2. Hmm sieht sehr schmacaft aus, verstehst du mein Deutsch, weiss ich nicht ob ich richtig geschrieben oder nicht meine ich looks delicious.

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  3. Wonderful looking bread knots with rasins. Wonderfully baked.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  4. That looks yummy and perfect..I love this….Should give it a try soon…Thank you so much for the recipe...

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  5. Absolutely lovely SW. Hope you celebrated the festival well.

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  6. this looks lovely was thinking of baking something today will make this :D

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  7. wow wonderful clicks and they r lovely baked .... looks so tempting ...... happy to follow u . .....

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  8. Lovely knots!! The last clicks makes me drool with the honey being drizzled over the warm bread..And sorry for the late wishes but Eid Mubarak to u & your family..Was tied up with something else & cud not message on tue :(
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  9. Wow.. love these knots. Never tried these. And your pictures make me hungry dear :)

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  10. Lovely cute Bread knots..looks so tempting..wonderful picks...belated happy Ramadan wishes to you and your family.

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  11. lovely, have to try this... they look real cute.

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  12. I can somewhat relate this to raisin cinnamon bread that I love to eat in my breakfast sometimes...the same in knots looks just lovely..beautiful click..

    Do swing by to my space whenever time permits..

    Cheers
    Muskaan

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  13. Tried this for this week's BHW and it came out good :) Thanks for sharing this recipe :)

    rajani

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