Semolina whole wheat bread

Semolina  whole wheat bread , cold proofing bread , refrigerator dough

Semolina wholewheat bread

semolina bread

Semolina pav buns

Semolina bread / pav buns

Sometimes leftovers can be amazing 😆this was the case of a small portion a dough that I had kneaded earlier for making some pav buns with a combination of semolina ( chiroti rava and whole wheat flour left in the fridge with no plan but cold proofing nicely , drained out of any creative juices close to midnight I had to just bake it without even shaping and see what happens . So took out the cold proofed dough , just made a ball 😆allowed to rise in room temp for an hour , had enough ! Went ahead and baked and my God what a stunning cute bread I got . I think the long cold proofing turned it into a sourdough ( like ) bread . Will do more research on this !

I have baked extensively with all kinds of flour . I hadnt tried semolina except for baking cakes . They turned out great . I had a good quantity of semolina which I had to use so I thought why not in breads or baking pav buns .

I realised after adding semolina / sooji to the mixture of yeast for kneading that I hadnt powdered them finer as was being done in many recipes, but I took my shot as the quality of semolina that I used was very fine and powdery .

So make sure to use chiroti rava for this recipe or powder the semoline in a blender if you have normal sooji at home .

Semolina bread is so soft and light and I never imagined baking with semolina would give me such satisfying result, I am now absolutely in love with this kind of baking . I have used chiroti rava / sooji which is super fime and almost like flour itself , yet has that perfect grainy texture .

Semolina buns

Semolina buns

The result was unbelievable . I have used a combination of semolina and whole wehat flour to bake this almost sourdough like bread . The result was incredible , and i believe i got this great looking small bread as i had allowed the dough to sit in the fridge cold proofing .I guess the awesome texture, taste and also aroma of bread was so different and i could swear it had the taste of sourdough bread .

As Iam not an expert in sourdough breads i cannot say more on this except the method that i followed did give me amazing results, I now look forward to using more healthier options .

I am sharing in this post images of both kinds of buns and bread baked with semolina and whole w ehat flour and semolina with all purpose flour for making the individual buns . you can check the full vidoe of the same below the post .

Ingredients

10 tbsp warm water or milk

1.5 tsp yeast

1 tbsp jaggery

1/2 cup fine semolina ( I used chirotirava)

1/2 cup wholewheat flour

1 heaped tbsp milk powder .

3 tbsp softened butter

1/4 tsp salt

3 tbsp extra milk if needed.

Method

First allow the yeast to activate by ading milk , sugar/jaggery to the yeast and setting aside for few minutes .

Take a bowl, add the activated yeast , add the flours, salt,milk powder , and prepare the dough as shown in the video , initially the dough will be sticky, but you have to continue kneading this sticky dough till it comes together to a smooth dough .

Add butter into the dough and keep kneading till a perfect shiny dough is achieved .

Cover and keep for proofing .

It may take upto one hour, take out dough to a work surface, and lift and fold the dough on to itself few times, then shape into a ball and refrigerate this dough for about 8 to 12 hours for proofing in the fridge . This slow cold proofing will give excellent results .

After 8 to 12 hours , take out dough from fridge, it will be easier to handle now as it is non sticky and very firm, .

Divide the firm proofed dough into required no of pieces if making individual buns or rolls, Shape into individual pav buns or rolls, place in a greased baking tray. I also set aside some extra dough for making one big round bread , as shown in the pic above, this was actuallyb a left over dough after making some pav buns .

Cover the tray with clingwrap or a cloth and allow for one more proofing to enable the dough balls to become bigger .

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 25 minutes or till baked .

Take out the baked buns from the oven , allow to cool , brush with butter and cover and keep if you want a soft crust op top .

Enjoy these soft fluffy semolina buns with bhaji .

After three days I took out the extra dough that i had prepared with half of semolina and half of wholewheat flour , allowed to sit in fridge cold proofing and just shaped it into a smooth ball, allowed to rise in room temperature. The result you see in pics below .

Semolina wholewheat  bread

Semolina wholewheat flour bread

Semolina wholewheat flour bread

Semolina whole wheat flour bread

Semolina whole wheat flour bread

Semolina whole wheat flour bread

To prepare the round semolina and whole wheat flour bread , just take it out of fridge, gently knead and smooth out , shape back again into a smooth ball or any shape you want , allow to rise in room temperature for an hour or two .After it has risen well, score the top with a blade or a knofe , brush with water , bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 30 minutes or till done .Oven timings will vary .

Semolina whole wheat flour bread

Semolina wholewheat flour bread

Watch this youtube video of semolina pav bun recipe and bread making, this is the same procedure i followed for baking the single round bread , just substitute flours , m instead of all purpose flour i used whole wheat flour and semolina in equal quantities, but kneading and other steps are the same .

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