tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634333590705979140.post1493177053148664787..comments2024-03-13T23:12:03.056-04:00Comments on REFLECTIONS: Baking..I've got the tools!Shilpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05650460596344427136noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634333590705979140.post-88115094761506157662013-11-15T15:51:14.308-05:002013-11-15T15:51:14.308-05:00Also, You should be one of the lucky ones to have ...Also, You should be one of the lucky ones to have met India's first Masterchef. I saw her videos on youtube and she was a lovely lady...full of simplicity and down to earth!Shilpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650460596344427136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634333590705979140.post-34407842547524430012013-11-15T15:49:10.002-05:002013-11-15T15:49:10.002-05:00True Sir. My concern is the same. Normally in our ...True Sir. My concern is the same. Normally in our Indian cooking at home, we hardly use Maida. We are taught how it is bad for health. The first time I started off into baking recently, I tried whole wheat Pita bread and they turned out to be disaster....not entirely. But ideally the breads should have puffed and mine were flat as a board! I read a lot about baking with wheat flour and understood that wheat flour generally is difficult for baking. It requires different quantity in baking inputs and temperatures also vary in cooking them. Above all, the richness and quality of bread/bakery item that comes is due to use of maida, the gluten factor....So as much as I am also inclined towards having healthy foods....Maida is a blocker when it comes to baking. My conclusion to all this is, baking is going to be once in a while activity, not daily. So making them once in a while is same as eating them store-bought once in a while. But preparing them at home gives it a whole new satisfying meaning. Learning and joy of making it myself. :)Shilpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650460596344427136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634333590705979140.post-27423380361634219942013-11-15T08:55:49.051-05:002013-11-15T08:55:49.051-05:00I ,recently said on rachna's blog that my conc...I ,recently said on rachna's blog that my concern always is Atta v/s maida.<br />And yes,talking of Tarla Dalal..way back I did a short commercial video with her titled " What's Cooking"BK Chowla,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03869011550287421537noreply@blogger.com