Stuffed Cheesy Garlic Breadsticks

Garlic cheesy breadsticks

Today, I wanted to do something 'hatke' for dinner. I was not in a mood to cook the usual meals..so i hopped on to make garlic breadsticks.

It was pre-planned, so since morning i was busy scheduling it and after dropping lil one to school I went to the market to arrange for all the ingredients. I got everything other than mixed herbs and finally I found a solution for that too. ;)

I wanted to bake fresh for hubby while he was back from office. He simply loved the bread and my LO too asked for another serving of it with her favorite ketchup. Now moving further,lets have a look at what all we need.

NOTE: Please plan your menu ahead coz the dough needs to rise beforehand!

Ingredients:

All purpose flour/Maida- 3 cups
active dry Yeast- 1/2 tbsp
Sugar- 1 tbsp
Warm water- 1.5 cup(start with little water and gradually add more if you need)
Salt- 1.5 tsp
Garlic paste- 2- 3 tbsp (i used ready to eat garlic powder)
Paprika/ Chilli flakes- 2-3 tbsp
Black pepper- 2-3 tbsp
Mixed herbs for seasoning- as per taste
Butter/olive oil - 2 tbsp for mixing the dough + 1 cup for smearing and greasing afterwards
Mozarella Cheese- 1 cube (for grating and sprinkling inside)


Procedure:


Step 1 is to activate the yeast. Take warm water and add yeast and sugar to make a paste like texture of yeast. Keep it aside and let it bubble up. This will take 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, take maida in a bowl and add salt and oil to it. Mix well.

Add the frothy yeast water to the flour and knead well. I added water little by little so as to make a soft yet firm dough. You may add few spoons of warm water afterwards to knead the dough if you want.

The dough should be soft and stretchy at this point. Apply a little oil on the top of dough so thet it does not form any skin. Let it rest for about 2 hours or so till the dough rises and doubles up. Mine took very long to rise as it is a bit cold out here. So, I placed it in a slightly heated oven( after switching off the oven).

After the dough has risen, sprinkle some maida on your work floor and punch the dough so as to release the air inside.

Preheat the oven at 200C for 10 minutes.

With a rolling-pin make a flat circle out of the dough( You may use half of the dough first and then go on with the other half).

Sprinkle the garlic powder on top of it. If you do not have garlic powder you can use 1 tbsp of garlic paste + 1 tbsp of paprika per bread. Grate cheese over this garlic paste and bring together the two ends of rolled out circle and seal the edges with your fingers.

Smear some olive oil or butter on the baking tray. Place the rolled out bread on it and cut into stripes using a knife. Again smear some more oil on top of it and sprinkle black pepper and mixed herbs over it.

(I did not have mixed herbs, so what i did was i sprinkled some black pepper along with oregano and tulsi leaves and voila.. no one could guess that ;))

Bake for about 15 minutes on 200C till both the surfaces of the bread get a nice golden hue and a crispy crust.

In the oven

Enjoy with your favorite dip or plain ketchup however you want.

Say cheese!

The gooey inside and the crispy outer of this bread with the rustic aroma of garlic and peppers are a simple yet delicious treat to your palates. Go have a treat! :)