#51 BREAKFAST SET: recipe #30 and #31

I am so clueless of what to prepare for breakfast today, so I made these instead, flat crusty bread with chicken curry, yummy.. btw.. I was in a hurry, so I "cheated" by using bread improver and bicarbonate of soda to make the dough rose faster :)

FLAT CRUSTY BREAD

Ingredients:
3 cups bread flour
5 g instant yeast
1 and 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup oil
1 and 1/2 tsp salt
2 dsp bread imporver ( optional)
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda ( optional)

steps:
1. put all ingredients in a bowl, using a spatula mix everthing till all sides of the bowl is clean.
2. knead the dough for at least 5 minutes
3. leave the dough to rise for 30 minutes or if the dough doubles its size
4. flatten the dough and place it on a pan , prick the top of the dough with fork and sprinkle poppy seeds on top of it.
5. leave the dough to rise again for at least 30 minutes before baking it.
6. Bake the dough in a preheated oven at 200 degrees C until the bread is cooked

Quick chicken curry
Ingredients:
1. 1 chicken breast- skin's removed and cut into bite size pcs
2. 2 dsp curry powder (I used Adabi's)
3. 2 shallots- sliced
4. 2 garlic-sliced
5. I pc ginger (size of garlic)- sliced
6. 1 cup milk
7. juice from 1 lime/limau kesturi
8. salt/chicken stock powder to taste

steps;
- In a bowl, combine chicken pcs , the curry powder and 1 dsp water, leave mixture for at least 5-10 minutes.
- Heat oil in wok, add in the shallots, garlic and ginger, fry until fragrant
- add in the chicken pcs, cover wok, simmer till gravy thickens and chicken is almost cooked, if curry dries up, add in a small amt of water.
- add in milk and lime, season well
- simmer for another 5 minutes, dish up

~EnjoY!