There are two things I would like to talk about today. Firstly, why I love Bollywood and to give my first Bollywood suggestion. Secondly, to give you one of my favorite all time bread recipes that I have tried.
So firstly, why I love Bollywood. For any of you who do not like crass humor, nudity, and major language Classic Hollywood and Bollywood are totally for you. Bollywood is amazing because they are adult themes without the horrible language. One of my more favorite Bollywood movies (as of right now) is called Wanted-- not the Angelina Jolee and James McAvoy movie in 2008, but a movie with Salman Khan (one of the Kings of Bollywood) that came out a year later in 2009.
The synopsis is as follows:
Radhe is a hardcore ganster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies int he process than he bargained for... He's astounded when the young and pretty Jhanvi professes her liking for him. Inspector Talpade's lustful eyes fall on Jhanvi. He doesn't know that Jhanvi has developed a soft corner for Radhe. Whether it's the Golden Gang or Data Pawle's Gang; everybody wants the biggest piece of the lucrative cake that is Mumbai and the only way to get it is to eliminate whoever gets in the way. As Mumbai reels under bloody gang wars, Commissioner Ashraf Khan vows to make the city crime free and starts his campaign by arresting 200 criminals in a single day. It's free for all with gansters from rival gans out to get each other and the police out to get the whole lot of them. And in a surprising twist, Radhe becomes the most wanted man in Mumbai. Wanted dead by the gangsters because he knows too much. Wanted alive by the police because they're desperate to know what he knows.
The twist isn't overly surprising if one pays attention, because whoever is attentive will notice things in Radhe that will spell the surprise out. It is a wonderful movie. There are musical numbers so if you don't like musicals you may want to steer clear. The fight scenes are very comic book esque so it kind of appears a little hokey, but if you like traditional comic book stuff then go for it!!!! Salman Khan is one of my more favorite actors in Bollywood followed closely by his brother Sohail Khan and Salman's close friend Hrithik Roshan -- who I will mention in following blogs I am sure.
I'm not entirely sure that it is available in Netflix. I know that you can save it to your Queue for when it becomes available, which should not be too awfully long. :) It is an amazing movie. This is one of the many pictures from it. Piece of trivia: The bracelet that you see him wearing, is actually his (Salman Khan's) he wears it in every movie I've ever seen him in, it is good luck charm.
Secondly, which is what I'm sure most of you would rather see. I bake bread on a near constant basis. One of my two followers as of right now can attest to this as they know me personally. :) The first recipe I'm going to put up is actually one of the better basic bread recipes I've found. It is only a basic white, but I'll get to some more festive recipes later.
Pain Ordinaire (Plain or Basic White Bread)
Ingredients
2 tsp dry yeast
1 1/3 cups water
3 1/2 cups unbleached flour, sifted
1 1/2 tsp salt
Step 1: Sprinkle yeast in bottom of small bowl and pour 1/2 cup water in a circular motion onto the yeast. Let it sit for 5 minutes to disolve and then stir evenly distribute the yeast throughout the water. Mix the flour and salt ina large bowl. Make a well int he center and pour in the disolved yeast.
Step 2: Use a spoon (wooden is best) to draw enough of the flour into the dissolved yeast to form a soft paste. Cover the bowl with a dish towel and set it somewhere warm (for instance on your stove). Let the past "sponge" until frothe, loose, and slightly expanded, this takes about twenty minutes.
Step 3: Pour about half of the remaining water into the center fof the well. Mix in the flour from the sides of the well. Stire inthe reserved water, as needed, to four a firm, moist dough.
Step 4: Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, knead until smooth, shiny, and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Step 5: put the dough into a clean bowl and cover with a dish towel. Let rise until doubled in size. This usually takes about an hour (the recipe book says 1 1/2-2 hours but in my experience -- and I've been baking for about nine years -- it only takes about an hour). After it his risen punch it down and let it rest for 10 minutes.
Step 6: Shape the dough into a long loaf, about 14 inches in length. Place the shaped loaf on a floured backing sheet and cover with a dish towel. Let if double in size, about 30 minutes.
Step 7: (Optional Cutting) -- Cut five diagonal slashes, each about 1/4in deep, across the top of the loaf. Bake in a preheated oven for 45 minutes at 425 degrees until golden and hollow sounding when tapped underneath. Cool on a wire rack.
Note: If you would like to make this as a whole wheat it is possible; instead of using 3 1/2 cups unbleached flour use 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour. Whole wheate flour is too heavy to not substitute unbleached flour. It should be about a sixty/forty ratio of unbleached flour/whole wheat.
This is an easy recipe for anyone. :) Enjoy!!!!
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