A very touching video on you-tube celebrating the spirit of Independence Day had me hooked – while the video is 4 years old, the message evergreen !
Happy Independence Day
As India celebrates her 65th year of Independence let’s pledge to value INDEPENDENCE & FREEDOM in its truest sense –
- Courage in face of adversity
- Not to take freedom for granted
- Peace all around
- To be sensitive to the feelings of fellow humans &
- Truth to guide & show the way
The patriotic fervor is all around and my hearth was no exception.Hubby dearest had an idea of making these strips and put in efforts to give shape to his idea. What resulted was this baked Naan type of flatbread with colours of our flag; the bread was further cut in to strips and enjoyed with chutney & sauce— daughter went bonkers seeing Indian Flag on the dish !!
What’s in it :-
For the Saffron colour :-
- Tomato – 3
- Orange Colour – a pinch or two !
For the Green Colour :-
- Mint & Coriander leaves – a fistful
- Green Chillis – 3 to 4 – to taste
For the flat bread :-
- All Purpose Flour – 3 small cups
- Baking Powder -1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp
- Salt – to taste – for the 3 doughs
- Sugar – 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp
How :-
Blanch the tomatoes and remove the skin. Puree it finely and set aside. Puree the greens & chillis to a fine paste adding very little water if necesary and set aside.
Knead the 3 doughs separately.
- For the saffron/orange colored dough add the flour, the tomato puree, baking powder, salt & sugar, oil & knead a fine dough.
- For the green coloured dough add the flour, the green paste, baking powder, salt & sugar, oil & knead a fine dough.
- For the white dough add the flour, baking powder, salt & sugar, oil & knead a fine dough.
Preheat the oven to 170 C .Take a small ball of each of the dough ,and place it together ; spread across as a flat bread . Bake them for 10 minutes or till it is cooked.
Cut in to strips and serve with chutney/sauce.Enjoy !
OMG so wonderful ur patriotism reflects in this dish..
really very yummy dear…
Dish Name Starts with J
Learning-to-cook
Regards,
Akila
Super patriotic artwork I must say!!
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Looks so wonderful!
very nice to you too :) And Happy happy independence day!
This looks so good dear..happy independence day
Happy Independence day..nice one dear
Happy independence day.. Nice that u have used natural colors. Looks very good..
Happy Independence day dear… Nice patriotic dish…
Hope that your Independence day was great. natural color looks great.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Lovely work dear….happy independence day…
So very Patriotic lovely Nan strips.Seems like you had great Independence day.
so colourful and lovely..excellent dish on the independence day, Happy Independence day dear..
It looks soo good priya,nice to use natural colour..Happy Independence day!!
Happy independence day dear,lovely strips…u r very creative!
Really wonderful. Looks amazing. Happy independence to you too.
Cheers,
uma
Looks amazing. Happy independence to you too.
Happy Independence Day!!!
What a great idea! I love it! And I am sure it tasted delicious too! <3
Happy independence day to you too dear!
wow awesome idea…very innovative and creative too! amazing art with food!