Garlic Knots Recipe

Garlic Knots Recipe

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These garlic knots are perfect with tea or coffee.The flavour of fresh parsley and garlic is sure to captivate your taste:-).

Preparation Time- 7-10 min to activate yeast + 1 st dough rising time 2 hrs then again second time I let it rise for 1 hr 15 minutes.
Cooking Time - 15 min (oven varies so it may take between 15-20 min )


Ingredients for the dough:-

1. 1 teaspoon Active dry yeast
2. 1 teaspoon of Sugar
3. 3/4 cup Lukewarm water  ( DO NOT add HOT water or the yeast will not bubble or froth, the water will be lukewarm )
4. 1 tablespoon olive oil ( to be poured into the yeast mixture after it is activated)+ 1/2 teaspoon olive oil (for coating the dough)
4. 2 cups all purpose flour or maida.
5.1/2 teaspoon   garlic powder
6.1/2 teaspoon of  salt or as per your taste.
7. 1 teaspoon of dried Parsley.
8. More flour for dusting when making the knots.

Ingredients to coat the garlic knots after it is baked:-

1. 2 tablespoon of chopped fresh Parsley
2.1 tablespoon of  minced garlic
3.1 tablespoon of olive oil
4. Parmesan cheese/salt/black pepper powder to sprinkle ( optional )

NOTE - this amount of mixture is good for 16 knots if you are making 32 knots then make another oil mixture using the same proportion of ingredients.


Preparation:-

1. Mix the yeast with sugar and lukewarm water,stir gently and put it aside until it foams/bubbles..
2. When the yeast is activated and bubbled add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and stir gently.
3. Mix the dry ingredients with the all purpose flour gently.

Kneading the dough and baking the knots.

1. Slowly add the yeast mixture into the flour mixture and incorporate it into the flour and knead.
Knead it until it is smooth.This will take some hand and elbow work,good exercise :-).(you have to knead for nearly 10 minutes).Then tuck the dough and form into a ball.
When done just coat it with 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil.

2. Cover and let the dough rise in a warm place ( I put it inside my oven ,please NOTE the oven light is kept ON but the oven is SWITCHED OFF ).

3. After 2 hrs take out the dough punch and fold the dough gently ( Do NOT punch hard )and then cover and again let it rise. ( I let it rise for about 1 hour and 15 minutes).

4. After this dust with flour your working surface and then take out the dough and flatten it with your palms/rolling pin. Then divide the dough into 2 ( for ease of working ).

5. After that roll out one dough at a time into a round shape of about 8 inch diameter.Then with the help of knife or pizza cutter cut into vertical strips(8 strips  and then cut once horizontally so total 16 strips) and then just cut once horizontally.The strips will be about 1 inch thick.

NOTE -( repeat the same with the other dough so total you will get  about 32 knots

6. Then make knots with each strips and line them on a baking sheet.
7. Pre heat  oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit which is around 204 degree Celsius and bake it for 15-16 min or until it changes to a brown colour.
NOTE - oven varies so you may require 15 - 20 min so start keeping an eye as soon as you observe the tinge of light brown colour appearing on the knots.

8. Make a mixture of the olive oil + minced garlic + fresh parsley .( you may also grind it in a mixer and grinder but in that case you may need little more olive oil )

9. As soon as the knots are done toss it in the mixture of olive oil ,garlic and parsley mixture.
If you wish you may sprinkle salt /Parmesan cheese /black pepper powder.

10. Enjoy your garlic knots :-),nothing like homemade food :-).

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