With so much energy spent the bid list, researching, talking, refining, reordering, I took on a project to distract myself for a few hours: making bagels.
We have yet to find a bagel in Kolkata. There are good bakeries - great chocolate cakes - but the closest bagel has been a package of frozen Lender's from the New Delhi commissary that cost about $8, after factoring in the shipping charges. So the challenge was to make bagels from scratch.
After reading a recipe from King Arthur Flour with the name "A Dozen Simple Bagels" and reading the bagel section in The Bread Baker's Apprentice,I got the courage to try.
The starter
The lumpy bagels after forming them by punching a hole in the middle of a dough ball with your finger and twirling it around.
The smoother ones using a circle cutter
The hot bagel bath
The baked lumpy bagels
The baked smoother ones
Now, back to the bid list. There have been several positions added, deleted and modified. Keeps you on your toes.
4 comments:
The have them at Afraa at City Centre in Salt Lake. You can also get Philly cream chesse there. The bagles are pretty cheap too!
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know. I will have to make a trip there soon.
But. . . did they taste good?
Toasted with butter, delicious!
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