Silikamva Bakery

12/10/2024

Exciting news.... we will giveaway our Sourdough Starter again at the Melville Market!
Recieve today your Free sourdough starter at the Vogels and Daughters stall , and discover the joy of baking your own easy sourdough bread!
With just a few simple ingredients and easy-to-follow steps,
you can create a delicious loaf right in your own kitchen.
Ingredients:
- 400 grams bread flour
- 200 grams water
- 100 grams starter
- 20 grams honey or sugar
- 20 grams olive oil or tallow
- 8 grams salt.
Instructions:
1. Combine everything in a bowl.
2. Knead until you get a soft dough.
3. Cover and let it rest for 1 hour.
4. Perform 1 stretch and fold.
5. Let it rest for 1 hour.
6. Perform another stretch and fold.
7. Let it rest for 1 hour.
8. Dump the dough onto the counter, roll it out using a rolling pin or your hands, then roll it back in like a cylinder.
9. Place the dough in a bread tin and let it double in size.
10. At this point, you can either put it in the fridge for a few hours or bake at 220 degrees Celsius for 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
11. Don't forget to brush it with oil or butter afterwards for that perfect finish.
Enjoy the wonderful aroma and taste of your homemade sourdough bread!
Melville Market
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28/09/2019

Recipe for Durban Bunny Chow - Dee Mack

This curry recipe came from Grey Street in Durban, and was traditionally made not of bunnies, but mutton. During the Great Depression, all races in Durban, South Africa, went hungry like everyone else.People then discovered that the cheapest curry they could buy (for a quarter penny) was made by a vegetarian Indian caste known in Durban slang as the Bania. It was made from dried sugar beans. One child asked the seller to put the bean curry in a quarter loaf of hollowed-out brand. He then used the bread he had taken out as a sort of eating utensil.

Recipe for Durban Bunny Chow

You might be wondering, how did “Durban Bunny Chow” get its name? Well, Chinese food was called “chow.” Somehow the two words came together: Bania Chow. In time it simply became known as Bunny Chow.

I know there are many South African expats in London and the UK and this is one particularly for them. I despaired of ever being able to buy the right spices to make a ‘real’ curry in Ireland until I found a Pakistani whole food shop, and they had everything I needed.

It always reminds me of my youth, when after a night of serious clubbing we would all congregate after midnight at the Cuban Hat Drive in roadhouse on Durban beachfront for Pie, Curry gravy and Chips – and boy, that curry gravy had us breathing fire. We had to cool off afterward with a double-thick chocolate milkshake. This is not nearly so hot – so don’t panic…

Durban Bunny Chow PREP TIME : 20 mins

COOKING TIME: 2 hours or until the beef is tender

*all these can be found in a Biryani mix or Masala mix packet and it looks like a packet of mixed seeds, sticks and leaves. This is the cheapest way to buy them – keep the balance in an airtight jar for future.

Instructions:

1. Braise the chopped onion, minced garlic, ginger and salt gently in the oil until translucent.
2. Add all spices and braise gently to release all the wonderful flavours.
3. Add the meat and braise a little more – then add the balance of the ingredients, except for the potatoes and garnish.
4. Simmer gently for one hour, stir well and add potatoes.
5. Continue simmering until meat is tender to the fork and potatoes are cooked.
6. Serve in scooped out quarter loaves, garnishing with chopped chillie and coriander leaves. —

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25/02/2016

Dear Editor, living in Johannesburg, I give free Healthy bread classes together with the city council.
Just a reaction related to your the article related to healthy eating. It is certainly reachable to create a healthy bread on a large scale, as witnessed by "healthy industrial bread " on the attached link Inline afbeelding 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhHFKWNLhL8 I wonder why the bread industry could not relaunche this simple technique (about which most, today's bakers have never heard of), with only advantages; healthier, cheaper and a better product.I do believe the current industry actually does not care about food safety or human health.It seems more like a win-win for these producers only ... first they make their "victims" with their artificial bread, if these victims later, sick and permeated by artificial bread improvers.are seeking for help, the producers from the "improvers"will be happy,and sell their products to their new victims ., .......http://www.nrc.nl/…/02/23/natuurlijk-eten-is-een-mythe-1591…
Geachte redactie,zelf ben ik een in Johannesburg wonende Vlaming, ik geef hier broodklassen samen met het stadsbestuur.
Even een reactie in verband het artikel in verband met gezonde voeding. Het is zeker wel haalbaar om een gezond brood op grote schaal te maken ,getuige hiervan deze bijgevoegde link betreffende "gezond industrieel gemaakt " brood.Meer dan 150 jaar geleden werd er al zuurdesem brood gebakken op grote schaal ,(meer dan 1300 -gezonde zuurdesem broden per uur ) Inline afbeelding 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhHFKWNLhL8 Ik vraag me af waarom de broodindustrie deze eenvoudige techniek ( waarover de meeste, huidige bakkers nooit hebben gehoord),vandaag de dag niet zou kunnen worden heropgestart, met alleen maar voordelen; gezonder, goedkoper en een veel beter eindproduct.Naar mijn gevoel zijn de huidige industrieën helemaal niet geïnteresseerd in voedselveiligheid of onze gezondheid. Het lijkt eerder een win-win voor de producenten... eerst maken ze "slachtoffers" met hun artificiële brood, die ze daarna dan ook hun medicijnen kunnen verkopen .

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