If yesterday you read my post about making bread and failed, today I have successfully got my mom’s approval.
I am pretty tenacious and I have one track of mind, if I want something I have to get it. So, making bread was something like that. I lost my sleep just thinking about how to make bread and make it good. I ended up browsing more about recipes and found this awesome simple recipe on making Banh Mi, a baguette but with an even crispier outer side originating from Vietnam.
Everyone including my grandma was excited to see me making bread. She gets used to seeing me working hard just so I can satisfy my curiosity. She made a few jokes while I was trying to knead the dough and it was really fun.
It’s not that difficult to find the ingredients to make Banh Mi . All you need is flour, water, salt, sugar, and active yeast. The challenge would be kneading and also waiting time. For four loaves of Bánh mì, it took me 2 hours making them with 200g of flour. You certainly can make a bigger batch but for a single serving, four is enough. This is the link to the youtube where I follow the recipe from and I can attest that they work pretty well. If you have any friends or inlaws you want to impress, just make them Banh Mi.
As usual, my mom was being fussy until I mentioned that it’s not soft bread. Indonesians generally don’t eat hard bread. Bread in most of our minds has to be soft and with some fillings. However, I personally often eat hard bread as a staple in my diet, rather than rice which I reserve for specific dishes. So, I have to introduce my mom to some hard bread that I like including baguette and sourdough.
Some of the things I learned about bread making is that the measurements matter. You have to be exact following the recipe and use a timer for proofing and resting the dough. I think the yeast is also important for the success of bread. But there’s no other science than those I mentioned.
The one thing I learned to make the bread crunchy is by sprinkling/spraying water before baking. Then, put a tray of water below the bread. I tried that technique and mine came out very crunchy and satisfying. I will be making more bread and experimenting with different ingredients as well as trying to make sandwiches from my own freshly baked Bánh mì. I wish to make more but I already finished off my mom’s flour supplies. So, I have to wait until she’s restocking again. Anyhow, I don’t know why lately everything is vietnamese but you can also read my post about Phin, a coffee filter and brewing method from Vietnam.
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I saw your post just in time. Lol. I'm into making bread too these days and still more on reading and learning, but on my very first attempt to make dough, instead of warm water, the water I put in the dry yeast is too hot to activate it. It didn't turn out well, but I guess it's all part of learning.😂 !PIZZA
hahahahaha. That's common mistake to make that's why my mom was behind my ears asking me " what type of water are you going to use?" because it matters. I mostly like hard bread so I use room temp water but there are bread that uses slighly warm water. And right, it's part of learning hehe
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If granny approves, those must taste awesome xDD
😂 it was
Bro at first I really thought it's a bread you bought from shop. This is how Good it looks.
This kind of mindset is Amazing! All Grandma's are same.. hehe, mine also !LUV to see me doing some productive work like this.
We kinda have two kind of people one who like soft bread and one who prefer hard one. Seems like you gonna rock in baking industry as well. It's a Good thing trying out new things.
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My mom and I actually run a bakery but it's her who bakes and I am just helping around with financing and other things that doesn't require me to be in the space. I move from time to time, so I take up role that fits me. I like hard bread :D what about you?
That looks great! Bon apetite! I've never made a bread in my life but maybe I can try this one 🤗🤗
For real! you can try that one and impress people around you.
These looks so good Cemy definitely better than yesterday haha. It's like bought from market not made in home. Congrats!
hahaha no, it's still not perfect.
I love making bread too, although I haven't made them for a long time.. These look divine..!!
You should try making one of these.
Sure ok 💫👍
They look delicious your breads, thanks for the recipe, I don't make much bread because they are always hard 😋 😄 I don't know why.
were you making hard or soft bread? I am really curious what could go wrong with bread :D
Making baked bread is always fun, I have had the joy of making baked bread with my mom, it is a unique experience, you feel that the bread is the tastiest you have ever tasted.
I'm practically on the other side of the world, and that recipe you show here I had never heard of it, but even though I don't know it I have seen how it turned out thanks to you who have shared it. At the end you got some pretty provocative breads.
I hope you continue to have fun with future recipes you want to implement. See you soon!
For sure! I've been into bread and apparently, hard bread are pretty easy to make as long as you have yeast. I think anyone can make bread or fail like I did the first time but it was a learning experience for me.
I love seeing people making breads, why? because my father was also a baker. But he's gone 16 years ago. Every time I saw someone baking I immediately remembered him and imagining how my father makes bread, he sang and whistling while kneading his dough. When he's gone our little bakery also gone.
Oh wow! I am so sorry to hear that. He must have taught you many things about baking. Did you ever plan to revive the bakery?
Before, Yes. But we don't have capital to start and the equipments were sold and used to pay for the debts that left by my father.
Awesome! Bread, any bread is my favourite food and I love baguettes, they look epic. Ciabatta next, please :-)
Hope you're well Mac and your Mum is getting better. Take care always
I was gonna make that but time is the problem 😂 I need a bit of patience because the resting process is longer than an hour. My mum is getting better as she's getting fussy when I make these breads asking me many questions and correcting me 😅. Have a great week Nathen!