Christmas Special : Chocolate Star Bread ( Vegan!)

People are starting to get into the holiday mood here. Shops are piling up with Christmas decorations, trees and ornaments, while people are trying to prepare for the inevitable winter and the snow that comes with it. Christmas goes way back for me, all the way from my childhood. Growing up in southern part of India, with a lot of Christian population, Christmas was always a cause for celebration. Putting up a star made out of colorful paper in front of your home, making a crib bedded with hay, clay molds of the Infant Jesus, Mary and Joseph, along with angels left to be suspended from the top of the crib, aiming to give a mystical feel.

Christmas also brings with it, a list of goodies to eat. Its the time when your friends’ parents make fruit cakes, rum cakes and secret bottles of wine that gets smuggled into our college hostel. If caught in the act, it is merely ‘grape juice’ and hostel warden seems to buy it, or at least doesn’t care too much. With this in mind, we are going to share few Christmas related bakes starting with the star bread recipe below.

This recipe does not require too much of prep work for the dough itself. Its just like most bread dough, fermented the right amount by little bit of yeast. Its going to fill your whole kitchen with the aroma of the fermented dough. You do need little bit of effort in kneading the dough, though you have to be careful not to overwork the dough. Lastly you need to be careful while pulling and twisting the assembled dough to give the star shape to the bread. More of these tips are given below. Make sure you give them a glance.

Don't forget to check out the step by step video recipe