Focaccia bread with Wheat

Love love love bread. Bread of any kind, any size , any flavour. One bread I love is FOCACCIA. Italians have got their bread game pretty strong .. from pizza bread to garlic to focaccia. This bread pairs particularly well with soups making a not so exciting soup dinner, very exciting ! This can be made with maida or wheat but I chose the healthy wheat option.

What do you need ? 

1. 10 gm instant yeast Or approx 1 teaspoon yeast 
2. 3/4th tea spoon sugar ( if you are not entirely sure what’s a tea spoon like me 😁 here is an image that will help u understand - all kind of spoons )
3. 1/2 tea spoon salt 
4. 1/2 cup warm water for yeast cultivation ( not hot , not lukewarm.. WARM)
5. 4 cups wheat Or maida 
6. Salt to taste ( I used 1/2 teaspoon), Sugar to taste (another half spoon )
7. 1/2  teaspoons baking powder 
8. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Or flavourless ENO powder 
9. Dried basil or fresh basil
10. Dried oregano or fresh oregano 
11. Olive oil 
12. 2 cups Water to knead 
13. Sliced olives 
14. Sliced onions (optional)
15. Zatar spice (just to add a little twist of taste  to the focaccia bread! )

How to make it ?

1. In the warm water add the sugar, salt (ingredients 2 & 3) and mix. Add the yeast and let it rest for 10 minutes  and bubble  
2. Meanwhile mix wheat, salt to taste, sugar to taste oregano, basil , baking powder & soda.
3. Add the yeast mix after 10 mins of resting.
4. Knead the dough with water. Make sure your dough is smooth and light .. and it all comes together in one lump
5. Knock out all the air from dough by kneading it thoroughly. Drizzle some olive oil. Let the dough rest for 1.5 hours by covering it with another container
6. Re-knock out all the air from the dough by kneading it again and drizzle some olive oil 
7. At this stage preheat the oven for 15 mins at 180 degrees. This gives time to leave your dough after re-knocking the air out 
8. Spread the dough evenly 1/2 an inch height on a butter paper in any shape you want. Add olives , onions , Zatar spice whatever you feel like on top of the bread. (You can add some other veggies like Eggplant or bell peppers to make it more veggie)
9. Bake the bread for 25 mins at 180 degrees    

How to serve this bread?

Either drizzle some olive oil at the end or put some butter on top of the bread when serving. 

I love coupling this with soup ( with drumstick soup in the picture below and some garlic butter). You could also serve it with a dip or PESTO at a party.