I had marked this spicy cheddar muffins recipe from a book long time ago and tried my hands on it recently.I started to make changes in the recipe to match with the ingredients and ended up with a fairly new recipe,so I was not very confident until it came out of the oven.Though the muffin raised well and it was very soft and almost like a small piece of savory bread,I personally prefer sweet muffins I guess.I think it was the smell of baked cucumber that bothered me,I shall try omitting cucumber next time.Otherwise this muffin was very well received by my husband,daughter and I should say the Italian spice mixture took this muffin to one whole level up.I have used sharp cheddar cheese here,perfect for baking,you can use any variety of cheese too.Off to the simple recipe now.
Spicy cheddar muffin recipe
Star ingredients:Cheddar Cheese
Preparation time:20 minutes
Baking time: 15-18 minutes
Yield:6
Ingredients:
3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter at room temperature
1/2 cup milk
Curd 2 tablespoons
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 tomato,finely chopped
1/2 cucumber,peeled and grated
1 teaspoon mixed herbs
1 teaspoons chilli flakes
1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
Salt to taste
Method:
1.Mix butter and curd in a bowl.Sift all the dry ingredients in another bowl.
2.Now Add the dry ingredients to butter mixture,along with milk.Mix well and form a smooth batter.
3.Add herbs,chilli flakes and mix.
4.Now fold in the veggies,cheese and mix gently
5.Line a muffin tin with paper liners and fill the batter until 3/4 in each hole.
6.Bake for 18-20 minutes at 180C until the top turns golden brown.Serve warm.
Notes:
1.This muffin will be a bit soggy in the middle because of tomatoes.
2.You can skip cucumber
3.You ca use any herbs of your choice and so is the cheese.
