Braided Garlic Bread

INGREDIENTS:

1 tsp dry yeast

1/3 cup lukewarm water

1 tbsp cooking oil

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tbsp butter

2 tsp chopped garlic

METHOD: 

- Dissolve yeast & sugar in lukewarm water. 

- Mix plain flour, salt, oil in another bowl and add yeast mixture into it. 

- Form a soft dough and cover to let it rise in warm place for an hour. When it is doubled in size, punch the dough and knead it for around 4-5 mins.

- Preheat the oven to 200.

- Divide the dough into 3 balls. Roll each of them into a snake shape of equal length.

- Join all 3 braids with one end and arrange on a lined baking tray. Make a braid crossing the middle one every time.

- Take melted butter in a bowl. Add chopped garlic into it. Brush garlic-butter over the entire loaf.

- Bake it for around 15 minutes till it is light-brown on top.

GARLIC TURNING BLUE-GREEN:

Yes, it happened while baking this bread. If this happens to you, here is a list of all possible reasons - WHY??!!!

• Garlic you used isn't fully mature so it contains some amount of water inside.
• A reaction between sulfur content of garlic n utensils you used!
• Mixing with lemon juice or vinegar are possible reasons.
• Iodine in table salt may turn the garlic blue-green :)

"Whatever is your reason, it is 100% edible."