Muffin bread

After my 100 Hours course of Integrative Anatomy and Hatha Yoga, I arrived home missing my  comfort zone and especially my kitchen.  I started by browsing through few blogs and I like to sneak around in "Green Kitchen Stories". They have really nice vegetarian dishes and although they use several things that are not part of my diet, I like to go and get some ideas to apply to my own recipes.

I came across with this bread which I decided to name muffin bread, as I baked them in muffin tins, but you can also make them in a normal loaf pan.
These muffin breads are perfect snack for lunch boxes or for a quick breakfast.

One of the ingredients of this recipe is Psyllium Husks, you really need to have it to prepare this. I never found this in Oman but you can order it online, like Amazon. I advise to buy the powder one instead of the whole option. Psyllium is a form of fiber and It’s most commonly known as a laxative. However, research shows that taking psyllium is beneficial to many parts of the human body, including the heart and the pancreas.

There is a lot of bread recipes under ketogenic or paleo diet that are made with psyllium husk due to is benefits, especially to healthy gut.

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp psyllium husks powder + 1 1/2 cup /350 ml water
• 1/2  cup of almonds
• 1/2 cup of hazelnuts
• 1/2 cup of sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup of flax seeds
• 1/2 cup of pumpkin seeds
• 1-2 tsp sea salt 
• 3 tbsp of melted cold pressed coconut oil + extra for greasing the pan 

Let's do it:

• Mix psyllium husks powder and water in a bowl and set aside for 5 minutes, it will get a thick gel consistency
• Measure all the nuts and seeds and place in a food processor and pulse a few times, do not grind just coarsely chop
• Place in a bowl, add the salt and coconut oil and stir until well combined 
• Add the psyllium gel and mix it with your hands
• Set aside for 1 hour 
• Meanwhile pre-heat the oven to 175 C
• Grease the muffin tin or the loaf pan with coconut oil 
• When 1 hour passed, pour the content to the muffin tin 
• Place in the oven for 45 minutes 
• Remove from the oven and let it cool down before you slicing it

Today I leave you Anoushka Shankar, daughter of the extraordinary Ravi Shankar and sister of Norah Jones.
I started to like to listen Indian Sitar music at the same time that I embraced my yoga practice in a daily day basis. Suddenly I saw myself practicing under the sound of Sitar music, allowing my body and mind to flow.
Eventually most of you will not like this music but just try it. In my humble opinion listening world music makes us more rich and open minded to the cultural differences of the world.

Enjoy the day :)