Potato Stuffed Corn Bread
What happpens when you have a whole bag of cornmeal sitting idle in the pantry & you see an easy & quick corn bread recipe? You get inspired!! I had this whole morning to myself & i was browsing thru’ a book when I came across this recipe of Bob Beauchamp.. who says this bread reminds him of his grandmother who lived in the deep woods of East Texas- well that is not very far from where we live now! This bread needed no rising, so it would be ideal for the lunch which I had to cook. I decided to stuff in some potatoes in it. Then we had a fusion cuisine for lunch – Potato stuffed Cornbread, some fruit salad & some Tandoori Tofu:) (this one turned out really great, & I’ll be posting that soon).
These breads looked a lot like the Aloo Bonda don’t they?. I did not make it in a loaf as the original recipe had called for… .since I used the stuffing, I just made small rolls with these.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1/4 cup Flour ( I used wheat flour)
- 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 Teaspoon baking Powder
- Salt
- A generous amount of freshly ground Black Pepper
- 1 Teaspoon Cayenne or Paprika Powder (Optional)
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Buttermilk
For Filling:
- 2 Large Potatoes
- 1/2 Onion
- Salt
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Fresh Cilantro/Coriander
- 1 Teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 Teaspoon oil
The filling:
Boil, Peel & Mash the potatoes.
Chop the onions in small pieces. Heat oil in a pan. Stir fry the Onions & Cumin till the onions are just starting to get brown.
Combine the Mashed Potatoes, & Salt & stir till they are well mixed. Switch off the heat. & mix in the chopped Cilantro/Coriander Leaves. Set aside.
To prepare the Bread:
Mix the Dry Ingredients.
Add Egg & Buttermilk to the above mixture to make a dough. It will be more like a paste but slightly crumbly to feel.
Prehat the oven to 450 degrees F. Grease a baking pan/sheet with Butter & keep ready.
Take a fistful of this mix, & flatten it at the palm of your hands.
Put about 2 tablespoons of Potato filling on this, & fold it to form a ball, so that the dough completely covers the potato.
Set it on the buttered pan. Do the same with all the dough & the filling.
I made about 7 – 8 rolls. Bake for about 20 minutes till they are Light Brown/Golden.
I have never made corn breads before. These definitely had completely different texture & feel than the wheat bread that we are so used to having. And we loved it. The slighly crumbly, grainy texture did really well with the mashed potatoes inside. We ate a few for lunch, & refrigerated the leftovers..Sending these to the Bread Baking Day #17, the theme being Bread & Potatoes. Its hosted at Notite Van Lein.
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Tags: blackpepper, bread without yeast, buttermilk, corn bread, cornmeal, onion, potato bread, quick bread, recipe, south western bread, stuffed bread, stuffed cornbread, vegetarian
February 21st, 2009 at 7:44 pm
they do look so much like aloo bondas. And the fact that they are baked, I am sold.
February 21st, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Potato stuffing in cornbread sounds intriguing…looks delicious !
February 21st, 2009 at 8:54 pm
That is indeed a good idea … making them in small sizes … feel like just picking one up and chomping away … ektu chilli sauce diye (marte esho na amaye Soma)
February 21st, 2009 at 11:25 pm
arey! these looks so delicious ..very innovative to add potato stuffing inside..
tumaar Morocon Potato salad Ta dekhe jhibe jol eshe geche..
Hugs and smiles
February 21st, 2009 at 11:55 pm
They look soo adorable..Its a healthy aloo bonda
will try for sure
February 22nd, 2009 at 2:45 am
Wow….these look so good! These would serve as lovely appetizers…me thinks:)
February 22nd, 2009 at 2:57 am
I’ve got almost a whole bag of cornmeal in the pantry ready to be made into this! Thanks for the inspiration
February 22nd, 2009 at 4:03 am
great crust..they do look like bondas:)
February 22nd, 2009 at 4:53 am
Missed several of your posts. Put down your blog URL with a mistake in the Reader. A loves cornbread and I should so try this for him soon
Lovely potato salad too.
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:29 am
This looks lovely. I love stuffed bread and this should make a lovely snack for Soeren’s lunchbox!
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:50 am
Love those potatoes inside the corn bread! What a great idea!
February 22nd, 2009 at 9:30 am
Soma, this is very inventive and it looks yum!
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 am
wow! Dearest Soma, you’re a genius! I bet this tastes fantastic!
I’ve been eyeing up a cornbread recipe these days. will definitely make it, too!
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 am
btw, what sort of cornmeal did you use? fine, medium, coarse? ta!
I used Medium for this.. the coarse I find tough to work with, & the fine would give less texture.
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
What a great thing you got inspired by cornmeal, these look so appetizing, a great roll to take on the road, or for lunch. Thanks for entering these rolls for BBD#17!
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
This looks lovely !!! waiting for yr tandoor tofu post !
February 22nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Great way of snacking! The stuffing will definetly attract the kids…
February 22nd, 2009 at 4:27 pm
very innovative soma. looks yummy.
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:15 pm
yeah sure these look like aloo bonda..but healthier with corn n whole wheat.
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
amazing soma…in fact, I always like reading your recipes because they are so innovative!
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 am
wow great idea looks so tempting
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:54 am
Wow tempting and alluring stuffed bread.
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:00 am
You know this looks like alloo bonda, oh you said that already
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:01 am
wow potato in corn bread looks so inviting and delish..I know it looks like aloo bonda..yum
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:33 am
How creative! I have a great cornbread muffin recipe but never would even think of stuffing it with potato-thanks for the concept. I bet you would be great at the challenge going on at my site now:
http://savorthethyme.blogspot.com
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Hello Soma
Congratulations. You are a great winner HHDD25. Your recipes are wonderful. Thanks you for your commens and visit in my sweet blog.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
wow, what a great idea to stuff potato in a bread! looks gorgeous and mouth-watering.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Thanks!
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Soma, the potato stuffed rolls look awesome..I really admire the pics on ur blog! they are mouth-watering!!
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Cornbread and potatoes are satisfying staples and your picture more than satisfies!!!! It is delicious!
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Soma, these are so cute! I can imagine the look of surprise and happiness when you bite into one of these
And what a great accompaniment to a meat stew too.
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
You are so teasing me here girl. Please send those to me
They look like Aloo Bonda to me a well. This and fruit sald, just yumm!
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Thanks all of you who came & read & looked at these cute little rolls. But let me tell you something.. these might look like aloo bondas, but tasted nothing like it. The crumbly cornmeal outside gives a totally different dimension to these breads:)
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
You surely stepped it up a few notches, cornbread (yum, have not had this lovely bread treat is SO LONG) and spot on for the snaps too!
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:53 pm
This looks like one appetising bread!!!
February 24th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
wow ! and i thought making bread means having a bread machine at home…
This looks so easy… thanks soma for posting such easy recipes for people like me who are full time working moms – but love to expirement new dishes caus ei get bored with my own cooking !!!
February 24th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
awesome recipe… reminds me of potato bonda… no rising means I am definitely trying this
February 25th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
i so love cornbread. i will try this soon.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
[...] Potato Stuffed Corn Bread: What happpens when you have a whole bag of cornmeal sitting idle in the pantry & you see an easy & quick corn bread recipe? You get inspired!! I had this whole morning to myself & i was browsing thru’ a book when I came across this recipe of Bob Beauchamp.. who says this bread reminds him of his grandmother who lived in the deep woods of East Texas- well that is not very far from where we live now! This bread needed no rising, so it would be ideal for the lunch which I had to cook. I decided to stuff in some potatoes in it. Recipe found at eCurry. [...]
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:06 am
First time here, I think. What a lovely recipe! Loved the idea of potato stuffing in corn bread.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:05 am
Very interesting recipe! Sounds and looks great.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
My dear I hope you know, this is genius! Great idea.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I can taste these and my mouth is watering. A perfect snack and comfort food. Yummy!
March 12th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
These sounds deliciously different! Yum!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Oh, how did I miss this amazing bread? I saw you entered it for a chance to win a bread knife and I really hope you win it. It is an amazing tool! Good luck!
May 3rd, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Soma, I am in love with these. Did you serve them with some sauce/dip/chutney? I am just trying to savor an imaginary taste in my mouth.