Quick and Dirty Pulla and further restrictions

Pulla is a finnish traditional sweet bread. Kind of like brioche, but less fatty.

Pulla made in cake tin

 It's tasty, but commonly made with wheat, eggs, milk, butter and sometimes also raisins and/or almonds. All of which are Not Good for little Chipmunk. Took many trials and failures to get this recipe sort of right. When I finally completed a good one, using soy, it turns out we have to drop soy from Chipmunk's diet yet again. Luckily, the recipe works fine without, so here is the updated formula.

Chipmunk approved.

My pulla is made in a cake tin, partially because I'm lazy, and partially because the dough is so sticky that it's difficult to work with otherwise. If I make it drier, the end products don't retain the soft, pillowy goodness that pulla is supposed to have. Hence, quick and dirty pulla!

This is usually all that's left a few hours later

100 g melted margarine
200 g non-dairy milk of choice (I use home-made coconut milk)
50 g sugar
280 g all-purpose GF flour (my blend is in this post)
2 tsp dry yeast
1-2 tsp ground cardamom
0.5 tsp salt
(1 tsp baking powder if impatient) 

Mix all together, spoon into pan, let rise for about half an hour (or add the baking powder to dough and bake immediately). Bake at 200C for about 20-25 minutes, depending on how thin you spread it. Cool somewhat and enjoy!

Mmm, tasty

The restrictions part of this post come from our recent visit to the doctor.

Chipmunk has been feeling a bit poorly lately, acid reflux mainly, some skin irritation, been in a really bad mood and impatient. Not quite her usual self, to be honest. Our allergy specialist chatted with us for a while, inspected and such. She recommended we calm down the intestines and reflux by omitting some foods, mainly soy and other pulses, because they are most probably not quite suitable for her to eat on a daily basis. In a while we may re-introduce them, but for now it's best to avoid.

Also, apparently it's quite common for all the added-calcium-non-dairy-milks to cause acid reflux, so I'm back to making my own milks. Not a big chore, but it is a bit annoying that there's nothing we can buy ready anymore. Coconut milk is now the only one that's okay. Sesame milk or sunflower seed milk may be suitable, but it's equaly likely that they won't.

Coconut milk recipe
150-180 g shredded coconut
1 litre warm water (eg. half boiled, half cold) 

Blend.  

Strain. 

Bonus: Dry the coconut pulp completely and grind it in a blender to make coconut flour.

Chipmunk is now taking three medicines in the morning, and one in the evening. I find this unpleasant, but if it makes her feel better, it's worth it. Stupid food allergies. I wish I could kick their butts for making her life unpleasant.