Masala Bun or Khara Bun is an interesting spicy baked goodie that can be easily made at home and enjoyed with your hot tea or coffee.
This is a speciality at the Iyengar Bakeries in Bangalore.
This is a speciality at the Iyengar Bakeries in Bangalore.
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| Masala Bun |
Ingredients
- Maida - 3 cups
- Yeast Mix
- Warm Milk - ½ cup
- Warm Water -1/2 cup
- Dry Yeast - 1.5 tsp
- Sugar - 2 tsp (opt)
- Salt to taste
- Seasoning Mix
- Oil - 3 tbsp
- Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
- Onion - 1 thinly sliced
- Green Chillies - 1-2 chopped finely
- Curry leaves -few
- Coriander leaves-few
- Salt to taste
- Hing-pinch
Coating Ingredients
- Milk - 2 tblsp
- Oil - 3 tblsp
- Chilli flakes - ½ tsp
- Italian seasoning- ½ tsp
Method - In a pan, add oil, add jeera, onion, chilies, curry leaves, hing. Fry well.
In a bowl take warm milk, add sugar, salt, water and yeast. Mix well so that the yeast is dissolved fully. Let it rest it the yeast gets activated. Sieve the flour. Take a bowl, add the flour, salt, the onion chilies seasoning. Mix well. Next add the yeast mix and knead it into a soft dough. Rest this for 2 hours. The dough will get doubled.
Later, grease the baking tray and line it with parchement paper. Knead the dough again well, make small round balls and arrange it on the tray, leaving spaces in between. Let this rest for 30-40 mins. Prepare the mix for coating by adding the ingredients mentioned under "For coating".
Meanwhile, preheat the over @200 deg. Coat or Brush the balls well with the oil-milk-spices mix and bake it for 15-20mins. The buns will turn brown. Serve hot. You can apply butter on top to make it more delicious.
A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.-Thomas Keller
In a bowl take warm milk, add sugar, salt, water and yeast. Mix well so that the yeast is dissolved fully. Let it rest it the yeast gets activated. Sieve the flour. Take a bowl, add the flour, salt, the onion chilies seasoning. Mix well. Next add the yeast mix and knead it into a soft dough. Rest this for 2 hours. The dough will get doubled.
Later, grease the baking tray and line it with parchement paper. Knead the dough again well, make small round balls and arrange it on the tray, leaving spaces in between. Let this rest for 30-40 mins. Prepare the mix for coating by adding the ingredients mentioned under "For coating".
Meanwhile, preheat the over @200 deg. Coat or Brush the balls well with the oil-milk-spices mix and bake it for 15-20mins. The buns will turn brown. Serve hot. You can apply butter on top to make it more delicious.
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A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.-Thomas Keller
