Thursday 2 August 2018

Masala Buns

Who loves the scent of freshly baking bread? Count me in...add to that the scents of spicy masala and you most certainly have a winner in the oven :) That nostalgic feeling of biting into hot baked masala buns is actually so easy to create as I now know.

Quick, easy and so so delicious! Here it is, my version of MASALA BUNS.

 Ingredients: For the bread dough, 2 cups self-raising flour sifted, 3/4 cup of natural yogurt, 2 tablespoons melted butter, pinch of salt, water and olive oil as required. For the masala filling, 2 potatoes boiled and mashed, handful of peas, 1 onion chopped finely, 1 teaspoon cumin and mustard seeds, chilli flakes as required, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt to taste, sesame seeds.

Make: Mix the flour, butter, yogurt with water and olive oil to form a firm bread dough. Kneed well and wrap in glad wrap. Leave it covered for at least two hours. Meanwhile, make the potato masala. In a nonstick pan, saute chill flakes in some oil, adding cumin and mustard seeds, turmeric powder and chopped onion. Add in the mashed potato, peas, lemon juice and mix well with salt. Let it cool.
When ready to fill the dough, kneed the dough well again and portion into small palm sized balls. Scoop in 1 tablespoon of the potato masala and fold dough over to close completely. Brush each bun with melted butter then sprinkle sesame seeds. Bake in a pre-heated fan forced oven at 160 deg for about 25 minutes. They are ready when they look golden brown and well rounded. Enjoy the soft, spicy, hot Masala Buns!

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