When baking your own fresh breads/buns is so easy, it's a load of fun to experiment with different tastes and get creative! I tried creating my version of the very famous "Khara Bun" which every good bakery has people lining up for it in downtown Bangalore! The result - the whole lot of buns I baked were gone very quickly :)
Here it is, my version of KHARA BUN / SPICY BUN:
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, 1 teaspoon garam masala, 1 tomato chopped (only if desired, I usually omit tomato), 1 onion chopped finely, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon ajwain, 2/3 green chilli chopped finely,
chilli flakes as required, handful of coriander and curry leaves finely chopped, salt to taste, sesame seeds.
Make:
Mix the flour, butter, ajwain, 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 to make the masala. In a nonstick pan,
saute chill in some oil. Add in the cumin , onion, curry leaves, tomato if using and garam masala, mix well with salt. Let it cool.
When
ready to mix the masala with the dough, kneed the dough well again and add in cooled masala plus chilli flakes and chopped coriander.
Portion into
small palm sized balls then shape nicely. Brush each bun with melted butter
then sprinkle sesame seeds. Bake in a pre-heated fan forced oven at 170
deg for about 30 minutes. They are ready when they look golden brown and
well rounded. Enjoy the soft, spicy, hot Khara Buns with a hot cuppa!
