Stuffed Bun

Avi used to have these buns for his breakfast when he was bachelor. I tried them recently in local bakery shop  when went to drop my son to his play school and liked it a lot. In initial days of blogging I read somewhere that from pizza dough we can make buns, so after tasting stuffed bun I thought to give it a try and was really happy with the outcome!!!

RECIPE:
Baking Time: 18-20 mins
Preparation Time: 20-25 mins
Resting Time: 1 hr


For the Dough

• Maida/All purpose flour: 1 & 1/2 cups
• Milk:1/4 cup
• Water:1/4 cup(add if more needed)
• Active dry yeast: 3/4 tblsp
• Sugar: 1 tblsp
• Salt: 3/4 tsp
• Oil: 3 tblsp

For stuffing:

• Potato: 2 medium( Boiled and mashed) 
• Carrot: 1/3 cup( grated)
• Peas: 1/4 cup
• Onion: 1 small( finely chopped)
• Ginger-garlic-chilli paste: 1/2 tsp
• Jeera/cumin: 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder:1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder: pinch
• Coriander leaves: few strings
• Oil: 1 tsp
• Salt as per taste

Method:

For the dough:

• Warm the milk and water together.
• Add sugar, oil,and salt to the milk mixture and mix well till sugar dissolves. 

• Add the yeast to it and mix well. Keep aside for 5-7 mins stirring occasionally   
• Add the flour and make a smooth dough,cover and keep in a warm place for an hour.

For the stuffing:

• Heat the oil in kadai/pan and add jeera and green chilli.
• When jeera start splutter then add Onion and saute till onion is transparent  then add ginger-garlic-green chilli paste and cook for min or till raw smell leave.

• Add the grated carrot, cook for 2 mins then add peas and cook for another 2 mins.
• Add the red chilli pwd, turmeric and salt and give it a quick stir.

• Add the mashed potato and and coriander leaves fry till everything mixes well. Remove from heat and keep aside.

For the bun:

• After an hour, the dough we prepared would have doubled in size. Take it  and gently knead and make  equal sized balls.
• Take a baking tray and  grease with oil and arrange the rolled balls with enough spacing between them.
• Divide/roll the stuffing into equal size ball. Make sure that the stuffing should be around half the size of the  rolled buns dough.
• Take each bun and make a dent in the center.

• Keep the rolled stuffing inside and pinch all the end towards center to cover the stuffing.
• Roll in to smooth bun. Repeat for every bun.
• Arrange them in the baking tray. Keep the pinched joined side down.Brush them well with oil.
• Preheat the oven for 190°C. Bake for 18-20 mins or until the top crust turns golden brown in color.  
• Serve hot with evening tea/coffee.

Note:

• The dough should not be sticky; if so then add in a little more flour.