Khaara Bun (Spicy Bun)

I miss Bangalore every single day. It’s not just the people or the streets or the language that I miss, it’s the feel of the city. Just the comfortable feeling I took for granted when I walked around knowing that every lane was home to me. Every street corner, every pretty park was ours. Always Namma Bengalooru. The distinctive taste of Bangalore’s Khaara Buns is something that you can truly relish.

This goes well with coffee or tea and tastes even better when its hot. :)

Ingredients:

1. Maida/All purpose flour- 1 Cup
2. Wheat Flour -1/2 Cup
3. Active dry yeast- 1 Tbsp
4. Milk- 1/4 Cup
5. Water-1/4 Cup
6. Cooking Oil- 1/8 Cup
7. Sugar- 1 tsp
8. Salt-1 tsp
9. Coriander- 1 Tbsp
10. Dill Leaves - 1 Tbsp
11. G Chillies-1/2 Tbsp
12. Red chilly flakes- 1/2 Tbsp
13. Pepper powder-One pinch

Preparation:

• Heat milk and water in the microwave for 50 seconds.Add sugar followed by yeast.After 10 seconds give it a good stir.You will notice tiny bubbles appearing.
• Now in another bowl mix all the other ingredients and then add the yeast mixture and make a dough.
• Cover the dough and allow it to sit for an hour.You will notice that the volume would have increased to twice its size.Add a few drops of oil on top of it.

• After half an hour, knead the dough again also punch down the dough and remove excess air.You could now make small balls of 6 and place them on a baking tray.Make sure you grease the baking tray with oil and also a few drops of milk.
• Preheat the oven at 375 F.

• Add a few drops of milk on the top of the buns before baking them.Place them in a tray and allow it to bake for 15 mins.After 10 mins open and check the color of the buns.Once they get brown you could remove them from the oven .
• You could serve it with coffee or tea.

 Tip: Once you remove the buns from the oven immediately spread very little butter on them so that they look shiny.