Masala Bun

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.  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. Thanks for stopping by... A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.-Thomas Keller