Spread the Joy!
I get inspired from everything, specially in cooking..Whenever we used to have any food in restaurants or anywhere, when i take the first bite, i used to think..Hmm how would they made it…This is what happened when i had a chinese roll from a nearby bakery. It is like a hot dog burger bun, split in the middle and stuffed with some veggie masala, but the outer crust was so crispy and the bun itself taste so soft and squidgy. It was so good.. BANG! thats what inspired me to create my own version.
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When i was thinking about it, i know it has a breacrumbed coating on it, but it has this really dark exterior which was impossible to achieve when it is baked. Then only i realized that the bun was not baked it was fried. In that recipe, the bun was split open in the middle and was stuffed with the vegetable masala, but i decided to stuff it inside the dough itself and it worked. The taste was fantastic and you have to try it to believe it..
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 20 to 25 mins
Rising Time : 1 hour
Makes : 12 to 15 buns
Ingredients:
Oil for deep frying
Milk – 1/2 cup
Breadcrumbs – 1 cup or as needed
Cheese – as needed (optional)
Cheese – as needed (optional)
For Dough:
All Purpose Flour / Maida – 2.5 cup
Dry Yeast – 1.5 tsp
Sugar – 2 tblspn
Salt – 1.5 tsp
Oil – 3 tblspn
Warm Milk – 1 cup
Warm Water as needed
For Filling:
Oil – 1 tblspn
Ginger – 1 tblspn finely chopped
Garlic – 1 tblspn finely chopped
Onions – 1 medium size chopped finely
Carrot – 1 finely chopped
Beans – 5 chopped finely
Capsicum / Bell Peppers – 1/2 chopped finely
Peas – 1/2 cup ( i used frozen)
Tomato Ketchup – 1/4 cup
Soy Sauce – 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar – 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Spring Onion or Coriander leaves – 3 tblspn finely chopped
Method:
Start by making the dough. Take yeast and sugar in a bowl, add little warm milk and mix well. Set aside for 5 mins for the yeast to activate.
Now take Flour, salt, 2 tblspn of oil in a large bowl and mix well. Add in the yeast mix in and the rest of the milk. Mix well using a fork. Add little warm water as needed. Knead this to a soft dough. The dough has to be nonsticky. Drizzle in 1 tblspn of oil and knead well.Cover and set aside to rise for 1 hour.
While the dough is rising, lets make the filling. Heat oil in a kadai. Add in all the chopped veggies and saute them for 2 mins. Add in chopped ginger and garlic and saute them well.
Add in peas and mix well. Cook this till the veggies are cooked.
Add in salt, sugar and chilli powder and mix well. Add in ketchup and soy sauce. Toss well. Finally add in spring onion or coriander leaves and mix well. Set aside.
When the dough is risen, punch the air out and knead it once more. Add more flour if it is too sticky.
Now take the dough out, divide it into equal portions.
Take one ball and flatten it, spoon some filling in and seal the edges together.
For a variation, you can add some grated cheese over the filling and seal it for a cheesy version.
Now dip this in milk and in breadcrumbs.
Heat oil for deep frying and drop the buns in oil, Fry till golden, it wont take very long, just a min or so
Drain and set aside.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients for the dough |
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| Take yeast in a bowl |
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| add little sugar to it |
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| add little milk to it |
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| mix well and set aside for 5 mins or so |
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| take flour in a bowl |
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| add little salt |
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| add in oil |
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| mix well and make a well in the center |
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| now add in the yeast mix in |
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| pour in some milk |
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| mix well |
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| add little water |
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| knead to a soft dough |
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| add little oil |
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| knead it to a soft dough..The dough has to non sticky, so add more flour when kneading |
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| cover the bowl with some plastic wrap and let it rise |
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| While the dough is rising, lets do the filling |
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| Hear oil in a pan, add in all veggies including the onions |
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| give a quick toss in the oil |
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| add in some finely chopped ginger and garlic |
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| saute till veggies are cooked |
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| add in peas..i used frozen |
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| saute them as well |
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| cook till everything is well cooked |
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| add in little salt, sugar and chilli powder |
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| saute them up |
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| add in little ketchup |
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| and soy sauce |
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| mix well |
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| add in chopped spring onion or chopped parsley |
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| toss well |
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| you can see now the dough has well rised |
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| remove the wrap |
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| punch down the air |
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| take a small portion of dough |
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| flatten it lightly |
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| spoon the veggie filling in |
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| seal the edges |
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| place it in a plate |
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| i added some cheese into one |
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| sealed it well |
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| i made three.. |
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| take a bun |
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| and dip them in milk |
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| now drop them in breadcrumbs |
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| roll them well |
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| drop it in hot oil |
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| fry them..it wont take very long, just a min or so |
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| remove them when they turn golden |
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| you can do like this shape too |
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| coat them in breadcrumbs as usual.. |
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| fry them |
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| Enjoy |
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| These buns taste so soft and fluffy |
Spread the Joy!
Hi Aarthi
Can we bake this instead of frying?
Aarthi,
Thank you so much for this recipe. It is my kids and my favourite. Infact I want to try it. Even I thought of it is baking. Now I got the idea. This weekend Definitely I will try and let you know the result. Once again thank you.
Vasantha
I am salivating!! That's a reaction I usually never get!! Awesome… I'm following a lot of your recipes and you have a fan in me
The rich evenly browned buns look delicious …but will get a guilty feeling for the deep frying part :/ ..Can we bake these balls instead of deep frying? If yes then at what temp. and how long, please?
Myra
From the kid I am a food liker of bakery items whenever I saw ur blog with bake recipes I try it immediately I love ur presentation very much keep going on…. my hearty wishes:-) 🙂 🙂 aarthi I have a doubt with baking…my preparation of dough is perfect my raising dough also good but when I am baking the buns are not that much soft and my upper portion turns harder can u give tips to overcome this problem
U r great
U r great
Looks super delicious Aarthi!!! Can't wait to try these…
Hi Aarthi,
Instead of deep frying the bun can I bake them?
Hi arathi, love all ur recipes..u made cooking very easy n testy for me..
Thank you
@jeeviyes u can bake them..bake at 180 degree for 10 to 12 mins then increase the temp to 220 degree and bake for 5 mins or so
@Anonymousbrus the top with milk or egg liberally..dont over bake them, place in middle rack when baking
@Anonymousyes u can bake them..bake at 180 degree for 10 to 12 mins then increase the temp to 220 degree and bake for 5 mins or so
@Myrayes u can bake them..bake at 180 degree for 10 to 12 mins then increase the temp to 220 degree and bake for 5 mins or so
Substitute for yeast
hi madam,
Can i use Wheat floor instead of Maida??
@Srinidhi Acharyayes u can use wheat flour
@sudha dhanukano sub for yeast in this
Hi aarthi ,i'm a great lover of ur recipes.
I had a doubt if the bun won't cook properly on frying…can we frst bake it for some times and then fry it?.please do reply
@Sheeba Sherinit will cook in frying. so trust me and fry it..fry it on medium high heat
Can we use bread instead of dough
@Anonymousu can use bread too
Can we place it in fridge after filling the veggies and use it whenever needed??
@Chinnu sreejithno it will keep on rising
Can I freeze it?
not sure about freezing.
Hii aarthi the bun turned out to be soo good nd yummythnks for the lovely recipe nd will surely try more from ur blog nd one question that I fermented the dough in the morning can I use the same dough in the evening will the taste change
Hii aarthi the bun turned out to be soo good nd yummythnks for the lovely recipe nd will surely try more from ur blog nd one question that I fermented the dough in the morning can I use the same dough in the evening will the taste change
Hii aarthi the bun turned out to be soo good nd yummy thnks for the lovely recipe nd will surely try more from ur blog nd one question that I fermented the dough in the morning can I use the same dough in the evening will the taste of the bun will change due to more fermentation