Servings : 14 small buns
Soft buns with a delicious chicken filling.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. instant yeast
- 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 4 tbsp oil plus 1 tbsp. butter
- water and milk (half and half)
Instructions
First, sieve the flour and add the salt, sugar baking powder, yeast, oil and butter. Heat the water/milk to lukewarm (very hot water will kill the yeast). Add the water gradually into the flour whilst kneading until you have a soft but firm dough. Knead the dough, pounding it as much as you can to give the buns a delicately soft texture. The more you knead the better the result.
Put the dough into a lightly-oiled spacious bowl and turn it over in the bowl once so that the little oil covers the dough all over. Cover the bowl with a damp warm towel and let the dough rise for about half an hour to 45 mins.
Once risen, punch down, then knead it again for 2-3mins. Make into about 14 balls. Roll out each ball into a circle. Place your mixture in the center, then ball it up and seal. Place the formed buns on an oiled tray with the seam underneath, apply egg-wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds then bake at 170 C for about 10-12 mins. I dab a bit of butter on the buns when they r straight out of the oven, then cover them with a cloth so they get reaaaaaaally soft. 🙂
HERE is the recipe for my chicken and potato filling that I’ve used in these buns, although you can use any filling you prefer.
Enjoy!
I’m really struggling my dough doesn’t rise. I used. Dried active yeast. I dissolved some in warm water but it doesn’t work???? Help
Maybe you should try a different brand of yeast? 🙂
why not egg in ths buns dough?will it affect the softness of bread?
You can use egg if you like but they are perfect without it for this recipe.
thanks.just removed the buns from the oven.soft &yummy.
Thank you so much for this recipe. I tried this and they were yummm….i did a prawn chilli masala stuffing, its my hubby favourite…Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, I am very new in cooking and esp baking. May I know what is egg-wash?
Hi, it is an egg yolk beaten with 1 tsp milk that is then brushed on the buns/breads before baking. It helps give the bread a lovely colour after baking.
Can I fill up the buns, ready to bake, then b
ake the following morning? If so, shall ll I refrigerate the buns?
Thanks
Bake then freeze, please refer to comment on how to freeze posted above.
Salam sis,Can I fry d bunss instead of baking?coz my oven is kind of faulty and am really tempted to try dis yummy buns tomorrow pls do reply soon.
W/Salaam, I would not recommend frying them. The result you would get would be completely different. Try baking on the stove-top, check my album on the method. 🙂 http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/baked-pizza-no-oven/
This is absolutely amazing
This is absolutely amazing Fauzia.Thank you so much.May ALLAH (SWT) reward U
i made it yesterday and it
i made it yesterday and it was very very soft and tasty
Hello fauzia assalamualaikum
Hello fauzia assalamualaikum ..thank you for sucha lovely recipe ! It was yum but the bun was doughy inside ? What would have gone wrong ? Plz help me out 🙂 as I’m planning to bake them again this thursday for Iftar inshaa Allah
Hi, did you knead the dough
Hi, did you knead the dough well? Was the yeast good? Did the dough rise after kneading and again after shaping the buns?
Asak. How much yeast should I
Asak. How much yeast should I add if I want to make half the quantity? Thanks.
Half a tsp.
Half a tsp.
salams sister I have some
salams sister I have some dough leftover what can I make from it that does not require filling
W/salaam, you can prepare and
W/salaam, you can prepare and half-bake pizza bases then wrap them up and freeze. when you need to make a pizza, just get the base out and add your sauce and toppings and cheese, bake. 🙂
Can I use this dough to make
Can I use this dough to make kababs in a blanket ?
Yes you can.
Yes you can.
Salams Fauzia, Just want to
Salams Fauzia, Just want to know if we are using 500grms of flour can u tell me the measurements for the rest of the ingredients please.
W/Salaam, this recipe
W/Salaam, this recipe requires 3 cups (each cup is 120gm, so that makes it 460gm). Simply remove 2 tbsp of flour from your 500gm and follow the recipe exactly. 🙂
Salamis Fauzia, thank you the
Salamis Fauzia, thank you the buns turned out yummy n soft! Thanx to you I got them right this time 🙂 I used the spicy chicken filling instead, was delicioussss! Quick question tho, they were perfectly cooked, but I didn’t get the lovely golden brown colour-I used egg wash and in the second batch used egg yolk with a little milk to get the colour, but they were still a little pale- any tips for this please? Thank you x
Thanks for the great feedback
Thanks for the great feedback. If your oven has a top grill turn it on during the last few minutes of baking to get the golden colour on top.
Hi Fauzia,
Hi Fauzia,
Can I just add cheese in the filling.
Hi, yes you can.
Hi, yes you can.
Perfect and yumm… loved it
Perfect and yumm… loved it sis.. jazakallah khair sis 😀 ♥