Stuffed Buns (eggless & whole wheat)

Stuffed Buns (eggless & whole wheat)

Homemade stuffed buns are soft, tasty, healthy and easy to make. I stuffed my buns with paneer/ cottage cheese and vegetables...you can use potato masala or any curry or add desicated coconut and nuts as a filling.

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour - 180 gms / 1.5 cups

Jaggery syrup - 1 tablespoon

Instant active dry yeast - 1/2 tsp

Salt - to taste

Milk + water - 3/4 cup + water as required

Oil - 2 tsp

Butter - 1.5 tsp (brush buns after it is baked)

Honey + milk - 1 tsp (brush before baking)

Sesame seeds - 2 tsp

Stuffing:

Cottage cheese - 1/2 cup

Cabbage - 2 tablespoons

Capsicum - 2 tablespoons

Onions - 2 tablespoons

Oil - 1 tsp

Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/4 tsp

Asafatedia - 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt- to taste

Method:

# In a bowl mix whole wheat flour, jaggery syrup, salt, yeast. Use luke warm water+ milk. Make a well add milk & water mix well. Knead the dough initially it will be sticky. Start kneading using stretch and fold method. It takes 10 minutes to get smooth, elastic dough. You can add 1/2 tsp of butter and knead.

# Grease bowl with oil place your dough apply oil, cover it well. Let it proof for 45 minutes or until it doubles in size.

# For stuffing add oil in a pan saute onions till it becomes translucent add chopped vegetables, paneer, masala's, salt. Sprinkle some water and allow it to cook. Once stuffing is cooked allow it to cool.

# When the dough doubles in size, punch down to remove gasses. Knead for 1 minute. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts. Roll out keep the filling tuck it well / pinch it well. 

# Grease your baking tin with oil / butter place your stuffed buns. Cover it and rest for 20 minutes. 

# Just 10 minutes before baking preheat oven / microwave convection mode @180'c for 10 minutes.

# After 2nd proofing brush milk & honey to buns, sprinkle sesame seeds and bake @ 180'c for 20 minutes.

# Brush butter to baked buns. After 3-4 minutes remove the buns to wire rack and allow it to cool.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank U!