Khara Bun / Masala Bun is famous in bakeries specially in Iyengar bakeries. These buns are nostalgia, I remember having these during my school days. You can also enjoy these buns at home, a very simple recipe.

Happy Cooking!

Ingredients:

• 300 gm All purpose flour/ Maida
• 1 1/2 cup milk (1/2 cup milk for yeast)
• 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chili flakes
• 1 tsp jeera/cumin
• 1 small onion
• 2 green chilies
• handful curry leaves
• handful coriander
• 50 gm butter

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Method:

1. In a cup add 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 tsp sugar and 1/2 tsp yeast, stir this mixture and keep it aside for 5 min the yeast to activate.
2. For 300 gm flour/maida add salt to taste, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp jeera/cumin, 1 tsp red chili flakes, 1/4 tsp turmeric, 1 finely chopped onion, 2 finely chopped green chilies, finely chopped turmeric leaves and coriander and butter.
3. Mix all the dry ingredients thoroughly, then add the yeast mixture and mix well. Add milk in parts and knead till it forms a soft dough, knead for at least 5 min and allow it to raise for at least 1 hr in a warm place.
4. After it’s raised, knead the dough again and partition the dough into desired portions and form balls.
5. Grease the tray with butter place the balls on them giving some space between each of them at least a cm gap. Cover it, place it in a warm environment and allow it to raise for an hour.
6. After an hour, brush the balls with milk/butter. Preheat the oven at 180 c for 15 min and bake the buns at 180 c for 20-25 min.