Home-made Buns/Pav

It's messy but quite fun to play with the bread dough :) I meant the kneading part. Just have a clean kitchen counter top and a scraper. Scraper will ease the kneading a bit.

I anxiously waited for the dough to rise and shaped them up. The aroma of freshly baked buns surrounded my home. I'm using these buns as Pavs for Pav Bhaji and the remaining buns will be used for breakfast, Buns with butter or jam.

Recipe Source: Adapted from YummyOyummy

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 2 cups + 1 cup
Yeast -  2 ¼ tsp 
Sugar - 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp
Warm Water - 2 tbsp
Warm milk - 1 cup
Butter - 4 tbsp + 1 tbsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Egg - 1 whole (slightly beat the egg)
Egg white - 1 

Instructions:

• Dissolve yeast and 1 tbsp of sugar in warm water. Hot water kill the yeast. Make sure water is just warm enough. Keep it aside for few minutes until it froths and rises.
• Meanwhile use 1 tbsp of butter to grease a bowl to keep the kneaded dough to rise.
• Add salt, 2 tbsp of sugar, 4 tbsp of butter, 1 whole egg slightly beaten and milk to 2 cups of all purpose flour. Mix together with a spatula until well combined.
• Transfer the contents to kitchen counter top. Add the remaining cup of flour and knead for 15-20 minutes. Use a scraper to ease the kneading.

• After kneading for 20 minutes, transfer the dough to the greased bowl. Cover with a cling film and wait for 2-3 hours until the dough rise.

• Once the dough has risen, remove the cling film and knead for 2 mins.
• Roll the dough into small balls and place on a baking tray. Wait for 30 minutes as the rolled balls will again rise.

• Pre-heat oven to 180 C/350 F for 10 minutes.
• Beat egg white with few drops of water to make egg wash.
• Brush egg wash on top of the rolled buns and place the buns in the oven.

• Bake for 20-25 minutes until the top of the buns are slightly brown in color.
• When buns are baked and out from the oven, take a cube of butter and spread butter on top to get a glazing effect.