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Sep 19, 2012

Onion Masala Buns / Onion Khara Buns

Happy Vinayagar Chaturthi Wishes to all my friends n readers. May The Lord Ganesha Bless u with all Health & Prosperity. Hope some of you had a wonderful festival n some still enjoying the special occasion with friends n family sharing all delicious Prasad :) I am still getting ready for the pooja, planned everything for evening. So today bit busy with other things, not in a mood to blog but have to post for the final day of blogging Marathon. As I prepared the recipe in advance its now easy for me to simply write the recipe and post. Onion Masala Buns is more or less similar to Khara Buns/Savory Buns in taste, with the addition of more onions but this is really more soft like my Garlic Buns since I followed the same recipe.

This recipe is slightly adapted from Gauri's Masala Bread recipe. Thanks Gauri for the recipe/idea it turned out so delicious and we enjoyed it a lot. These buns are great for tea time snack, even it tastes good when dipped in hot tea/coffee. Do give it a try n let me know how it turned out. Now off to the recipe.

Ingredients
  1. Whole Wheat Flour     2 cups
  2. All Purpose Flour/APF    1 cup
  3. Rapid Rise Yeast      3 tsp
  4. Salt      1/2 tsp
  5. Baking powder       1/2 tsp
  6. Sugar            2 tbsp
  7. Milk       1 and 1/4 cup(Luke warm milk)
  8. Oil      2 and 1/2 tbsp
  9. Onion      1 medium (finely chopped)
  10. Green chili    1 or 2 no.(finely chopped -optional)
  11. Garlic      3 cloves(finely chopped)
  12. Cumin seeds     2 tsp
  13. Cilantro       1 tbsp + 1/2 tbsp for garnishing
  14. Thinly sliced onions     3 tbsp for garnishing
  15. Chili powder/Paprika     1/2 tsp or less for garnishing

Method
  • In a medium sized bowl, mix warm milk, sugar n  yeast and allow to rest for 10 minutes or until it tunrs frothy.
  • Meanwhile, in another bowl, mix whole wheat flour, APF,salt,baking powder and stir well and keep ready.
  • Once the yeast mixture turns frothy, add oil and mix it then add the prepared flour mixture.
  • Now add finely chopped onions,cilantro,garlic n cumin seeds, mix everything well and now the dough turns to be a very sticky dough.

  • Grease your hands with oil, and on a well floured surface knead the dough for 3-4 minutes to a smooth n pliable dough.
  • Now grease the bowl with 1/2 tsp oil and keep the kneaded dough n smear few more drops of oil in top of the dough and cover the bowl with damp cloth or cling wrap and rest it for 1 hour or until it doubles in size.
  • Meanwhile grease or line a baking tray with oil/cooking spray and keep ready.
  • Once it has raised in its size, punch down the dough and knead for a minute and divide the dough in to 10 big lemon sized balls and arrange it on a lined baking tray by 2" apart.
  • Then allow this to raise for 20 minutes, 
  • Preheat oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit.
  • once done brush the top with milk or egg wash and sprinkle sliced onions n chili powder and chopped cilantro and bake it for 15-20 miutes or until the top turns golden brown, when u tap the top of buns u hear the hollow sound then its done.

Notes:
U can make this buns either using whole wheat flour alone or APF alone.
I used egg wash( one egg + 2 tbsp Milk mixed together n used for brushing).
These buns are so soft n u can also enjoy it with some Pav bhaji masala.

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 20

Sending this to Vardhini's Bake Fest now happening @ The Mad Scientist's Kitchen.

32 comments:

  1. Happy ganesh charturthi to you too. The masala buns look awesome.

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  2. masala buns look delicious... Happy Ganesh Chaturthi...

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  3. Buns looks delicious sangee.I have tried buns several times but not satisfied with the results. Got dejected.. will try this version. sounds yum

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  4. super buns, have book marked..i am actually tempted to try these and u r step wise pics have motivated me to get going on this.look so tempting.

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  5. I love any kinda buns sangee... Bookmarking these

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  6. Beautifully baked super masala buns, feel like having with some cream cheese dip.

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  7. So soft and yummy masala bun
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  8. Looks very soft n yummy..Love this Savory buns!

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  9. Nice buns!! Thanks for the step by step presentation.

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  10. Superb texture and I love those clicks..

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  11. My My ...feel like grabbing them off the screen. Super yummy Sangee...amazing pictures and it makes my tummy grumble and howl. Don't do that to me please!!!!

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  12. Super tempting clicks...Going to try this right away...

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  13. Wow bookmarked this is delicious. My kids will love this. Thanks for linking it dear.

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  14. Wonderfully prepared..Awesome clicks!Thanks for the recipe...one more addition to my list.

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  15. wonderful buns ... may be my kids will love this ... will try this soon !!!

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  16. Delicious buns, looks inviting,wonderful clicks.

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  17. used to eat masala buns as a kid...you rekindled the memories!

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  18. Hi Sangeetha, Thanks for trying them out, great to hear that you all loved it :)) Makes me happy!!
    Cheers!

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  19. I tried making these, but it did not come out well. the dough was too watery,may be due to water content in onions or corrainder leaves after washing them. I was wondering if sauteing the onions would help?

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    1. yes.,it may be due to excess moisture.,next time try with sauteed onions. or try to reduce the quantity, instead of 1 medium onion, use 1 small onion.

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  20. I like it very much!

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  21. Made these today and they came out perfect,soft and delicious.

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  22. Made these today using whole wheat flour for the whole recipe and it turned out good .

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  23. I made these last weekend and I must say they turned out quite well. I halved the recipe so got abut 8 small roll buns.

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  24. I have made these several times, they are always a big hit! Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe!

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