Masala Bun / Khara Bun

Today i did baking with my 4 year old. masala bun / khara bun ( khara means spicy in kannada )

He is so eage to bake becoz of his fave cartoon "Little Bear" In that cartoon, Little bear bake's with his mom so he kept asking me to bake with him. So i decided to try masala bun, using my baking book after a long time. It was wonderful to see his enthusiasm and eagerness. The toughest part were the non-stop questions. But i was very happy to do this with him.

Ingredients

• Bread Flour - 250 grms
• Salt - to taste (aprox 1 tsp)
• Sugar - 2 tsp
• Unsalted Butter - 4 to 5 tbsn
• Dry Yeast - 2 tsp
• Luck Warm Water - 1 cup
• Green chillies - 1 or 2 chopped
• Curry leaves - Few chopped

Method

• Take a large bowl add warm water
• Dissolve yeast, salt and sugar leave for 5 minutes
• Then add melted butter, green chillies, curry leaves
• Then add flour slowly and stir and knead the dough well for 5 to 10 and make soft dough
• Cover with cloth and leave for an hour it raise the double volume
• After an hour, make a medium size balls place it into a baking tray before that preheat the oven for about 350F
• Place it on the oven bake at 400F (200c) for 20 minutes.

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Idli Upma

This is made up of left over idlies (for the second day) (OR) u can make it using fresh idlies. Recipe is given below just try it . I guess bachelors can make this easily if they are fed up of eating frozen idlies.

Ingredients

• Leftover idlies or fresh idli pieces - 2 cups (deep fried)
• Onion - 1 , sliced
• Tomato - 1, sliced
• Green chilli - 1 or 2
• Curry leaves - 4
• Ginger paste / grated - 1/2 tsp
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves , chopped - 2 tsp

For tempering

• Oil - 4 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida / hing - A pinch
• Turmeric powder a pinch

Method

• Deep fry idli pieces or shallow fry, keep aside
• Take a pan heat and add oil
• Add mustard seeds allow to splutter then add hing, turmeric
• Add onions stir fry till done
• Add tomatoes, ginger , chilli, curry leaves
• Stir fry add fried idlies stir well then add sprinkle salt and lemon juice mix well
• Garnish coriander and serve with chutney or yogurt

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