Sweet Braided Buns

Name: Sweet Braided Buns
Total time: 10800 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose Flour/ Maida; 1 1/2 tsp active yeast; 2 tbsp oil/ melted butter; 1/2 cup lukewarm milk; To taste Salt; 7 tbsp castor/powdered sugar; 3 tsp White and black til (sesame seeds) for garnishing (optional)

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

My passion & love for cooking has driven me in making these buns..

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

My passion & love for cooking has driven me in making these buns..

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Ingredients

3 hours

2 people

1 cupall-purpose Flour/ Maida
1 1/2 tspactive yeast
2 tbspoil/ melted butter
1/2 cuplukewarm milk
To tasteSalt
7 tbspcastor/powdered sugar
3 tspWhite and black til (sesame seeds) for garnishing (optional)

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Steps

3 hours

1

Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix it.
2

Now slowly add milk & half of the oil and Knead it into a soft dough. Now cover it with a wet cloth and keep it in a hot place for 1 & half hours.
3

After 1 & half hour you will notice that it triples up the size. Remove the air from the dough as shown in pic 2 and again Knead it for 5 mins.
4

Divide the dough into 4 equal portions as in pic 1. Roll it each portions in a rectangular shape and cut each of them into 3 strings as shown in pic. 3. While making each buns, cover the rest of the dough balls with a damp cloth so that it doesn't dries up.
5

Now make braids out of it as you make your hair-braids. After making them, brush them with some milk and sprinkle some till seeds & cover it & rest it for about half an hour. It will puff up.
6

Now place the tray into a steamer and steam them for about 15 mins but put a cloth over it and then cover it with a lid so that the buns doesn't get wet.
7

You can also steam them like dhoklas by placing them in a big tiffin box, cover it and steam it in a cooker. Brush some butter over it and your hot sweet braided buns are ready to serve