Mini buns using charcoal jiko

Belinda
Belinda @12Bellafoodoven
Uthiru, 87

That famous statement" if only I had an oven, I would bake a,b,c". This used to be me until I discovered that nothing under the sun is impossible, you just need to put your heart to it. I decided to start baking using stove and charcoal jikos, the outcomes were great. No more "I wish I had an oven statements".
Here is a simple recipe for mini buns using charcoal jiko.

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Ingredients

1r 40mins
16 Servings
  1. 800 gflour
  2. 12 gyeast
  3. 40 gsugar
  4. 1/2 tspsalt
  5. 5 TbspVegetable oil
  6. 2 Tbspmargarine
  7. 1Egg for making egg wash(I used kienyeji egg, i love its yolk)
  8. Luke warm water

Cooking Instructions

1r 40mins
  1. 1

    Combine all the dry ingredients(Flour,salt,sugar,yeast). I used the normal cup for measuring to cater for those who don't have the weighing scale nor the measuring cups.

  2. 2

    Pour the 2 tablespoon oil and mix with hands.

  3. 3

    Make a well and add the luke warm water bit by bit just like when making chapati.

  4. 4

    Knead thoroughly, don't be in a hurry.(I kneaded for 5 mins)

  5. 5

    Cover and let it rest.
    It should double in size.(45mins-1hr).

  6. 6

    When it doubles in size, knead again and divide into balls.

  7. 7

    Roll the balls into rod like shapes.

  8. 8

    Take a lid(The ones we use to cover sufuria.) and apply margarine, sprinkle a little flour then place the log shaped dough.
    Space them out to give room for rising/ expanding

  9. 9

    Brush with eggwash and give it time to rise as you light your jiko.

  10. 10

    Take a bigger sufuria and put mawe/pebbles(I used a metallic bowl), followed by the lid containing the buns. Cover with a bigger lid.

  11. 11

    When the jiko is lit, put the charcoal on top of the lid as shown

  12. 12

    How it looks like 20 mins into baking. I let it bake for 5 more mins to achieve a nice golden colour.

  13. 13

    Voilà. Our buns are ready. Serve with tea or your favourite soup.

  14. 14

    If using an oven bake for 15-20mins at 180°c

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Norikazu Owen Ogawa
Norikazu Owen Ogawa @cook_6710315
Dear Belinda, Congrats again on winning our contest! I am Owen from cookpad Japan. I am in charge of cookpad Kenya. I just want to say thank you for posting very detailed and useful recipes. Our community members would appreciate your helpful tips in the recipes. Hope you will continue to enjoy our app and our cooking community. We recently opened cookpad cooking studio in Nairobi, and thus hope you can visit us in our studio soon. Cheers, Owen

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