Name: Stuffed Chicken Buns recipe by Reena Andavarapu at BetterButter
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: Plain flour - 1 1/2 cup; Oil - 1 tsp; Salt - 1/2 tsp; sugar - 1tsp; Dry active yeast - 1tsp; Warm milk - 1/2 cup+ little more to brush the buns; Butter melted; for the stuffing:; Chicken - 300 gms; Onion - 3 +1; Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp + 1/2 tsp; Tandoori chicken masala - 1 tsp; Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp; Salt to taste; Turmeric - 1/4 tsp; Few whole spices; A tsp of ghee

Ingredients Serving: 3

Plain flour - 1 1/2 cup
Oil - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
sugar - 1tsp
Dry active yeast - 1tsp
Warm milk - 1/2 cup+ little more to brush the buns
Butter melted
for the stuffing:
Chicken - 300 gms
Onion - 3 +1
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp + 1/2 tsp
Tandoori chicken masala - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Few whole spices
A tsp of ghee

Instructions

In a bowl add the warm milk, sugar and yeast. Mix properly. Cover and rest for ten minutes . Froth would appear. It is ready to use. Now take the plain flour in a bowl, add the salt and mix.
Now add the yeast mixture and make a soft dough. Can use some lukewarm water if not sufficient.
Knead the dough for 5 mins and cover and keep it for 1 1/2 hour or more. Prepare the chicken stuffing meanwhile.
Boil chicken pieces with the bones adding the whole spices, ghee, water, onion shred, ginger garlic paste and little salt
When done, shred the chicken. (Reserve the stock as soup adding lemon and pepper as seasoning)
Now take a pan and saute onions then add the ginger garlic paste, chicken shred,dry masalas. Saute for a while. Let it cool.
After the dough has proved, till doubled in size take it out and punch it gently 2 to 3 times to remove the air from it. Now make Equal sized balls from the dough (around 7)
Apply oil to your palms, take a ball of dough, flatten it on your palm and add at least 1 1/2 tsp of the filling in the centre
Pull and bring all edges together and seal the ball. make a smooth ball. Cover and keep for another 15 to 20 mins.
Now brush the top of the buns with milk and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 15 mins
When cooked broil for few more mins to get a brown texture of a bun. Now remove. Brush with melted butter. Let it cool for a while and serve.

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