Name: Stuffed matar paneer buns recipe by Reena Andavarapu at BetterButter
Prep time: 75 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: For the buns :; Apf + wheat flour 1 1/2 cup; Warm Milk 1/2 cup; Sugar 1 tsp; Honey 1 tsp; Instant dry yeast 1 tsp; Salt 1/2 tsp; Oil 1 tsp; For the filling :; Ghee 1 tsp; Cottage cheese 1 /2 cup; Frozen / fresh peas 1 cup boiled; Cheese -plain Amul / mozerrella 50 gms; Masalas :; Sauf /fennel seeds 1/2 tsp; Red chilli powder 1 tsp; Tandoori masala 1/2 tsp; Garam masala 1/2 tsp; Dhania powder 1/2 tsp; Salt to taste; Lemon 1 tsp; Coriander 2 tbsps; Shahi jeera 1/2 tsp

Ingredients Serving: 2

For the buns :
Apf + wheat flour 1 1/2 cup
Warm Milk 1/2 cup
Sugar 1 tsp
Honey 1 tsp
Instant dry yeast 1 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Oil 1 tsp
For the filling :
Ghee 1 tsp
Cottage cheese 1 /2 cup
Frozen / fresh peas 1 cup boiled
Cheese -plain Amul / mozerrella 50 gms
Masalas :
Sauf /fennel seeds 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
Tandoori masala 1/2 tsp
Garam masala 1/2 tsp
Dhania powder 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Lemon 1 tsp
Coriander 2 tbsps
Shahi jeera 1/2 tsp

Instructions

In a bowl add warm milk, sugar and yeast. Mix well, cover and keep aside for 10 minutes til froth appears.
Now Take a bowl add the flour, salt, honey and the yeast mixture and make a soft dough using some lukewarm water if required.
Knead the dough for 5 minutes. Oil a bowl, roll the dough tucking it into a ball and place in oiled bowl. Cover and let rest for 1 hour or more.
Meanwhile Prepare the filling: Boil the green peas and keep aside. Take a sauce pan, add ghee. Add the fennel seeds and saute.
Add the green peas, crumbled cottage cheese, and spice powders along with some salt. Saute and mash roughly with a masher.
Add the plain cheese, squeeze the lemon and add the coriander. Mix and keep aside to cool.
Preheat oven at 180°. Divide dough into 4 or 5 equal sized balls. flatten ball with palm and add the filling. Pinch all sides together. Seal and keep the seam side down on a well greased baking tray.
Brush some milk and dust some shahi jeera on it and rest for another 15 minutes. Bake for 15 minutes and increase the temperature to 220° and broil for 2 to 3 minutes.
Brush butter all over as soon as the buns are taken out. Enjoy your evening chai with these Freshly baked matar paneer stuffed buns.

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