Sunflower Bread

Sunflower Bread

Ingredients :

2 and 1/4 th cup of All purpose flour
2 tea spoon yeast
2 teaspon of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
2 tbl spoon of milk powder
1 beaten egg
4 tbl spoon of oil+ 1 tbl spoon of ghee/butter ( ghee is better)
Luke warm liquid milk , enough to make a dough ( it took me almost 1/2 a cup +2 tbl spoon of milk)

Other Ingredients:

Cream cheese
1 beaten egg mixed with 1 tbl spoon milk for egg wash
Sesame and nigella ( black seed)
Butter to rub on the bun after taking it out from the oven

Stuffing/ filling:

Any stuffing of your choice . I used prepared beef mince , spinach- sauted in little oil with onion and garlic , and cheese ( cheddar, mozarella ).
For prepared beef mince , I boiled the mince with soy sauce , little salt and ginger-garlic paste until dried out. Then , in oil , added the mince , and added little oyster sauce , carrot , onion and chopped capsicum and chilies .

Procedure :

1. Combine all the ingredients ( that is flour , yeast , sugar , salt , milk powder , egg, 1 tbl spoon of ghee )except 4 tbl spoon oil . Now make a soft dough . Don’t make a hard , tight dough . The softer is your dough the , softer is the bread . So , you may need a little more milk too . First , the dough may seem very sticky . Now add the oil and knead . Now it will be easier to knead . Knead very well, so that the dough becomes glossy and smooth . The dough will come together and won’t stick any more . Knead for at least 10 minutes . The more you knead , the softer bread you get . If you find little sticky at the end , you may add little oil . Form the dough into a ball and rub some oil over it .

2. Now put the dough in a greased , closed lid box and place it in a warm place .. It may take an hour or more to get the dough double in volume . If it becomes fluffy and double in volume , the dough is ready to make the bun. Sometimes it may get longer time to rise . Sometimes it takes almost 2 and half hour to rise up and to be fluffy . So don’t do anything until it rise up in volume and becomes fluffy .

3.Punch down all the air form the dough . Now roll two same sized round disk or roti . Don’t use too much extra flour to roll out . It may make your bread hard . Just roll them on a slightly flour dusted counter top .

4. Place one roti/ disk onthe greased baking tray and start the procedure . Spread cream cheese over the roti/ disk . Now place beef mince , then the spinach and then the cheese just like the way shown in the pic . Follow the method given below:

5. Preheat oven to 400 FH for 20 minutes and let the bread rise these 20 minutes . Just before you place it in the oven brush with egg wash and sprinkle some sesame and black seed in the middle . Bake for 20-25 minutes . It took me 25 minutes . Don’t over bake . That may cause the bread to dry out .