Honeycomb bun with cream cheese filling ,topped with roasted sesame seeds and ginger honey glaze
This is a popular Arabic bread shaped into buns filled with cream cheese. Traditionally these buns are very sweet . This is my version of mildly sweet honeycomb buns. They are superbly light and soft , cream cheese blends wonderfully well ,roasted sesame seeds gives a beautiful flavor and crunch and ginger flavoured honey gives an awesome glaze to this flavour packed buns..
Ingredients
- 2 cup All purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1 1/4 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Instant dry yeast
- 1 tbsp Curd
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 3/4 cup Milk
For the glaze
- 2 tbsp Honey
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/4 tsp Cream cheese for the filling (for each bun )
- 1/2 tsp Black sesame seed
- 1/2 tsp White sesame seed
Directions
Direction for honey glaze
Combine all the ingredients and boil it well. Reduce the flame and let it simmer for 3-4 minutes . Turn off the heat and let it cool .
Roast the sesame seeds lightly and keep it aside .
Direction for the dough
Sift flour, baking powder and salt .
In another bowl mix milk, yeast, sugar and curd.
Mix the wet and dry ingredients together .
Knead well for 3-4 minutes and add oil . The dough will be slightly sticky. Do not add extra flour.
Knead well for another 6 minutes .The dough should be shiny and elastic .
Shape the dough into a ball and apply oil .Transfer it into a well oiled bowl ,cover it with cling film and wait for the first rise .
Let the dough double in size .
Punch the dough gently and knead for a minute or two .
Divide the dough into 25 equal pieces . Each piece weigh around 15gms .
Shape it into balls and flatten a bit with your finger .
Fill it with 1/4 tsp of cream cheese . Shape it into balls .
Line a 8" cake tin with parchment sheet .
Place the buns close to each other .
Egg wash or apply milk .Sprinkle the roasted sesame seeds and wait for the second rise .
Meanwhile pre heat the oven at 180 degree C for 10 minutes with top and bottom rods on . Cover the tin with aluminum foil and place it in the oven . Bake for 20 minutes .Take the tin out and remove the aluminum foil and egg wash or apply milk. Place it back in the oven and bake for another 10 minutes .
Pour the honey syrup over the buns while it is still warm .I used only 4 tbsp of the syrup as I preferred mildly sweet buns.
Cover it with aluminum foil and keep it for 10 minutes .
Remove the foil and serve it warm..
