Raisin milk buns flavoured with orange juice..

Chop the raisins into small pieces and soak them in fresh orange juice for 3-4 hrs.

In a saucepan, mix milk , water and flour without any lump.

Heat it. Stir continuously. Let it thicken. Now turn off the heat and let it cool well.

In a bowl mix flour, yeast , sugar, fresh cream salt and milk powder.

Mix tangzhong and 3/4 cup of milk . Add this to the flour mixture.

Mix well.

Knead well for 6-7mins.

Add 1 tbsp oil and knead well for another 3 minutes.

The dough will be slightly sticky. Do not add extra flour.

Shape it into a ball .Apply oil and place it in a well oiled bowl. Cover it with cling film and let it rise.

Let the dough double in size.

Now gently punch down the dough .

Drain the liquid and add raisins. Keep the liquid aside. This can be used to apply on the dough after the second rise.

Gently knead the dough for a minute or two.

Divide the dough into 9 equal parts.

Shape them into balls . Each ball weigh around 53-55 gms.

Arrange it in a 9" square tin. Gently brush it with orange juice.

Keep it for second rise. Cover it with cling film. Meanwhile pre heat the oven with top and bottom coils on at 180 degree C.Now apply milk on the dough. Cover the dough with aluminium foil and bake for 12 mins . Now remove the aluminium foil . Apply milk with one tsp of sugar/ salted butter or egg wash it. Keep it back in the oven and bake for another 4-5 mins. The buns should sound hollow when done. Now transfer them to a wire rack and apply butter liberally.