Sneha's Recipe: Bread Bakers

Keto Chinese Steamed Buns#BreadBakers

In: Almond Flour, Asian Cuisine, Bread Bakers

If you are on Keto and longing for Chinese steamed buns ,then these are for you which are not only gluten free, but pillow-soft, delicious and will go well with any Asian food. You can also make a sandwich with whatever filling you want.

These also freeze very well. If you want them sweet, then you can increase the sweetener in the batter. I enjoyed them as a savory sandwich and also make these to enjoy with gravy instead of rice. These do not have an egg taste or flavor. To cut that flavor, have added a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. Do try these they are soo..oo.. good!

Ingredients
½ Cup Almond Flour
⅛ Teaspoon Stevia powder
1 Teaspoon Baking powder
⅛ Teaspoon Salt
4 Large Eggs
1 Tablespoon Mayonnaise
1 Teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar
Method

Mix all dry ingredients together and mix well then add the eggs and mayonnaise mix till combined.

Place a 2 tablespoons of batter in each silicone mold and steam it for 10 minutes on high flame or on a water bath in the oven 180°C for 13 minutes.

Cool & unmold.

Slice and make sandwiches with the filling of your choice

or dunk them in any gravy.
My Notes

I used an aluminum cupcake tin and they didn't stick at all. I used steel plates to make large ones, but batter did stick to the bottom. Make them in silicon mold or place a greased parchment paper before adding the batter to the steel plates.

Labels: Egg, Almond Flour, Chinese, Steamed, Asian Cuisine, Breads, Bread Bakers, Keto, Low Carb

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We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.
This month’s theme is Steamed Breads.

Bao Buns from Passion Kneaded
Dessert Bao (Chocolate Steamed Buns) from A Messy Kitchen
Keto Chinese Steamed Buns from Sneha's Recipe
Paczki na Parze (Polish Steamed Donuts) from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Buns {Sheng Jian Bao) from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Steamed Cranberry Pecan Honey Bread from Food Lust People Love

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Gulachi Sanjyachya Polya With Whole Wheat Flour#BreadBakers

In: Bread Bakers, Breads, Breakfast

These are good for travelling stay's well for 2 -3 days. Festival sweet for Ganapati or Dassehra puja. This is a famous Maharastrian recipe.
1 Cup = 200 Ml
Ingredients
For Stuffing
1 Cup fine Semolina
1 Teaspoon Desi Ghee
¾ cup Grated Jaggery - I used organic Jaggery
A Pinch of Salt
1½ Cup Water
1 Teaspoon Cardamom Powder
For The Outer Covering
A Pinch of Salt
2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Tablespoon Oil
Water as required to make a dough

Method

In sauce pan add 1½ cup water on medium high flame let is come to a boil, add the jaggery and stir till it melts. Strain this mixture and then pour this into the same pan again. Bring this to a boil.

On medium low flame heat a pan add a teaspoon ghee and roast semolina till it starts to release an aroma, add a pinch of salt.

Pour the strained jaggery water and stir continuously till there are no lumps . Cover with lid and let it cook for 5 minutes or till the water gets absorbed in semolina(do not cook it too long or else the jaggery will harden and you will not be able to roll the polya). Switch off the flame. Add cardamom powder and stir nicely.

Cool and then knead this well till forms a soft ball and keep aside.

Divide into 6 equal round balls.
Let's make dough for the outer covering

Sift wheat flour in a large bowl. Heat a tablespoon of oil on medium high flame. Pour this hot oil into flour, with a spoon mix it well. Add little water at a time and knead dough to medium soft consistency. Keep this covered for 20 minutes. Then divide it into 6 equal balls.

Take one dough ball and flatten it with your finger to make small round dish. Fill a semolina ball in the center and cover it tightly to make ball.

Close all the edges and cover stuffing ball with the dough.
Dust this ball with some wheat flour, and lightly flatten it, roll it gently with rolling pin.

Keep turning the chapatti, so that it doesn't stick to the work surface. The hand should be light while rolling, if you use too much pressure it with start to break and the filling will ooze out while baking.

Here it's perfect.

Heat a griddle/ tawa, when it just warm, place the roti on it

Cook till golden spots are seen on one side and it starts to puff up.

Drizzle a teaspoon of desi ghee and flip it with a spatula and let it cook till golden brown.

Now drizzle a teaspoon or more of desi ghee, on and around it while it's baking. This will give nice ghee taste and flavor to Sanjyachi Poli.

Here it's perfectly baked, soft like cotton..lushlushit (लुसलूशीत) !!

Like wise make the rest of the Sanjyachya Ploya!!

Serve hot!!

We had with a hot cup of tea.
Labels: Maharastrian Cuisine, Jaggery, Wheat Flour, Fine Semolina, Sugar Free, Cardamom Powder, Stuffed Flatbreads, Breads, Breakfast, Sweets & Desserts, Festival Sweets, Bread Bakers

Butter Naan from Passion Kneaded
Cheese and Garlic Naan from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Gujarati-style Savory Pancakes from Food Lust People Love
Gulachi Sanjyachya Polya With Whole Wheat Flour from Sneha's Recipe
Instant Appam from A Messy Kitchen
Sourdough Khamiri Roti| from Zesty South Indian Kitchen
Litti Choka from Cook with Renu
Magical Avocado Paratha from A Day in the Life on the Farm

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Soft & Fluffy Sourdough Hamburger Buns#BreadBakers

In: Bread Bakers, Breads, Buns

These easy sourdough hamburger buns are light and fluffy, simple to make, they’re perfect to make the day before you want to use them. They are the ideal hamburger bun for a soups or burgers.
What I like about these buns
- You do not knead a food processor or kitchen aid to make the dough.
- They do not need a baking stone or Dutch oven for this, since the enriched dough will bake directly in a baking pan and it won’t require steam.

Makes 9 Buns
Ingredients
For Feeding The Sourdough Starter
25 Grams Sourdough Starter
50 Grams All Purpose Flour
50 Grams Water
For The Buns Dough
450 Grams All Purpose Flour
150 Grams Water
100 Grams Milk
20 Grams Fresh Yogurt - optional
25 Grams Granulated Sugar
10 Grams Pink Himalayan Salt
100 Grams Active Fed Sourdough Starter
55 Grams Salted Butter
Method
For Feeding The Sourdough Starter

Take 25 grams of leftover sourdough starter out of the fridge and feed it 50 grams all purpose flour and 50 grams of water. Stir the ingredients thoroughly to combine and mark the top of the starter with a rubber band.

Cover the starter loosely with a lid and let it rise at room temperature for 5-8 hours, or until it doubles in size.

Mixing The Dough

When your starter has doubled in size and it’s ready to use.

Add the following ingredients to a large mixing bowl, the water, milk, yogurt, sugar, salt, and sourdough starter. Stir the liquid ingredients together with a spoon or a dough whisk to break of up starter and to dissolve the salt and sugar.
Next, add all of the flour to the mixing bowl and stir the ingredients together until a rough dough forms. At this point, cover up the bowl with a kitchen towel or shower cap and let the dough rest for 30 to 45 minutes.
To prepare the butter to be added to the dough

Cut the butter into cubes and let it rest at room temperature so that it can soften.
After the 30 to 45 minutes rest, uncover the dough and add all of the softened butter cubes right on top of the dough. Squeeze the butter into the dough with your hands until it is thoroughly combined with the dough and the dough starts to hold together again. Cover the dough and let it rest for 30 to 45 minutes.
Stretch & Folds

Next, give the dough it’s first set of stretch and folds. Uncover the dough and grab an edge of the dough and stretch it upwards, then when the dough begins to resist, fold it over the top of the dough. Continue stretching and folding the edges of the dough about 10 - 12 times total, or until the dough starts to resist stretching and firm up. After that, cover the dough up again and let it rest for 30 to 45 minutes.

Give the dough a second set of stretch and folds. The dough should be smoother and hold together better than it did during this next set of stretch and folds. Cover the dough and let it rest for another 30 to 45 minutes. I have done 3 sets of stretch & folds after every 30 to 45 minutes.
Finally, give the dough one last set of stretch and folds and then flip the dough over so the smooth side is facing up and the seam side is facing down.
The First Rise (Bulk Fermentation)

Cover the dough with a layer of plastic wrap or shower cap (or close the bowl with an airtight lid) and then let the dough rise at room temperature, or for at least 8-12 hours , If you are staying in warm climate like Mumbai then dough rises in 3 to 4 hours. You want the dough to completely double in size, which can take more time than usual since this is a heavy, enriched dough.

The dough should be doubled in size and ready to shape.
Dividing & Shaping

Take the dough on a just lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into nine equal-sized pieces. If you want to use a scale to weigh the dough balls precisely, scale them to nine dough balls.
Shape them directly into individual balls. Stretch and fold each piece of dough into a ball, and then roll the dough into a tight ball on the surface of the kitchen counter with your hand in a circular motion.

Arrange the dough balls in a 9×13″ baking pan lined with parchment paper. When evenly spaced out, the dough balls should be close but not touching each other.

As the sourdough hamburger buns rise, they will touch and press into each other like pull-apart rolls.
Sourdough hamburger buns divided, shaped, ready to proof, kept them on the counter covered with an oiled cling wrap for 2 hours then refrigerated for overnight ( for 12 hours).

Here they are out from the refrigerator and kept for further proofing for another 2 hours or until they are almost completely doubled in size . They make take more time or less depending on the temperature in your kitchen.

Buns finally & fully proofed, ready to go into the preheated oven.

Brush them with egg or milk wash and bake in preheated oven at 200°C for 20 to 30 minutes. In my oven they got baked in exactly 20 minutes. Each oven temperature may differ so check accordingly.

Remove the baked rolls from the pan onto a cooling rack then brush them with butter or neutral oil. Let the the rolls cool for at least 30 minutes before serving for dinner.
My Notes

If you don’t want to make pull-apart hamburger buns, you can arrange them further apart on two sheet pans. This will prevent the buns from rising into each other and they will each be round and uniform after baking. Using a pastry brush, brush the buns with a tablespoon of melted butter or neutral oil. This will help keep the buns from drying out while they rise and it will stop them from sticking to the plastic wrap.

You want the buns to almost completely double in size during the final proof, so this might require an extra long proofing time. Hamburger buns that are proofed for less time tend to tear open on the sides/top during baking. Proofing them until they are very puffy, soft, and delicate will fix this issue.