Recipe - Make Your Weekend Special With Mangalore Buns

Buns is a popular breakfast and tea time snack in Udupi-Mangalore region. Buns are sweet, soft fluffy puris made using banana. Usually, served with a spicy coconut chutney and sambar, but they also taste great without any accompaniment. They're amazingly flavourful & delicious.

They're super soft, super fluffy and is amazingly delicious with a hint of sweetness from bananas used. I obviously love them extra sweet.

Ingredients

1 Ripe banana medium sized
1 & ½ cup Maida/ all purpose flour plus more as needed
2 tbsp Curd/ plain yogurt
1/4 tsp cooking soda
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp Salt
Oil to deep fry

Method

* First mash the banana. I used some over ripen banana I had. Use a whisk to mash it.

* Add curd, cooking soda, sugar, salt, cumin seeds to it. Mix well

* Top it with maida and knead to smooth dough. No water Add enough flour as needed. I used my bread machine to knead, but you can do with hands.

* Oil the surface of the dough. Keep aside for 8 hours or over night.

* After fermentation, grease your hands or sprinkle some flour. give it a knead again, Divide into equal sized balls.

* Dust well and roll out to thick puri.

* Heat oil and deep fry the puris. Once you slide to hot oil, put the flame to medium.

* Keep it immersed by gently using the ladle. This way it puffs up and rises up.

* Flip and cook the same way to perfect puffing. Drain in paper towels and repeat to finish all banana poori.