Fish Buns

Fish buns are very popular bakery food in Sri Lanka. It can be used as a meal or  a snack. This easy recipe will gives you  a delicious experience to your tea time.

Ingredients :

For The Bun

Wheat flour 500g

Sugar 100g

Margarine 50g

Salt - 1 Tsp

Yeast - 1 Tsp

Milk Powder - 35g

Egg -1

For the Filling

Fish  or Canned fish - 250g

Boiled Potatoes - 250g

Chopped Onion -1

Chili Flakes  -1/2 Tsp

Pepper  - 1tsp

Salt - 1Tsp

Cloves, Cardamom, Cinnamon  powder-  1/4 Tsp from each

Turmeric Powder 1/2 Tsp

Ginger and garlic paste - 1 Tbsp

Lime juice - 1tsp

Green chili 

Oil

Curry Leaves

Method :

The dough

Take 3 tbsp of luke warm water and add sugar and yeast.Mix it well and keep to bloom for 10 minutes. Mix the salt to the flour . Add margarine and mix well.Make a whole in the flour mixture and pour the bloomed yeast and mix well.Add the milk powder and the egg.Add the 1/2 cup of cool water gradually and mix the dough well.In order to kneed the dough spread some floor on a flat surface . Kneed the dough slowly for 10 -12 minutes until it becomes a soft, stretchable dough.Cut the dough into pieces which are weight for 65g- 70g. Make the balls and  cover it by a damp cloth.keep for 30 minutes until it become double in size.

The Filling

Heat a pan and add some oil  . Add chopped onions,curry leaves, cardamom, cloves,cinnamon, ginger and garlic paste. Fry for 2 minutes . Add chili flakes and turmeric powder and mix well.

Smash the boiled potatoes and boiled fish or canned fish. Mix salt, pepper and chopped green chilies. Finally add fish and potato mixture to the pan  and combine all the ingredients well. Add lime juice after taking out from the stove.

The bun

Take the each dough ball and roll it using a rolling pin.Put a part of the filling on the middle and fold it to make triangular shape.Place the fish bun on the greeced baking tray and keep for another 30 minutes to become double in size. Cover the tray with a lunch sheet.

Pre heat the oven. Egg wash on top of the buns after it become double in size.Bake the buns at 200C -210C for 15-20 minutes. After it is baked apply some butter and serve.