Buns

These are not the buns you get in the bakery. These are special sweet and deep fried Mangalore Buns :) My childhood memories are still alive. I remember the ‘Raya Hotel’ two blocks away from my Grandpa’s house. Though my Grandma cooked goodies for us, I still wanted to eat buns and podi (another deep fried snack) from this Raya Hotel :)

Ingredients :

2 cups of wheat flour (approximate)

1 Big ripe banana 1 tablespoon curd (not very sour)

2 tablespoon jaggery (brown sugar can be a good substitute)

Very little salt so that it doesn’t overwhelm the sweetness.

½ teaspoon eating soda

Method :

Peel and mash the banana into a smooth pulp. Add curds, jaggery and salt mix well. Add the soda and the flour to the banana-curd mixture. Add flour little by little till you get a thick dough consistency. Do not knead the dough.

Keep the dough in a big box, so that the dough as enough space to ferment and expand, and close the lid tightly. Keep it overnight or around 12 hrs.

Make small balls out of this dough and roll it a bit to flatten them into small, thick circles. Do not roll them very thin or do not use too much of force. Doing this will take away all the fluffiness from the dough. Deep fry in a shallow pan until golden brown. Serve hot.

These are good as evening snacks. Usually this is served with coconut chutney. But, I like it with no chutney.