Stuffed Buns, these spicy potato masala buns is a popular snacks in Iyengar bakery. This dish is made with a spicy potato masala which is stuffed inside yeasted dough and shaped into buns which is similar to veg puffs. These baked buns are so delicious when served on its own or with a cup of tea or coffee. Learn how to make stuffed buns with step by step pictures and video.
Masala Stuffed Buns
I made this last week and it was a huge hit in my family, everyone liked it so much. This buns will be great for a picnic, since it is less messy and basically it is very simple to make. In fact you could put any filling in this like this chicken buns.
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About Stuffed Buns
Buns are nothing but yeasted flour dough made with plain flour, yeast, sugar, butter is rolled into balls and baked. Buns or rolls is great as evening snacks with a cup of tea.
This stuffed potato buns are popular in Iyengar bakery. The buns has a spicy potato filling which taste so delicious. I added cooked carrots, cauliflower, green peas and potatoes in the filling.
The dough is made with wheat flour, all purpose flour, yeast, sugar, salt, warm water and butter. The dough is divided into small portions and stuffed with this filling and baked.
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Stuffed Buns Ingredients
For Dough - yeasted dough is made with wheat flour, refined flour, sugar, salt, dry yeast, butter. You can make the dough with plain flour alone.
Mixed Vegetables - you can use carrots, cauliflower, green peas and potatoes. I pressure cook vegetables and used for filling.
Onions & Tomatoes - use large onions and tomatoes. Cook that for few minutes till it is sauted.
Ginger & Garlic - equal portions of ginger, garlic is ground and used.
Spice Powders - I used chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder.
Tempering - fennel seeds is the spice which I used. You can add cumin seeds also.
Questions About Yeast?
One of the questions which I often get is Why my bread is not rising. Why my dough is not doubling up. Why my bread is dense.
How to Activate Yeast
- Take warm water in a bowl. Use Luke warm water. Dip your finger in the water and it should be very warm. Just like a warm bath water.
- sprinkle little sweetness like sugar, honey. Because yeast loves warm and sweet environment.
- now sprinkle yeast over it. I use dry yeast.
- leave aside for 5 mins to activate. The yeast mix should be bubbly and foamy. This means yeast is activated.
If your mixture doesn’t look foamy.
1)Then you must have added yeast to too hot water so the yeast has died.
2)You have used cold water so yeast didn’t activated.
3)Your yeast is expired. Always store yeast in freezer in an air right container.
How to Make Stuffed Buns (Stepwise Pictures)
Make Potato masala
1)Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add in fennel seeds, curry leaves and let them sizzle.
2)Add in chopped onions, green chillies. Saute onions till golden brown.
3)Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 minutes till raw smell leaves.
4)Add in tomatoes, salt and cook that till mushy.
5)Saute the tomatoes till mushy.
6)Add in chilli powder, turmeric, garam masala powder and mix well. Cook the spices for few seconds till raw smell leaves. Add in cooked vegetables and mix well.
Pro Tip: Take cauliflower, carrots, green peas and potatoes in a pressure cooker. Pressure cook for 2 whistle. Let the pressure release by itself. Set aside.
7)Mash the vegetables using a potato masher.
8)Cook till the mixture has dried completely. Add coriander leaves and mix well.
9)The potato masala is ready. Allow this to cool completely. Shape the potato masala into balls. Set aside.
Make Bun Dough
10)take warm water in a bowl. Add in sugar, dry yeast.
11)Sprinkle yeast over the warm water. Set aside for 5 minutes till the yeast gets foamy.
12)Add in plain flour, wheat flour into the yeast water.
13)Add in salt and mix well with the flour.
14)Now the dough is mixed. Add in soft butter and mix into the dough.
15)Knead the butter into the dough for 3 to 5minutes. Knead till the dough is soft.
16)Cover the dough with a cloth and let it rest for 1 hour till the dough is doubled in size.
Shaping Dough
17)Take the proofed dough into a silicon mat. Divide the dough into equal portions.
18)Take a portion of dough. Shape into small ball.
19)Flatten the dough into a disc. Place a spicy potato filling ball in.
20)Cover the dough into a ball.
Proofing buns
21)Place the buns in a baking tray. Cover with a cloth, let the buns rise for 30 minutes till it is doubled in size.
22)Brush the buns with milk or egg wash. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Baking Buns
23)Bake the buns in a 200 degree C preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove and set aside for few minutes.
24)Brush the melted butter over hot buns. Brush the butter generously.
25)Serve.
26)Serve warm.
Expert Tips
- You can use complete wheat flour instead of all purpose flour.
- You can make the filling and dough a day in advance and store in fridge. You can shape the buns next day and bake.
- Instead of using mixed veggies, you can use potatoes alone.
- Top shredded cheese over the filling and shape buns.
Serving & Storage
You can serve buns warm on its own or with some tomato ketchup.
Leftover buns can be stored in fridge and reheated in microwave or oven for few seconds.
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Stuffed Buns | Potato Masala Buns Recipe
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Cooking pot
- Baking Tray
- Oven or OTG
Ingredients
For Dough
- 1 cup Wheat Flour
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour | Maida
- 2 tsp Dry Yeast
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 cup Warm Water
For Filling
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 large Onion chopped finely
- 1 no Green Chillies chopped finely
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 large Tomato chopped finely
- 1 large Potato boiled and mashe
- ½ cup Green peas
- 1 no Carrot
- 1 cup Cauliflower
- 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala powder
- Salt to taste
- 3 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped finely
Instructions
- Let's make potato filling. First take veggies in a pressure cooker, cover with 1 cup of water. Pressure cook for 2 whistle. Let the steam release by itself. Set aside. In a frying pan heat oil, add in fennel seeds and curry leaves. let them sizzle. Add in onions, green chillies and mix well. Add in ginger garlic paste and cook till raw smell leaves. Add in tomatoes cook till mushy. Add in red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, salt and mix well. Add in cooked veggies and mash it using a potato masher. Add coriander leaves and mix well. Potato Filling is ready.
- Let's make the bun dough. Take warm water, sugar, yeast in a mixing bowl. Let the yeast activate for 5 mins. It will get foamy. Now add in wheat flour, plain flour, salt and mix well using a spoon. Add in soft butter and knead it well. Knead it for 5 minutes till the dough is smooth. Cover the dough with a cloth and let it rest for 1 hour till it doubles in size.
- Transfer the dough into a silicon mat or work surface. Divide the dough into 8 equal balls and set it aside. Take the dough ball and flatten it slightly, place the filling inside this and seal it from all edges. Make it into a round shape and place on a foil lined baking sheet. Make every dough like this and place it in a baking sheet leaving some space between them, because they will expand.
- Cover it with a cloth and let it rise for 30 to 45 minutes. If you want you could brush the buns with a beaten egg or milk. Sprinkle top with sesame seeds.
- Now place this in a 200 degree C preheated oven for 20 minutes till lightly golden on the top. Remove it from the oven and brush it with some butter and serve warm.
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Notes
- You can use complete wheat flour instead of all purpose flour.
- You can make the filling and dough a day in advance and store in fridge. You can shape the buns next day and bake.
- Instead of using mixed veggies, you can use potatoes alone.
- Top shredded cheese over the filling and shape buns.
Serving & Storage
You can serve buns warm on its own or with some tomato ketchup. Leftover buns can be stored in fridge and reheated in microwave or oven for few seconds.Nutrition
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Santosh Bangar
awsome perfect bkaing buns best to eat in breakfast
Santosh Bangar
awsome perfect bkaing buns best to eat in breakfast
Santosh Bangar
awsome perfect bkaing buns best to eat in breakfast
Santosh Bangar
awsome perfect bkaing buns best to eat in breakfast
Francesca_lasuafra
fantastic!
I think I'll make them as soon as this hot weather cools a little bit!
yummylittlecooks
Yum yum....the bun so fluffy and looks soft, delicious!
Cristina, from Buenos Aires to Paris
Woww!! I've always wanted to learn how to make these buns!! Excellent recipe..You present the step by step VERY well !
harini-jaya
love these buns!
Salome
Amazing! It looks soft and spicy...
julie
lovely masala buns..looks yum yum..bookmarked !!
Vimitha Anand
Would make a great evening snack... Perfectly done buns...
Mélange !
Wow..terrific and tempting.Perfect snack.filling.
Priya
Buns looks super fabulous,filling and satisfying..
Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets
I've only really eaten Chinese buns before but this idea is fantastic! I'm definitely hoping to try it sometime.
The Slow Roasted Italian
This dish looks incredible, and a great change to work with spices I do not use that often.
Thanks for sharing!
SavithaRaj's Spice Land
Very good presentation and yummy buns.
Mugdha
woow its my fav...love it....awesome recipe..:)
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
wow, they look perfect !!!
StephenC
I'm going to make a version of this using super soft supermarket rolls from which I will pluck out a pocket for the filling. My filling will be chorizo and cheese and onion I think. You've given me a wonderful inspiration. In case you are wondering, I don't bake. And I especially don't bake in the summertime.
Krishnaveni
wow, that looks so cute and yummy
Pavani
ohh... yummy.. those are perfectly done masala buns. They look yummy.
Divya Vikram
Buns look spicy and delicious with the stuffing.
PJ
That's so delicious. And not to mention a neat way to make kids eat veggies.
Belinda @zomppa
I want I want!! These buns are perfectly done (and adorable, too). A big hit for sure.
Suma Gandlur
Very delicious one. This has been on my to do list from a long time. 🙂
vaishali sabnani
wow..super soft buns ..really good n so tempting..n now i feel like baking them..thnx for the inspiration aarti!
sonu
buns look simply gorgeous and delicious !
Rumana Rawat
Delicious buns:)
Sharmilee! :)
Wow perfectly done....looks very tempting
lacasitadeazucar
¡Delicious!
Faith
These buns are really beautiful! So delicious with that flavorful filling!
RAKS KITCHEN
I too do similarly.. love it
jeyashrisuresh
perfectly made buns and loved the stuffing
LA COCINERA DE BETULO
Unos panecillos con un buen relleno y las especias que me gustan.
Besos.
jayasree
Delicious buns. That stuffing makes it truly irresistable
rekhas kitchen
Buns came out so well soft and perfect .
Srivalli
Awesome Aarthi..appreciate your efforts to take step by step recipes..
Degchi
Buns looks perfect! perfect!!. Nice post.
fxs
What temperature do you bake the buns at, and for how long? Thanks for sharing.
fxsunny
What temperature do you bake these buns at? And, for how long? Thanks for sharing.
Aarthi
@fxs...I have written that in the recipe itself..
Bake it at 220° C(450° F) for 15-20 mins untill the buns turn light golden..
uma shankar
Super tempting buns will surely try
Priety Maheshwari
hey aarthi.i hve kept yeast mixture to rise up but it is almost one hour it is nt getting frothy..plz reply..I hve used active dry yeast.......
Anonymous
my yeast mixture dint got frothy even after one hour. .wht to do....reply asap
Aarthi
@Priety MaheshwariIt is because of three reason.
1)You must have added yeast to cold water. It wont get activated in cold water.
2)You must have added yeast to very hot water, so it must have killed yeast.
3)Your yeast must be expired. Always store yeast in fridge. Throw the yeast away and get a new batch.
Pavithra
Can I use your whole wheat pizza dough recipe for the buns?
Aarthi
@PavithraYes u can use whole wheat pizza dough, but it wont be that soft, but taste great
abinaya
Hi aarthi,can we use borosil glass to bake bins.I don't have baking tray
Aarthi
@abinayayes u can use
abinaya
Same temperature we should use.
Aarthi
@abinayayes
neha saxena
Hi, how can i make these in a microwave? I have convection model
Aarthi
@neha saxenaUse same temp and time to bake. First preheat and the backe
Anonymous
Can you please a good brand of yeast...it never becomes frothy though i follow the instructions.
Anonymous
Please suggest a good brand of yeast. ..it never becomes frothy though i follow the instructions
Aarthi
@AnonymousWill soon start to sell the yeast which i use in my online shop, will share it then
pankhuri gupta
Preheated means plz briefly explained it
Aarthi
@pankhuri guptacheck this post
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/06/how-to-preheat-oven-for-baking-how-to.html
Mathu
I am having microwave oven. I can't use aluminum foil right?
Aarthi
@Mathuif u have convection mode you can use foil else you cannot
Shaheen
Hi arthi
Superb love all ur recipes
Pls tell me can I use your yeast free dough recipe for the same.
And pls post some yeast free recipes though I live them but can't have as I am allergen to yeast so pls pls do post some yeast free recipes.
God bless u
Aarthi
@Shaheenyes u can use
Ananta
Can we use milk instead of water like pav for yeast?
Aarthi
@Anantayes u can
Anonymous
love your recipes..can i apply egg wash instead of milk??
Aarthi
yes u can
Nandini
I keep trying all your recipes and they turn out really really well. Latest is Masala Buns, even as I am writing to you, I have batch baking and they smell heavenly. Thanks a ton. One small query, will they stay for 24 hours at room temperature. I stay in Chennai.