Ramadan Special Snacks: Fried Chicken Buns

Fried Chicken Buns consists of a spicy, saucy chicken filling encased in bread dough, covered in breadcrumbs and then deep fried until golden brown.

INGREDIENTS:
Makes 6-8 buns

For the dough:

• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp yeast (I used active instant yeast)
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tbsp oil
• 1/2 cup warm milk
• Warm water if needed

For breading:

• Breadcrumbs
• Milk

For the filling:

• 150 grams boneless chicken
  For marination:
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• Black pepper powder to taste
• 1 tbsp corn flour
• Salt to taste
  Other ingredients:
• 1 medium size onion
• 4 cloves garlic chopped
• 1/2 inch ginger chopped
• 1/4 cup sweet corn kernels
• 1 small capsicum
• 2-3 green chillies
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 tsp soya sauce
• 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• Coriander leaves/spring onion greens chopped
• Oil

DIRECTIONS:

To prepare the dough:
In a bowl add sugar, yeast and a little bit of warm milk. Mix well. Cover and let it foam by leaving it to rest for 5 mins.

In another bowl, add flour, salt and oil and mix well. Add the activated yeast mixture to the flour along with the rest of the milk.  Mix well with a wooden spoon.

Add warm water (I added 1/4 cup of warm water) if needed and knead well to a smooth, non-sticky dough.  Cover the dough with oil, cover it and let it rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours. It should get doubled in size.

To prepare the filling:

Cut the chicken into small cubes and marinate it with the above-mentioned ingredients.
Shallow fry the chicken in few tbsps of oil.  Take out the chicken and cut it into smaller pieces. Keep aside. 

In the same oil, add in onion, ginger and garlic. Sauté for few minutes on high heat.
Add the capsicum and green chillies. Sauté for few more minutes. Add the corn.
Add red chilli powder. Combine.

Pour the soya sauce. Mix well. Add tomato ketchup and sugar. Stir and cook for 2 minutes. Add the cooked chicken into this. Mix everything well.
Finally, add coriander leaves/ spring onion greens.

To assemble:

Once the dough has risen, punch it down and knead again.
Divide into 6-8 balls. Flatten each dough ball in your hand. Make it thin or else it will become too thick after frying.

Spoon the filling in the middle of the flattened dough. (Add a generous amount of filling, don’t reduce the quantity of the filling added).You can add cheese if you like at this point.
Seal the edges together and roll into a ball.  Dip it in milk and roll in breadcrumbs.
Deep fry in medium hot oil till the buns turn crisp and golden brown in colour.
Serve.

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