Today I've come with Srilankan special sweet bun "Kombu Bun"
I'll show step by step how to make it
Take a dish and add dry yeast 10 grams or 2 Tsp
Add 1 Tsp or 5 grams of sugar
Add 1/4 cup or 60 ML of lukewarm water water
Now mix well
Don't add cold or hot water because the yeast needs to be activated
keep for 6 minutes so the yeast can activate
Take a dish and add all-purpose flour/wheat flour 500 grams or 3 cups + 1/8 cup
Add salt 1 Tsp or 7 grams
add sugar 60 grams or 1/4 cup + 1 Tsp
Mix the dry ingredients
After mixing the dry ingredients add the mixed yeast(activated well)
Add margarine 75 grams or 1/3 cup
Add a medium egg or 30 grams(beaten)
Now mix well
After mixing it
Add lukewarm water 1 cup or 250 ML little by little and mix it
I got 125 ML or 1/2 cup remaining in 250 ML of water, so 1/2 cup is enough now mix well
Clean the countertop and knead the dough
Here I've cleaned my countertop now we will knead
At least mix and knead for 10 minutes, stretch and knead well
Don't knead too much or much lesser just knead it for ten minutes then only the bun will be soft and if you knead too much the bun won't be soft enough
Now I'm kneading it for 5 minutes
I've kneaded it for 10 minutes now
After kneading like this, take a bowl and apply margarine put the dough inside it
Apply margarine on top of the dough
Now wrap it with plastic wrap and,
leave it for 40 minutes
After leaving it for 40 minutes
After 40 minutes it has rise if the time I said wasn't enough for you you can keep it further
Just press and release the air out of it
Here it is nice and soft
Now make round balls
After making round balls like this place them on a tray
Press tightly and make the balls
Here I've made round balls and placed them in the tray
I've got 10 balls of dough, again cover and keep it for 30 minutes
To make syrup for this add sugar 60 grams or 1/4 cup + 1 Tsp
Add water 1/2 cup or 125 ML
Bring the heat to high flame and boil it for 10 minutes minimum
After 5 minutes of boiling, it needs to get even thicker
The reason for making this sugar syrup is we need to add sugar on top of the buns so the sugar needs to stick so we are making this syrup
After 10 minutes in high flame, now turn off the stove
Here the color has changed slightly and it is not much thicker or watery in a medium consistency
Just check using your hand
lightly it is in a sticky consistency
Now transfer to a separate bowl
Now we will let it rest, after 30 minutes the buns have rise double in size
If the time I said wasn't enough keep it further
Here
It has risen well
Already I've cleaned the countertop, now keep it and press and roll it in round shape using a rolling pin
Here I've rolled like this
After rolling like this cut it in a triangle shape
After cutting like this, roll it from the top like this
Here like this
Take a tray and keep a parchment on it
Now cut this also in a triangle shape
Cut and roll it from top
Here like this
If you want it bigger add two dough balls together and roll it like this
Cut like this and, roll from top tightly
Here it is, big or small you can make it as your wish
I've rolled all of them like this and some of them are small in size and big in size
I got 23 buns in total
I've kept it in another tray also, after rolling them like this
Cover with a kitchen towel and keep it for 20 minutes to proof well
After keeping for 20 minutes
It has doubled in size, now brush it on top of it with boiled syrup
If you want you can brush it fully or on top only
Here I've brushed all of them with sugar syrup, after that
Take stones like sugar(big size) and coat it fully but it will get burned under it so coat it on top
But if you want you can coat fully, but I'm coating on top only
Like this
Like this, I'm going to coat all of them, here it is friends I've coated all of the buns
have done the remaining ones too, now we will bake it
What I did was I've preheated the oven at 390 degrees Fahrenheit
Now we will keep it inside and bake it for 20 minutes, I'm going to keep it in the middle rack and at the bottom rack
Bake for 20 minutes
I have baked at 390 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes and it has baked well
After baking keep them in one tray
Cover with a kitchen towel and leave it for 15 minutes like this to cool
After 15 minutes, it has come out perfectly
Done baking!