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Komaj (Persian bread)

May-24-2017
Mayuri Patel
180 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
8 People
Serves
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ABOUT Komaj (Persian bread) RECIPE

Komaj is a Persian sweet and savoury bread. The main ingredients that are added to make this special bread is turmeric, cumin, dates and cardamom

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • Pan Asian
  • Baking
  • Snacks
  • Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 8

  1. 3¾ cup plain flour (all purpose flour or bread flour)
  2. ¼ cup sugar
  3. ⅔ -1 cup warm milk
  4. 2½ tsp roasted and lightly crushed cumin seeds (jeera)
  5. 1 tsp instant active dry yeast
  6. ½ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
  7. ½ -¾ tsp salt
  8. 1 egg (optional)
  9. 1½ tbsp olive oil
  10. For Filling:
  11. 12 -15 dried dates pitted and cut into chunks
  12. 25 g soft butter ( about 1½ tbsp)
  13. 1 tsp cardamom powder
  14. milk or fresh cream for brushing on top
  15. icing sugar for dusting (optional)
  16. extra oil for greasing

Instructions

  1. Mix flour, sugar, salt, 2 tsp of coarsely crushed cumin, turmeric powder and yeast.
  2. Lightly whip the egg, add milk and oil to it. Mix it. Add the egg mixture to the flour and form a dough.
  3. Dust the worktop lightly with flour. Knead the dough till it is smooth and pliable. This will take about 10 minutes.
  4. Lightly grease a bowl. Form the dough into a ball. Lightly grease it and place it in the bowl. Cover, place the bowl in a warm place and let the dough rise till it is double in size for about 1½ hour.
  5. Gently knead the dough remove the air and form into a ball again. Place it in the bowl again, cover and let it rise again till it is double in size for about one hour.
  6. In the meantime, prepare the filling by mixing the dates, butter and cardamom powder.
  7. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  8. After the second rise, gently knead the dough. Divide the dough into 10 or 16 parts.
  9. Roll one part into a strip about ¼ inch thick. With your cutter, make a mark on the rolled dough so that acts an indicator as to where to place the filling.
  10. Place about ½ tsp of the filling and cover with the other part of the rolled dough. Cut with a cutter (round, square, heart shaped etc).
  11. Place the bun on a greased baking tray. Repeat with the remaining dough.Use the left over dough also.
  12. Brush the top of the buns with milk or cream. Sprinkle the remaining crushed cumin seeds on top.
  13. Bake the buns for 10-15 minutes. or until golden brown.
  14. Remove from the tray and place on a wire rack to cool. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top while it is still warm.

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Shalini Digvijay
Jun-07-2017
Shalini Digvijay   Jun-07-2017

Looks good. I'll be happy to try this one . Congrats on the win.

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