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Their is no comparison when you can get preservative free homemade burger buns to make your favorite burgers. You would love to have soft and fluffy fresh baked buns.

It’s been a long time when we have gone out to have burgers. So finally decided to take out my baking equipment’s and bake some fresh and healthy buns.

INGREDIENTS

• 260gms whole wheat flour
• 100 gms all purpose flour
• Half tsp – instant yeast
• Salt 1 tsp
• Sugar 1 tsp
• 1 Tbsp Butter/ olive oil
• Water+ Milk 300 ml or as per flour absorption
• One tbsp Sourdough starter discard(optional)
• Milk for brushing
• Sesame seeds for sprinkling on top

PROCESS

• Add sugar in luke warm water + milk (70 ml) in a glass bowl or cup and then add yeast and mix gently. (Check temperature of water by putting your pinky finger, if your are able to resist heat for sometime it’s good to go)

• Cover it and keep it in warm place for 12-15 minutes to activate the yeast
• Check if get good bubbles in yeast water, as shown in picture

• If you can’t see bubbles rise then discard and start again

• Shift Flour, salt, sourdough discard in a separate bowl and start adding activated yeast slowly, don’t add liquid in one go

• Keep mixing the flour with liquid until it combines properly
• Dough should be sticky, if it feels dry add more liquid

KNEADING

• Clean your kitchen counter properly and remove unwanted items
• Now dust your kitchen counter with some flour or some butter
• Take out dough on kitchen counter and start kneading it
• You need to knead in stretch and fold method as shown in video

• Keep kneading for at least 10-15 minutes or until dough get easy to handle
• Add butter while kneading in parts as the dough starts coming together, it helps in kneading
• To check when your dough is ready press one finger & it should bounce back slowly, or do the window panel test(Mentioned)

• Take a small ball of dough and stretch it in front of window, dough should stretch easily and light can be visible
• Now tuck in the dough and keep it in well greased Bowl

• Cover it properly with cling film or wet towel.
• Keep the bowl in warm place for first rise at-least 45 minutes or until it doubles

• Take out the dough an punch it out, knead again for few minutes

SHAPING

• Take a square or rectangular baking pan, lined with parchment paper
• Take the punched dough and divide it into 100 gm or 150gms balls( as per the size you want to make).

• Apply some oil/butter on hand if your dough is sticky, knead each ball a little and start cupping it in tight ball with help of your palm and fingers
• Placed the well tucked ball in baking trays with some gap in between. ( If you have steel rings for baking burger you can use it, I have done with hand)
• Brush with milk and sprinkle sesame seeds.
• Keep it for 25-30 minutes minimum covered with cloth for second rise

BAKING

• Pre-heat oven at 180°c
• Brush the buns again with milk.
• Placed the baking tray on rack and bake it for 20-25 minutes. Or until you get a golden top( if you are not getting golden top after 22 minutes, take out the pan and brush again with milk and bake for few more minutes)
• Take our pan and remove buns from it and keep it for cooling on rack. ( It will be hard at this time)
• Let it cool completely, once it cool down pav becomes soft.
• Enjoy burger buns with aloo or paneer Patties and veggies.

Do you remember the first time you touched clay when your were kid. Yes the feeling of freedom to make anything and give your best to create something new. It gives wings to your imagination and calms you.

Pottery is one of the most creative activity your kid would love to experience. Kids are full of imagination and energy, pottery gives them the platform for using it in right direction.

Adya love to play with clay and the first time she experience pottery in Tugbug play center, she was so excited. She loved the messy play and enjoy every bit of it. We noticed how this activity is really good and helpful for kids development.

So why to choose Pottery?

Benefits of pottery for kids-

Imagination & Self esteem

Kids are full of imagination, they can imagine what you have never thought of. Pottery is way by which they can express and give shape to their imagination. When they can create something with their hands it gives them confidence and open more doors to their imagination and creativity.

Sensory and motor skills development

Pottery class can help in sensory and motor skills development in many ways. They use their arms and hand muscles for molding the clay and making different shapes. In a way they are learning the usefulness of their hands. They are working on fine motor skills development by using hand eye co-ordination and trying to balance with the moving wheel.

This whole development will help them in their school and home also. They will learn to write properly and concentrate.

Calming effect

Pottery involves playing with clay and it gives the most calming effect. You can notice how kids engage themselves in clay molding. Even the hyperactive kids enjoy clay and focus on building something new with their imagination. The soothing qualities of clay keeps them engage for long time.

Problem Solving & Challenging themselves

Pottery involves creating three dimensional art work, so it requires child understand spatial awareness. They need to understand their surrounding and objects, their shape and forms.

This helps in creating art and to understand their surrounding. They learn to question themselves and finding answer. How to shape the doll? It should be round ? How big it should be? How much clay and water I need to add? How to make her stand?

They keep on questioning themselves and try to figure out. It helps in solving problems, challenging themselves and learning from their mistakes.

Pottery is one of the best activities for kids,let them enjoy the messy play. They will suprise you with their imagination and creativity.