South canara delicacy- BUNS

Substituting Maida (All purpose flour) with wheat flour in the preparation of Indian breads/rotis, and sugar with jaggery is a current trend of a healthy diet. Remarkable differences in the content of both the flours dominates the use of one with the other.

Maida is nothing but the starchy inner part of the wheat devoid of fibers. The processed form of wheat is bleached chemically to get commercially available MAIDA. The chemical Alloxan or in simple terms analogue of toxic glucose is used to soften the flour. This has been a breakthrough research area and has found to be involved in destroying insulin producing beta-cells in pancreas leading to diabetes! Get alert and switch on to whole grain wheat flour to avoid adversities.

Jaggery replacing sugar is not very much a difference for the diabetics as the calories and glycemic values are almost the same. But, the complexity of jaggery is so high that it gets released in the blood a little slower compared to sugar. Happy news for those who are willing to lose weight! The potassium content in jaggery helps in reducing weight by increasing body's metabolism by involving in maintaining electrolyte balance. Thus brings down water retention and goals up to building muscle.

 Have you heard of South Canara delicacy- BUNS? Let us start with its prep. twisting the taste with the healthy flour and replacing sugar with jaggery.

Recipe Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour : 3 cups
Ripe banana           : 1
Jaggery                  : 1 cup
Jeera                      : 1 table spoon
Curds                    : 5 table spoon
Salt                        : 1/2 tea spoon
A pinch of sugar and baking soda for the appearance! :P
Olive oil for deep fry.

Recipe:

1). Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl and prepare a 

dough using required amount of water. 

The dough should be a little sticky (like if u throw dis dough on to a wall, it must stick der first and den slowly detach. lol)

Allow the dough to ferment overnight placing it in a container (not air-tight)

 2). Grease your hands with a little olive oil and press it on a non-sticky polymer (poly bag).
 Press it to a thickness of 0.5cm.

 

 3). Deep fry till golden brown.
Serve hot as such; or with sagu that you make for puri; or with desired Chutney.

With the healthy twist of using wheat flour and jaggery in place of maida and sugar, this S.Canara delicacy will definitely make it flavorsome!

Feast-o-meal,
Divya