Pree’s Fish buns ( Maalu paan)

This is a very popular triangle bun in Srilanka. It has an authentic taste with a mix of vegetables and fish. It has a very high nutritional value and can use as a replacement of your meals during your travel. It is yummy and affordable for your modern life style.

Ingredients: Dough

Flour : 1  kg
Butter : 125 g (room temperature)
Sugar : 4 tablespoons
1 cup of milk
Dry yeast : 12 g
Milk powder: 4 tablespoons
1 egg and butter for egg wash
Salt : 2 tablespoons

Ingredients : Filling

500 g of fish or 2 tinned fish
Leeks :  250g
Potatoes or sweet potatoes : 250g
Cabbage : 250g
Carrots : 250g
Onions : 200g
Chilies : 200g (optional )
Curry powder : 2 tablespoons
Pepper : 2 tablespoons or more
Salt : 2 tablespoons or more, 
Garlic (optional)
Curry leaves
1 lemon for the taste and grinded Cinnamon/nutmeg/cloves
Cooking oil : 3 tablespoons

Making dough:

• Take yeast and sugar mix it togetger with a little( microwaved) of warm milk
• Cover with a cellophane paper and put aside for 10 min in hot room temperature Or in oven heated 40°C till permeated.
•  Place the flour in your dough making bowl or normal bowl and put all ingredients and the yeast mix.
•  Knead it 10 minutes and make a soft nonstick ball. 
• Close the ball with a wet serviette and put in the 45°c heated oven for 1 and 1/2 hours till the mix doubled it size. 
• Now take the dough and knead it again 5 min and divide it  into 16 balls.

Making filling:  

While your dough is in the oven 1 and 1/2 hours you can make the filling.

• Cut all the vegetables into small pieces. Boil the potatoes or grate it like carrots 
• Heat the oil in a pan and put onions, chillies, chopped garlics and curry leaves spices in.
•  Fry till onions become transparent put all the other vegetables (without potatoes) and cook 5 min low flame.
• Add curry powder  and salt. 
• Then add small pieces of boiled fish or tinned fish and cook for another 5 min. 
• Add smashed potatoes and cook for 2 min. 
• Now this filling should be a non-stick paste. Add pepper off the flame and add lemon. 
•  Let it cool down while the dough is baking in the oven. 

Making buns:

     

• When the dough balls are ready put on a floured table flat with a pastry roller and make round pastry sheets.
• Like in pictures put the filling in middle and make it like the pictures. (Stick the edges with water) 
• Arrange the buns on a tray covered with baking paper, rub the egg wash on the buns and let it rest for 15 minutes.
• Bake them 20 minutes on 180°C. 
• When the buns are golden brown, take it out from oven and rub some butter on the buns with a brush to shine.