Pandan kaya buns

Recipe for pandan kaya buns

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In this blog post I will take you thru the steps and ingredients needed to craft this recipe. Grab your favorite apron and let's go.
Pandan kaya buns are a delightful Asian dessert that combines the fragrant flavors of pandan and creamy kaya. These soft and fluffy buns are filled with a sweet and rich pandan-coconut custard, making them a perfect treat for any time of the day. The recipe is simple to follow, and the buns can be enjoyed fresh out of the oven or stored for later indulgence.

Keywords: pandan, kaya, buns, Asian dessert, and coconut custard.

Pandan kaya buns details

Pandan kaya buns, recipe Rating: 4.2
Number of votes:91 INGREDIENTS:

Dough:

500g high protein flour, non-sifted

80g castor sugar

25g milk powder

11g instant yeast

6g bread improver (optional)

1/2tsp salt

30g butter/margarine

1 Grade C egg

100g coconut milk

pandan juice (blend 6-7 pandan leaves with 150g water, strain to obtain clear juice)

1/2 tsp pandan paste

Pandan kaya topping:

50g instant custard

6-7 pandan leaves

180g water

Desiccated coconut (optional)

METHOD:

1. To prepare pandan juice for bread dough, blend pandan leaves with water. Strain to obtain clear pandan juice. Use it for preparing the bread dough.

2. Refer to Step 1-3 of Basic Sweet Dough for the preparation of bread dough.

3. When finished with first rising (i.e. dough has passed the finger-tip test), punch the dough down. Divide bread dough into 30g portions. Form each portion into smooth ball and place on a greased baking tray . Cover the dough with a damp towel and leave for second rise for about 45 minutes or until twice the original size.

Prepare pandan juice according to method shown in Step 1.

To prepare pandan kaya topping, mix instant custard with the pandan juice prepared earlier. Use a hand whisk to whisk until the mixture is smooth.

Using a piping bag, pipe some pandan kaya topping on to each bun. Brush surfaces that do not have topping with egg wash. Optionally, you can sprinkle some desiccate coconut onto the buns

Bake in a preheated oven at 180-190 deg C for 25-30 minutes.

Leave to cool on a wire rack.