Dilkush | Malar's Kitchen

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Coconut Bun, Dilkush, how to make coconut bun, how to make dilkush, Indian style coconut bun, Iyengar Bakery style Dilkush

Coconut bun is one of my childhood favorite. I used to have at least one piece everyday from bakery 😉 I somehow stopped it in between and found it back in my Bangalore days at Iyengar bakery. Widely called as Dilkush, made with coconut and tutty fruti. Aww how much I used to love them. Now that in US , I have the oven to bake it..why not give it a try. Yep it turned out super awesome… It is a bit long process, but worth every second of it 🙂 I have just added coconut , nuts and raisins. Dilkush is made with tuti fruti. I did not have them in stock, so haven’t added them. Here is the recipe…

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour : 1 cup + 2 tablespoons + extra to dust

All Purpose Flour : 1 cup

Sugar : 3 tablespoons

Salt : 1/4 teaspoon

Water : 1/4 cup

Milk : 1/2 cup

Butter : 1 tablespoon

Yeast : 1 1/4 teaspoon

Filling:

Coconut : 3/4 cup

Cashew+almonds+ raisins : 1/2 cup ( In case tutti fruti is used reduce cashew and almonds, avoid sugar)

Cardamom Powder : a pinch

Jaggery/Sugar : 1 tablespoon( I used jaggery)

Ghee/Oil : 1 tablespoon

Method:

Take lukewarm water, add 1 teaspoon sugar. Mix yeast and set aside for 10 mins.
Yeast would froth in 10 mins.
Warm up milk before kneading dough.
Mix whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, salt, sugar. Sieve it in a medium bowl.
Now mix the yeast and milk with the sieved flour.
Now knead the dough for 10 mins.
In a medium bowl, oil the base and sides, keep the dough and oil the top portion.
Cover with a wet towel and place it in a warm place. For me fridge top is the best place to get this done.
Leave it for an hour.
Now get the filling ready. Heat a pan with either oil or ghee. When hot add chopped cashews, almonds. When it turns slight golden color, add raisins. Let it pop.
Now stop heat and add grated coconut and saute in the remaining heat.
In case you are adding tutti fruti add it as well.
Add jaggery or sugar mix well. Filling is ready.
Place a parchment paper over the baking tray, spray with cooking oil and get it ready.
After an hour, the dough would double in size. Now punch out the dough. Knead for another 2 to 3 mins.
Cut the dough to 2 pieces. Take one piece and make a flat base just like pizza base.
Base would be thick enough around a size of 8 inches.
Now on top, place the filling. Leave 1/2 cm on the edges. Place this base in the baking tray.
With the other portion of dough, flatten similar to the base.
Cover it over the base with filling. Pinch the edges. Take a fork and club the edges of both base and top.
Cover this as well and set it for 30 mins in a warm place.
Have 1 tablespoon of milk and a bit of sugar mixed and ready.
Preheat oven to 400F. Before baking, just brush this milk and sugar mix over the top.
Bake for 20 to 25 mins. Mine took 25 mins.
Cool it, cut and serve 🙂