Sweet Sesame Buns

Name: Sweet Sesame Buns (Nan-e Komaj-e Hamadani)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 10 buns
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: ¼ cup/60 g tahini paste or oil; 1 envelope or 2¼ teaspoons/7 g active dry yeast; 1¼ cups/300 ml warm milk (100°F/38°C); ¾ cup/150 g sugar; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon turmeric or ¼ teaspoon ground saffron threads; 2 tablespoons rose water; ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 6 cups/720 g unbleached all-purpose flour plus ¼ cup/30 g for dusting; 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 teaspoon milk until smooth; 2 tablespoons sesame

Nan-e Komaj-e Hamadani

Preparation info

Makes
10
buns

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Cooking in Iran

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

About

In Hamadan, these buns are usually served with one of their popular spreads: angosht pich or halva zardeh.

Ingredients

Dough

1 envelope or 2¼ teaspoons/7 g active dry yeast
1¼

Asia
Iran
Hamadan
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

For the dough: In the bowl of an electric mixer, dissolve the dry yeast in the warm milk. Add the sugar and allow to rest for 10 minutes undisturbed.
Add the egg, tahini paste, and rose water, and mix until creamy.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and turmeric. Gradually add the flour mixture, one cup at a time, to the yeast mixtur