Pandan Coconut Bun

It's March already and I haven't been posting anything...lots have been happening, mostly lousy. 
My little niece Sym, passed away last month, she was only seven...it was a sad day for all of us especially for my sister and her family. No parent should go through the agony of seeing their kid go. 
As hard as the reality of life hits us, we must carry on...

The comfort from the Bible tremendously helped us through, a promise that our God Jehovah will one day resurrect our loved one and we really look forward to that promise.
You can learn more about this wonderful promise here or visit our website jw.org 

Ok let get cooking.  I made this wonderful Pandan Coconut Bun couple of days back and I must say it was really good. The greedy me wasn't satisfied with one.

Here's how I made it.

                                    

First you need to prepare the coconut filling.

For the filling
250 gm  freshly grated coconut
50 gm palm sugar
2 pandan leaves
40 ml water

Pinch of salt

Cut the palm sugar into chunks and place in pot with water and knotted pandan leaves. Bring to a boil then lower heat and add the grated coconut, mixing well. Keep stirring so the coconut doesn't burn and cook until almost dry and the coconut is moist. Transfer to a bowl and let cool.

The dough
A
300g bread flour
45g sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tbs milk powder
2 tsp instant yeast

B
1 egg
105ml water
60ml coconut milk
1/2 tbs pandan juice 
Few drops of green colouring - optional

C
20g butter

In a cake mixer, with a hook attachment, mix all the ingredients in A.
Add B and knead it to form a dough, roughly about 2 minutes. 

Now add C and continue kneading till the dough is smooth and elastic. I normally would hand knead the dough at this stage for a good 5 minutes.

Oil a big bowl and place the dough, covering with a tea towel. Let it prove for about an hour.
Punch the dough down gently and divide dough into 60g portion and roll into a balls and let it rest for 10 min. 

Flatten a dough ball and put about 1 tbs of  coconut filling and seal the seams tightly and place it in a baking tray.

Let the buns sit for another 45 min. Preheat oven to 200 deg cel. 
Egg wash the buns and sprinkle some desiccated coconut just before you place them in the oven.

Bake for 20 min. Remove the buns to a wire rack to cool.

Enjoy...jue