@simplyzakira: 🐊 SRI LANKAN KIMBULA BANIS 🤎 Soft, fluffy and sugar-coated! A homemade version of the classic Sri Lankan bakery favourite. Perfect for tea time! ☕✨ 🧾 INGREDIENTS For the dough • 3½ cups flour • 3 tbsp sugar • 1½ tsp yeast • 1 tsp salt • 3 tbsp butter • 50 ml lukewarm milk • 100 ml lukewarm water (or as needed) For the sugar syrup • ¼ cup water • 2 tbsp sugar For topping • Sugar, as needed 👩🏻🍳 METHOD 1️⃣ Mix yeast and sugar with lukewarm water. Set aside to activate. 2️⃣ Boil 60 ml water with 2 tbsp sugar for 2 minutes. Cool completely. 3️⃣ Combine flour and salt. Add milk and activated yeast mixture. Knead into a dough. Add butter and knead until soft and elastic. 4️⃣ Cover and let the dough rest for 1 hour. 5️⃣ Divide into equal balls, lightly oil and rest for 10 minutes. 6️⃣ Roll each into a triangle and shape into the classic long kimbula banis. 7️⃣ Cover and rest for another 30 minutes. 8️⃣ Brush only the tops with sugar syrup and dip in sugar. 9️⃣ Bake at 180°C for approximately 15 minutes or until lightly golden. 🤎 Fresh from the oven, soft inside and sweet on top. Just like a Sri Lankan bakery favourite! #KimbulaBanis #SriLankanFood #SriLankanRecipes #CeylonFood #HomemadeBaking
