To make the boil, whisk the flour and milk together in a saucepan until lump-free. It is then heated on medium heat until it reaches a pudding-like consistency and then set aside to cool.
To make the main dough, place the milk, yeast and honey in a large bowl. Stir in the yeast with a spoon until dissolved. Now add flour, salt, yogurt, butter, egg and the cooking piece. The dough is kneaded by hand or with a food processor for at least 10 minutes until it becomes velvety soft.
After kneading, the dough is rounded, that is, to create a surface tension, the edges of the dough are folded towards the center. Then the dough is placed on the folded side and pushed with both hands across the tabletop in a circular motion. The goal is for the dough surface to become smooth.
The bowl and the dough are both oiled, the dough goes into the bowl, is covered and placed in a warm place for about 1 to 2 hours until the dough has doubled in size.
When the dough has doubled, it is divided into 100g portions with the help of a dough card.
The dough pieces are rounded and placed on a baking sheet with baking paper and lightly flattened. The rolls are covered again and placed in a warm place until further processing.
In the meantime, the lye is prepared.
Cold water, baking soda and salt are placed in a large pot. The pot is heated on high until the lye boils.
Since we are mixing the lye cold it will not foam either!
Then the stove is reduced to medium heat that it continues to simmer.
The oven is preheated to 180 degrees top/bottom heat.
The dough pieces are now placed upside down in the lye with a ladle/spoon, for about 30 seconds per side. Use the ladle to press the dough pieces down until they are covered by the lye.
Lift out the lye rolls with the ladle and drain well. Place on the baking sheet with the round facing up. Do the same with the other lye rolls.
Before baking, sprinkle them with sesame seeds and black cumin. Bake for about 25 minutes until the desired brownness is reached.