Put sugar into warm milk, then dissolve yeast and flour in it. Leave for two minutes until yeast is bubbling.
2
Put flour in a bigger bowl (take 2tbs of flour from it and leave it aside for later), add egg, salt and olive oil. Add milk mixture and start kneading. In order to make the medium-stiff dough add the flour from the side. Cover well kneaded dough (covered in little bit of flour) with a clean cotton cloth and leave it to double.
3
When doubled gently knead again adding some flour. Divide the dough into two parts (one 1/3 and the other 2/3).
4
Form a ball from smaller part, place a coin wrapped in aluminum foil inside it and put the dough in the center of the baking pan. Using rolling pin spread the rest of the dough (approx. 1cm thick) and using oval cup mold cut into round shapes. Place the round shapes around the central oval ball evenly.
5
Divide into two the rest of the dough and make two long sticks and make a braid from them. Place it slowly around the central dough to cover the space left in the baking pan.
6
Place bread in greased oval baking pan with some spread flour (pan sized 26-28cm). Cover and wait for 30min. Preheat the oven to 200C.
7
Use a soft brush to spread beaten egg white over surface area. Spray with sesame or flex seeds as you wish.
8
Put in the oven and bake for 25min on 200C and then lower to 180C and bake for another 20min (until golden brown).