A must-have pumpkin pancake for New Year’s Eve dinner
Overview
The Chinese New Year should be celebrated with both prosperity and gold! Make a golden pumpkin pancake, which is not only delicious, but also brings good luck, allowing the whole family to celebrate the Chinese New Year happily!
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Ingredients
Steps
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Prepare an appropriate amount of pumpkin, cut it into sections, peel and wash it, and steam it in a pot. If you can easily penetrate the pumpkin with chopsticks, it is ready to be steamed. Pour off the excess pumpkin soup in the bowl, mash the pumpkin into a puree while it's hot, and let it sit until it's warm.
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You need 150 grams of glutinous rice flour. I used 80 grams of cornstarch this time, but I found it a bit dry. After communicating with a cooking friend, I found that 40 grams of corn starch is also used, so I recommend 60 grams for this amount. Use 40 grams of white sugar, this amount is suitable for sweetness. If the elderly at home have diabetes or are not suitable for eating sweets, use xylitol instead.
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Add 200-220 grams of pumpkin filling. There is no fixed amount written in this flower. Because pumpkin contains a lot of water, the amount used for kneading the dough will be a little different each time. You can control it yourself. It is recommended that the dough be made slightly harder so it is more malleable and not too sticky.
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Stir slowly with chopsticks. When the flour is all lumpy, start kneading the dough. At the same time, prepare some fillings. Hua'er has used bean paste filling and peanut butter. If it is for the elderly, it will be delicious if there is less filling in the middle (adding osmanthus sugar is especially sweet) or no filling.
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After the dough is kneaded, divide it equally into small doughs of about 25 grams. This does not require fermentation. Once the dough is made, you can make pumpkin pie immediately. Isn’t it very simple?
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If you want to make a lifelike little pumpkin, you only need a toothpick. Knead the dough with your hands and wrap an appropriate amount of filling. After completely wrapping the filling, roll it into a small ball shape and flatten it with your hands.
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Use a toothpick to make 3 marks on the surface of the pumpkin cake. The marks should be deeper, otherwise they will be blurred when steamed.
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After the front is pressed, start squeezing in along the indentation on the side, and then rub it with your hands.
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Finally, make a melon handle on top. You can use wolfberry, lemon peel, or raisins.
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After all the pumpkin pancakes are done, put them in the basket. What should be noted here is: do not use gauze as the bottom, it is best to use oil cloth or oil paper. Glutinous rice is sticky after steaming. Ordinary gauze will stick to the bottom of the pumpkin cake, making it difficult to remove.
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Steam in cold water for 8 minutes. That's right, it's cold water and it only takes 8 minutes. The golden pumpkin pie is ready!
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This amount can make about 20 pumpkin pancakes, which is just right for a family to eat.
