【Jiangsu】Make steamed buns cute - Pooh bean paste steamed buns

Overview

When I was a kid, I often saw some old people on the street making various types of steamed buns. I could stand there watching them for a long time and never wanted to leave. I wanted to take a few home and see what was inside. When I fell in love with food, I gradually learned to make all kinds of flower steamed buns. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it would be fun to make some to amuse the children during the Chinese New Year.

Tags

• staple food
• pasta
• home cooking
• steamed bun hanamaki
• dark cocoa powder
• pumpkin puree
• bean paste
• dry yeast
• plain flour

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Peel and cut the pumpkin into pieces, steam it in a pot and mash it into a puree. You can also use a food processor to smash it

   

2. 2 Pour the yeast powder into warm water, mix well and let it sit for 5 minutes. Now I will give you a detailed introduction to the technique of kneading noodles without sticking to the bowl

   

3. 3 Weigh the flour, pour it into a dry and waterless basin, dig a hole in the middle, pour the yeast water and 100 grams of pumpkin. Note that the basin must be dry without water. The basin that is not dry can be dried before use or blown dry with a hair dryer before use. Dig a hole with flour to prevent water from touching the wall of the basin. Do not put the pumpkin in all at once to prevent the dough from being too thin. Different flours have different moisture levels. When the kneaded dough is a little dry, slowly add more pumpkin

   

4. 4 Don't start in a hurry. Use chopsticks to fill the surrounding flour into the middle pit first, then stir in a circle without touching the water on the edge of the basin. Stir into a fluffy shape, and then use a noodle scraper to scrape the sides of the basin clean

   

5. 5 Now you can start, roughly knead the dough into a dough, and use the dough to wipe the sides of the pot clean

   

6. 6 Then take the dough out and place it on the chopping board. Use the heel of your right hand to push forward and your left hand to roll it back and forth. Knead the dough skillfully until it is smooth and there is no dough left on your hands

   

7. 7 After kneading into a smooth dough, add 20 grams of black cocoa powder and knead into a cocoa black dough

   

8. 8 Put the two doughs into two pots respectively, seal them with plastic wrap and ferment until doubled in size. I fermented it in a bread machine. There are many fermentation methods, just use the method you like

   

9. 9 During the fermentation process, we make the bean paste filling and form it into 7 portions. Each filling portion is 20 grams. I made 7 portions of this recipe and there is still some dough left

   

10. 10 The dough has been fermented and fermented until it has doubled in size. Do not over ferment it, otherwise the taste will be greatly reduced, you know

    

11. 11 The fermented cut surface structure is like this

    

12. 12 Take it out and put it on the chopping board to deflate, sprinkle 15 grams of dry flour and the fermented dough and knead repeatedly to deflate the dough until there are no large air holes in the cut surface. This procedure is the key to whether it will become a good steamed bun

    

13. 13 Divide the large dough into 7 pieces, 50 grams each, knead 14 small pieces of 4 grams, cover with plastic wrap, and let rest for 10 minutes

    

14. 14 Wrap it with bean paste filling, or you can wrap it with your favorite fillings. It is as moisturizing as buns, then roll it into a round shape and flip it upside down to get a smooth steamed bun

    

15. 15 Put the other two small ones on top to make ears. Twist a little of the black cocoa powder dough into strips to make the expression nose, eyes, mouth and eyebrows. Note that the eyebrows and mouth should be twisted a little thin to look good

    

16. 16 Place on a steamer with gauze and cover with lid to let rise for 20 minutes

    

17. 17 Put an appropriate amount of cold water in the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and steam for 20 minutes. After steaming, leave it for 5 minutes before uncovering it. If you don’t have dark cocoa powder or ordinary cocoa powder, you don’t need to use flour. You can let it cool and then use melted chocolate to draw expressions. That is, put the dark chocolate in a piping bag, heat it over water to soften, cut a small opening at the front, draw the mouth and eyebrows, and you are done

    

18. 18 It’s time to cook

    

19. 19 Look how cute these two bears are

    

20. 20 Finished product pictures