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Steamed Buns (baozi/pao) Basic Yeast Dough Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Dough making:
  • 1. Mix all the ingredients A together and knead into smooth and elastic dough.
  • 2. Cover with a piece of wet cloth and leave to prove until double its size.
  • 3. Sift B top of the dough and knead well to distribute the baking powder until the dough is smooth again.
  • 4. Cover and allow dough to rest for 15 minutes before shaping.
  • Filling:
  • 1. Heat oil in a pan and saute the ginger till fragrant. Add in marinated meat and mushrooms and stir fry till aromatic.
  • 2. Add in yambean (sengkuang) stir well and cook for 5 minutes until soft. Taste and dish up and leave to cool and chill in the fridge for 3 hours. Divide into 12 portions.
  • 3. Divide dough 12 portions and shape balls.
  • 4. Flatten, roll into a round shape and add 1 tbsp of filling and pleat the top into a pau.
  • 5. Line pau with a piece of white paper and let it prove again for another 15 minutes.
  • 6. Steam pau with high heat for about 15 minutes or until the pau is cooked.
  • 7. Serve hot.

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  • michellem 12 years ago
    This recipe will be so helpful ! I will make these soon:) Thank you for sharing!
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