Monday, November 1, 2010

Chinese Steamed Bun (Mantou) 馒头


Ingredients:
190ml Milk, lightly warm (You may replace it with warm water)
1/2 Tablespoon Of Yeast
2 1/2 Cup Of Plain flour
3 Tablespoons Of  Sugar (More or less if desire)
2 Tablespoons Of  Oil
A dash of Salt
Some flour for kneading




1. In a small bowl, sprinkle yeast and sugar over  the warm milk and leave it for 15 minutes.
2. Place the flour and salt in a bowl and make a well in the center and pour in the wet mixture.
3. Mix everything to a dough and knead until smooth.
4. Put the dough into a clean bowl, cover and let it rise in a warm place for about an hour or until doubled in size. Punch down, cover again and let it stand for 30 minutes longer. 5. Bring the water in the bottom of a steamer to a boil.
6. Knead the dough again. Divide the dough into even halves. Roll both dough out into a flat, thin rectangular shape.
7. Place one dough onto another.
8. Roll up the dough from the widest side.
9. Use knife to cut up 8 mantou.
10. When the water in the steamer boils, place the mantou in the steamer with a piece of baking paper under each mantou to stop it from sticking onto the steamer, leaving a 1- inch gap between them. Cook for 10 minutes, or until firm and cooked through.
11. Serve them hot. Or you can put some butter and jam onto the mantou.

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