Exclusive Mantou

Name: Exclusive Mantou
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Staple Food
Ingredients: 1200g Flour; 680g warm water; 13g Yeast; 150g Purple Sweet Potato Self-Rising Flour; to taste warm water; 2 spoon white sugar

Plain steamed buns leavened twice for a soft, cottony crumb, decorated with purple sweet potato dough flowers stuck atop the smooth domes.

45 minNewEasy Staple Food Steam Original

Instructions

1
Mix flour with warm water, yeast, and sugar to form a dough, cover with plastic wrap, and ferment in warm water for 1 hour.
2
Knead the dough to release the air, then knead it into a long strip.
3
Cut into 8 pieces.
4
Knead into a bun.
5
Mix purple sweet potato powder with warm water to make a dough, roll it into thin sheets, and use a mold to press out small flowers.
6
Moisten it and stick it onto the steamed bun.
7
Place on a greased steamer tray and let it sit for 30 minutes for the second fermentation.
8
Steam for 18 minutes once the water boils, turn off the heat and let it sit covered for 3 minutes before uncovering.
9
Finished product.
10
Finished product.