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Exclusive Mixed Flour and Red Date Steamed Cake

Exclusive Mixed Flour and Red Date Steamed Cake

Rustic multi-grain steamed cake combining scalded bean, corn, and millet flours with wheat flour, fermented with sweet rice wine and studded with red dates for a moist, wholesome crumb.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Put the soybean flour and cornmeal in a bowl.

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    Mix the two types of flour evenly, then slowly pour in boiling water to scald the flour.

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    Stir until there is no dry powder, then let it cool for later use.

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    After cooling, add millet flour, all-purpose flour, yeast, and rice wine. Rice wine can enhance the fragrant and sweet flavor of the steamed cake; if unavailable, it can be replaced with an equal amount of water. If you like it sweet, you can add a suitable amount of sugar at this step.

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    Add about 80ml more water. The resulting dough should be relatively sticky to the touch, not too wet or too dry.

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    Cover the kneaded dough with plastic wrap and let it rest and rise.

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    About an hour later, the well-rested dough had obviously increased in size.

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    Apply oil in the mold.

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    Pour the dough into the mold and smooth it out.

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    Simply place a few red dates on the surface, and it can be steamed in the pot.

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    Put cold water in the pot, steam for 30 minutes after the water boils, turn off the heat and let it sit for two minutes before serving.

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    Demold when slightly cooled.

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    Mixing coarse and fine, nutritious and healthy.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Soybean flour
    60g
  • Millet flour
    60g
  • cornmeal
    120g
  • All-purpose flour
    240g
  • Yeast
    6g
  • rice wine
    80ml
  • Water
    80ml
  • boiling water
    to taste