Zaohua Steamed Buns

Overview

The last month of 2014 is coming soon, and we are about to say goodbye to 2014. It’s a bit of a sigh that time flies... In winter, the most common thing at home is to make various kinds of pasta, especially my grandma who makes a lot of jujube steamed buns for us every year, and also makes hedgehogs, small fish, and rabbits that are so lifelike. When I was a child, I didn’t know how happy I was to get such steamed buns! Red dates are very suitable for eating in winter. They are more blood-rich and are said to have dozens of times more vitamins than apples, which is great! Plus it tastes sweet and fragrant, my favorite!

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• steamed bun hanamaki
• flour
• red dates
• yeast

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Add flour, water and yeast and knead into a smooth dough

   

2. 2 After fermentation until doubled in size, divide into small portions

   

3. 3 First, knead the small portion into long strips

   

4. 4 Then use chopsticks to press it once or twice

   

5. 5 Bend the dough into an S shape

   

6. 6 Use chopsticks to pinch it in the middle

   

7. 7 Stuff dates into the corners. Of course, you can stuff dates when you bend into an S

   

8. 8 Finally, place it on a steamer lined with greaseproof paper and let it steam for 20 minutes over high heat!