Zaohua Steamed Bun

Overview

How to cook Zaohua Steamed Bun at home

Tags

• staple food
• pasta
• shanxi cuisine
• clear water
• red dates
• sugar
• yeast
• plain flour

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare materials

   

2. 2 Use warm water of about 40 degrees for clean water. Pour the sugar into the water and stir until it melts.

   

3. 3 Add yeast and stir to melt

   

4. 4 Pour the stirred liquid into the flour and stir with chopsticks.

   

5. 5 Stir into dough

   

6. 6 Use your hands to knead the dough into a smooth dough.

   

7. 7 Place the dough into a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm place to ferment

   

8. 8 Ferment until doubled in size.

   

9. 9 Sprinkle a little dry flour on the cutting board, take out the dough to fully deflate, and knead it back to its original size.

   

10. 10 Take an appropriate amount of dough and roll it into three long strips of the same length and thickness

    

11. 11 Connect the two ends of the long strip and arrange it into an oval. As shown in the picture. Put a red date at both ends.

    

12. 12 Use chopsticks to pinch it in the middle to make a flower shape.

    

13. 13 Place it in a steamer and let it rise again until it becomes bigger

    

14. 14 Pour cold water into the pot and steam over medium-high heat for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and simmer for about 3 minutes.

    

15. 15 Finished product