Purple Sweet Potato Buns
Delicious and beautiful Chinese steamed buns with purple sweet potatoes.
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- oil for brushing
- 200 g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar ( , optional)
- 100 g water
- 200 g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 100 g water
- 1 middle sized purple sweet potato
Instructions
- 1
Peel and the purple sweet potatoes and cut into small cubes. Steam in a wok around 15 minutes or bake in oven for around 20 minutes. Then mash it with a sticker or scoop.
- 2
Prepare warm water around 35 °C and melt the sugar in. And mix the yeast with the water. Mix well and set aside for around 5 minutes.
- 3
Prepare the flour in a large bowl. Pour the water with yeast slowly to the bowl with flour and stir with a chop sticker.
- 4
Then knead the flour into smooth and soft dough. At the very beginning, it might be a little bit sticky.
- 5
Repeat the above steps, mix flour with mashed purple sweet potatoes to make smooth dough too.
- 6
Let the two pieces of dough rest for around 1 hour or until the paste ball doubles in size. This process can be done by mixer.
- 7
Roll the two pieces of dough into two large and thin rounds. And layer the white round underneath and the purple layer on top. Roll up to a cylinder.
- 8
Cut the cylinder into small sections. Brush some oil on the bottom of each section and put them in the steamer.
- 9
Bring some water to a boiling and steam for 15 minutes.
- 10
Turn down the fire and wait for around 5 minutes. Transfer out and serve hot.