STEAMED BLACK BEAN PAU

STEAMED BLACK BEAN PAU

Ingredients:

500 grms low protein flour
50 grms dry yeast
100 grms sugar
1 tsp baking powder
¼ cup of vegetable shortening
1 to 1 ¼ cup of warm water

Method:
Dissolve the dry yeast in half of the warm water.
Add sugar to the mixture.
Place the flour in a large mixing bowl, add in the vegetable shortening.
Pour in the yeast mixture.lightly mix using your hand.
Turn out dough onto a smooth surface.
Knead the dough until it is well mixed. Cover it with a plastic wrap to prevent it from drying.

Take about ¼ of the dough. Cover the rest.
roll this piece out into a long roll, about 2 inches in diameter.
Cut off small portions off every 2 inches. Roll the small dough into balls.
Flatten each ball into a circle, place 2 tsps of the black bean filling in the centre. Close off by shaping them into a ball again.

Place the pau on to a small square pieces of wax paper.
Do this to the rest of the dough. Let the pau sit on a platters
Covered with plastic wrap for about an hour, in order for the
dough to rise.
Steam the pau in a steamer for about 10 to 15 minutes.
The pau should come out white and fluffy. Serve hot.

Note: you can use any kind of filling for this pau.
Sweet coconut filling, egg jam or even non vege filling.

You can even use all purpose flour, but your pau will not
look that white or fluffy.

Recipe for making black bean paste or red bean paste is
Given in Kugan’s Kitchen Part 1 on page 27.