Purple Sweet Potato Buns

• Vegan

• Produce

  • 1 Middle sized purple sweet potato

• Baking & Spices

  • 400 g Flour
  • 2 Instant yeast
  • 2 tbsp Sugar

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 Oil

• Liquids

  • 200 g Water

Found on chinasichuanfood.com

Description

Ingredients

• Oil for brushing
• 200g all-purpose flour
• ½ packet instant yeast = 1 teaspoon
• 1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
• 100g water
• 200g all-purpose flour
• ½ packet instant yeast = 1 teaspoon
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 100g water
• 1 middle sized purple sweet potato

Directions

• 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.
• 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.
• Prepare the flour in a large bowl. Pour the water with yeast slowly to the bowl with flour and stir with a chop sticker.
• Then knead the flour into smooth and soft dough. At the very beginning, it might be a little bit sticky.
• Repeat the above steps, mix flour with mashed purple sweet potatoes to make smooth dough too.
• 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.
• 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.
• Cut the cylinder into small sections. Brush some oil on the bottom of each section and put them in the steamer.
• Bring some water to a boiling and steam for 15 minutes.
• Turn down the fire and wait for around 5 minutes. Transfer out and serve hot.

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