- Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into a big bowl. Add instant dry active yeast and sugar. Mix well. Mix oil and warm milk. Using the oil milk mixture, make a dough. Dust the worktop with a bit of flour. Knead the dough for 5-7 minutes till it becomes smooth. Shape the dough into a ball. Rub some oil over it. Grease the bowl with some oil. Put the dough in the bowl. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth. Place the bowl in a warm place. Allow the dough to ferment for 1½ hours or till double in size. Line the steamer trayor plate with some parchment paper. Brush a little oil over it. Dust the worktop with some flour. Roll out the dough into a big circle that is about ½ inch in thickness. Using a cookie cutter cut circles from the dough. Gather up the sides and roll it again. Cut circles. Keep on doing that till all the dough is used up. If the dough cannot be rolled, let it rest for 5 minutes and it will become pliable again. Brush some oil over all the circles. Fold them into half, to resemble a semi circle. Using your rolling pin, gently roll over the semi circle once to flatten it a bit. Remember, roll gently. Place the rolled semi circles on the prepared steamer tray. Allow the buns to ferment for 30 minutes. Heat water some water in the steamer till it begins to boil. Place the tray with the buns in the steamer. Steam for 8-10 minutes. Remove the tray from the steamer. Let the buns cool down a bit. Remove from the parchment paper. Slowly pull apart from the folded seam. Smear some red chilli sauce and sweet and sour sauce on the inside of the bun. Add the filling and salad. Serve with extra sauces on the side. Heat oil in a wide pan over medium heat. Add garlic and stir fry till you get the aroma. Add ginger and the chopped mushrooms. Stir fry the mushrooms over high heat till they appear a bit soft. Let the mixture cool for a bit. Add salt, sweet and sour sauce and the chilli sauce. Mix well. Mix ¼ cup of water with cornflour and leave it on the side till required. Heat the remaining water in a saucepan over medium heat. Add tomato puree, chilli sauce, vinegar, sugar, salt and soy sauce. When the water begins to simmer add the cornflour slurry. Keep stirring the sauce all the time till it becomes a bit thick. Take the pan off the heat. Serve hot.
Bao buns
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By Shaalini Shaalu
Mar, 10th
586
Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
18
- 20
Ingredients
- Plain flour
- Milk
- Yeast
- Salt
- Baking powder
- Sugar
- Oil
- Mushroom
- Ginger garlic
- Sweet and sour sauce
- Chilli sauce
- Cucumber
- Carrot
- Corinader
- Water
- Cornflour
- Sugar
- Tomato puree
- Vinegar
- Soy sauce
