Corn Mantou (馒头)
Ingredients
For 10 mini buns
:
- flour
200g
- corn flour
10g
- egg
1
- boiling water
- dry yeast
3-4g
- sugar
10g
Instructions
Prepare the dough
- Slowly add boiling water to the corn flour and mix until all the flour is lightly moisturized.
- Let mixture cool down.
- Add flour, egg, sugar, yeast.
- Knead the dough for
5-10min
. - Let the dough rest for about
1h
at a warm place (~30C
) until it doubles in size. - Knead the dough for another
5-10min
and make sure to remove all air inside. - Roll the dough and cut buns into the preferred size.
- Place the buns in the steamer and let them rest for
20min
.
Steam the buns
- Start with cold water and high heat.
- Once steam rises reduce to medium heat and steam for
20-25min
. - Turn off the heat and let the buns rest for
5min
before opening the lid (else they could collapse).