Sweet Potato Steamed Bun / Pau 番薯包

I've attempted to make sweet potato steamed bun once, it turned out okay but not perfect. So for the second round I combine 2 recipes, 1 from a recipe book and another from the Internet. Managed to improve the texture of the bun and I am quite happy with the outcome. If you would like to give it a try, check out the recipe below :) By the way, I made the buns with bread maker's help.

Sweet Potato Steamed Bun / Pau 番薯包

Dough 

300g --- medium pro flour/ plain flour 

3g ------ baking powder
150ml-- plain water 

6g ------ instant yeast

30g ----- sugar 

6g ------ vegetable oil 

Filling 

200g --- sweet potato
(I used the orange sweet potatoes. You can use the expensive Japanese sweet potato and skip the sugar as I find them quite sweet) 

30g ---- sugar 

30g ---- unsalted butter 

1. Steam the sweet potatoes until tender. 

2. Prepare the dough while waiting for the sweet potatoes to be cooked. Pour the 150ml water into the bread pan. Sift flour and add it to the bread pan followed by instant yeast, sugar and vegetable oil.

2. Select basic toast function (500g) and press start, you have to stop the function using start/stop button before the baking starts. Go for knead and rise setting if there's one for your bread maker. I am using Kenwood Bread Maker BM450 and I've set the knead and rise as one of the favorite functions. 

3. Mash the sweet potatoes with sugar and unsalted butter. Place it in a container and store it in the freezer.

4. Once the knead-and-rise cycle is through (it normally takes around 35 - 40 minutes), remove the bread pan and have the mashed sweet potatoes ready at the side.

5. Split the dough into 10 - 15 equal-sized balls (any size you like :D). Use a rolling pin to roll out each ball into a round shape about 3mm thick (mine is not round coz my rolling pin is not working anymore T_T). Put 1 tablespoon of mashed sweet potatoes into the center of each disk and pinch the tops to seal it. Arrange the buns on baking parchment.

6. Fill a large wok with water and bring the water to boil over a high-medium heat. The water should still be boiling under medium heat. Steam the buns in the wok for 12 - 15 minutes.

 Feel free to feedback and comment, thanks :)

Food is Essential to life, therefore make it good. - S. Truett Cathy