Thursday, 4 October 2012

Purple Orange Sweet Potato Swirl Mantou Recipe (step by step photos)

I found the recipe of orange sweet potato mantou from Blessed Homemaker's blog and I really feel interest on it but still thinking about some trick to modify the outlook a little bit so that my kids will say 'wow' when they see it. Besides, I ran out of some ingredients listed in the original recipe, so I decided to come out with the new one which is a combination of orange and purple sweet potato. The original recipe is from:
http://blessedhomemaker.blogspot.com/2012/09/sweet-potato-mantou.html





Preparing the Orange Dough 

Ingredients: 

  • 500 grams pau flour 
  • 250 grams orange sweet potato, steamed 
  • 120 milliliters water 
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder 
  • 100 grams white sugar 
  • 50 grams vegetable oil 
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt 
  • 11 grams active dry yeast 
  • 30 milliliters warm water 





Directions:


1. In a medium bowl, mix together yeast and 30 milliliters of 
    warm water. Allow to proof until yeast resembles creamy 
    foam. 


2. In a small mixing bowl. Mash orange sweet potato with 120 
    milliliters of water to get a fine paste. 



3. In a large mixing bowl. Mix together sweet potato paste, flour, 
    baking powder, salt, sugar and yeast mixture. Mix well until it 
    forms dough. Add in vegetable oil and knead until dough 
    surface is smooth and elastic. Cover with a damp cloth and let
    it rise in a warm place for 45 minutes or until double in bulk. 





Preparing the Purple Dough 

Ingredients:

  • 500 grams pau flour 
  • 250 grams purple sweet potato, steamed 
  • 170 milliliters water 
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder 
  • 100 grams white sugar 
  • 50 grams vegetables oil 
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt 
  • 11 grams active dry yeast 
  • 30 milliliters warm water




Directions: 

1. In a medium bowl, mix together yeast and 30 milliliters of
    warm water. Allow to proof until yeast resembles creamy 
    foam. 


2. In a small mixing bowl. Mash purple sweet potato with 170 
    milliliters of water to get a fine paste. 


3. In a large mixing bowl. Mix together sweet potato paste, flour,
    salt, sugar, baking powder and yeast mixture. Mix well until it 
    forms dough. Add in vegetable oil and knead until dough 
    surface is smooth and elastic. Cover with a damp cloth and let 
    it rise in a warm place for 45 minutes or until double in bulk. 

  




Assembling the Orange-Purple Swirl Mantou 

1. Punch dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for a 
    few minutes. Rolling out dough into a rectangle shape 
    (Note: same step for purple and orange dough).



2. Place the purple rectangle dough on the orange rectangle 
    dough. Roll rectangle, starting at the short end; roll gently 
    but tightly. Cut the roll into 1 inch thick slices. Place on a 
    wax paper squares, about 6 cm square. Let stand covered 
    until doubled, about 30 to 45 minutes.
    (Note: Dough also can cut by using cookie cutter like I'm did)



3. Bring water to a boil in a steamer using high heat. Transfer as
    many mantou on wax paper as will comfortable fit into 
    steamer and leave 1 to 2 inches between each mantou. 
    Cover steamer with lid. Steam mantou over boiling water for 
    10 to 12 minutes. 

 



Note: remove lid before you turn off heat, or else water will drop back onto mantou surface and produce yellowish “blisters” on it surfaces.


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