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
2. In a small mixing bowl. Mash orange sweet potato with 120
3. In a large mixing bowl. Mix together sweet potato paste, flour,
2. In a small mixing bowl. Mash purple sweet potato with 170
3. In a large mixing bowl. Mix together sweet potato paste, flour,
Assembling the Orange-Purple Swirl Mantou
1. Punch dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for a
2. Place the purple rectangle dough on the orange rectangle
Note: remove lid before you turn off heat, or else water will drop back onto mantou surface and produce yellowish “blisters” on it surfaces.
Ingredients:
Directions:
1. In a medium bowl, mix together yeast and 30 milliliters of
- 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
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:
1. In a medium bowl, mix together yeast and 30 milliliters of
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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