Steamed buns are a necessary staple food in our lives. Northerners especially like to eat pasta, and I am an authentic northerner, so I am good at making steamed buns. In fact, steamed buns may seem simple, but they are also very useful to make. Be particular about it. If it is not done well, the steamed buns will collapse. Delicious steamed buns are soft, elastic, and chewy. Such steamed buns are the most popular.

I usually steam steamed buns at home, alternating between white flour steamed buns and cornmeal steamed buns. Cornmeal is a whole grain, and eating whole grains regularly helps digestion and gastrointestinal motility, especially for people with constipation. Eating some whole grains regularly can improve constipation. Ordinary steamed buns are too boring, so give the steamed buns a different shape.

The simulated sprouted potato steamed buns are so interesting, just like the real thing. When my son came back from school and saw the steamed buns I made, he looked at them again and again and was reluctant to eat them. , Moms, try this instead of making steamed buns. Change the shape of the steamed buns. It is very novel and interesting.

Simulated sprouted potato and corn buns

Ingredients to prepare: 200 grams of cornmeal, 200 grams of high-gluten flour

Ingredients to prepare: 40 grams of white sugar, appropriate amount of water, 4 yeast grams, an appropriate amount of cocoa powder, and a little white flour

Detailed instructions

1. Dissolve the yeast in warm water. Be careful not to make it too hot, otherwise it will burn off the activity of the yeast and dissolve it. Put the yeast into the cornmeal and then add an appropriate amount of white sugar. The white sugar will help the yeast ferment. Then knead it into a dough. After kneading, cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise until it doubles in size.

2. Take out the fermented dough, and then knead it repeatedly to deflate it. This amount of corn flour can make about four pieces. Divide it into four small doughs and knead them into oval shapes.

3. Mix the white flour into a dough for decoration, then take out the mixed white dough and roll it into a strip, with the ends slightly thinner, like potato sprouts.

4. Take out a large dough and put a cooked potato sprout in the appropriate position. Use chopsticks to press the potato sprout in from the middle and make a few more irregular potato sprouts like this.

5. After it is done, apply a layer of cocoa powder, try to cover the surface of the potato buns, avoid the sprouted areas, and then apply uneven cocoa powder.

6. Prepare all four doughs in this way, then put them into the steamer. Don’t steam in a hurry. Open the lid and let them rise for 20 minutes. Then cover the lid and bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. minutes, then turn off the heat and simmer for another 3 minutes.

7. Check out the prepared potato buns to see if they look like real sprouted potatoes. Life is all about having fun like this. Let’s give it a try.