Simply put, baking powder belongs to a kind of compound bulking agent, which is suitable for making doughnuts in life. Dry yeast is a unicellular fungus, can survive in both aerobic and anaerobic environments, belonging to the parthenogenetic anaerobic bacteria. Dry yeast is more widely used, can be added to the flour to make steamed bread, noodles and other food.
Baking powder can also be used to bake cakes and cookies, which can make the food taste more tender. However, you should not add too much baking powder or it will cause the food to become bitter. After adding baking powder to the flour, you should add a little warm or cold water to knead and stir to give it some fermentation time before steaming, baking, roasting, frying and other methods of making food.
Dry yeast is a kind of baking powder, usually do steamed bread, you can add some dry yeast powder in the flour. General bread, steamed bread and other pasta, are through the yeast on the dough fermentation, so that the dough has a special aromatic odor. Dry yeast expands the dough and gives it a slight spongy structure. If used to make bread, it can support fluffy and flavorful bread after baking through.