To make crystal fruit mooncakes, please click to enter the picture description. 1. Take 250g of sago and put it into a basin. Add an appropriate amount of white sugar. Add the amount of sugar according to your preference. If you like it sweet, add more sugar. Add pure water that has not covered the sago.
Soak for 15 minutes.
2 After soaking, the sago has turned into a paste. Stir it with chopsticks and break it into pieces. When the grains are basically soaked, add an appropriate amount of corn starch.
Please click to enter the picture description. 3 Put on disposable gloves, knead the dough, cover it with plastic wrap and leave it on.
Please click to enter the picture description 4 At this time, you can prepare the fillings. I used mango and red dragon fruit. You can choose the fruit according to your favorite taste. The important thing is that the color must be bright, so that the mooncakes will be beautiful.
Please click to enter the picture description 5. Knead the dough into long strips and divide it evenly into dough balls of about 40g.
Please click to enter the picture description. 6 Knead the dough into long strips and divide it evenly into dough balls of about 40g.
Please click to enter the image description 7. Take a piece of dough and flatten it and slowly push it thin with your hands. Wrap in the prepared dragon fruit flesh. Slowly push the tiger's mouth upward so that the dough evenly wraps the filling. Close the dough and round it into a round shape without leaving any gaps.
Please click to enter the description of the picture. 8 Put it into the mold, press it with your hands, spread a piece of oil paper on the table, and squeeze the mooncake directly onto the oil paper to make it easier to move it to the upper drawer for steaming.
9Wrap the mango filling in the same way, put it into the mold and squeeze it into shape.
Please click to enter the picture description 10. Wrap all the mooncakes and squeeze them onto the oil paper.
Please click to enter the picture description 11. Add appropriate amount of water to the steamer, directly insert the steaming curtain under the oil paper, pick up the prepared mooncakes and put them into the pot.
Please click to enter the picture description 12. Cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and steam for about 15 to 20 minutes. Open the pot lid, and the crystal mooncakes will be steamed.
Please click to enter the picture description 13. Take it out of the pan and put it on a plate. The color looks very beautiful. The crystal mooncakes will be the same color as the fruits of the package. The two reddish mooncakes are made by adding some pitaya juice to the cake skin.
Tips 1. Soak the sago in water. Do not add too much, just enough to cover the sago. Usually it is the same amount of water.
2. Don’t make the fruit pieces too big, because the cut fruits have edges and corners, and due to the water content of the fruits, they will be easily crushed if they are too big.