What to add to steamed buns to make them delicious and simple? What to add to steamed buns to make them soft and sweet

As we all know, steamed buns are a common type of pasta. There are many ways to make them, and they have rich flavors. They are soft and fragrant, and are very popular among people. Many people make steamed buns at home. There are certain skills in making steamed buns, and you can add a variety of other ingredients. So what can be added to make steamed buns delicious? Let's take a closer look!

What to add to steamed buns

1. Add pumpkin

The first thing I recommend is this pumpkin steamed bun. When making pumpkin steamed buns, you can put the pumpkin in the buns in the same weight as the flour. Because the water content of the pumpkin will be reduced a lot after steaming, it is also suitable to mix with flour. The taste is full of pumpkin fragrance. This taste is very light and very good with rice. We also ate delicious pumpkin directly. When making this pumpkin steamed bun before, I added a little pumpkin and a little milk to it. The pumpkin made in this way is really full of milky flavor. The taste is so delicious. The pumpkin steamed buns made in this way can be paired with a tomato beef brisket soup, baby cabbage soup or a simple seaweed egg drop soup. It is really good with rice. And the pumpkin steamed buns can be heated up for family members at breakfast, and then paired with eggs, cold kelp shreds or cucumbers, then it is another delicious breakfast, so adding some pumpkin to the steamed buns is very practical.

2. Add purple sweet potato

When making pumpkin buns, you can add purple sweet potatoes to make purple sweet potato steamed buns. This tastes very good, and the whole bun is light purple and has a purple skin. The taste is also very good. The steamed buns made with purple sweet potatoes are also very delicious. However, when making purple sweet potatoes, you need to use yeast to mix the dough. Using baking soda will turn the purple sweet potatoes into dark green, which will lose the effect of making purple sweet potato buns. In addition, when making purple sweet potato buns, you can make purple sweet potatoes into fillings and put them in. When making purple sweet potato buns, you can also add a little milk. The water content of purple sweet potatoes after steaming is not as much as pumpkin, so when kneading the dough, we should pay attention to adding clean water in small amounts and multiple times to avoid affecting the purple sweet potato's dough effect and the wetness of the dough.

3. Add coarse grains

When making steamed buns, you can not only add vegetables or purple sweet potatoes, but also add some coarse grains such as black rice flour and corn flour. The taste is also very delicious. After adding whole grains, the whole dough will taste very delicious. We can also change the taste and color of the dough when making it, which is also a good choice.

4. Add fillings

This method is to increase the sweetness. Adding fillings into the steamed buns can make them taste better. One of the most commonly added fillings is probably red bean paste.

What are the common steamed buns?

White steamed bun

The most common is white steamed buns, which can be bought at general breakfast stalls. I heard that white steamed buns in the north are tasteless, while our white steamed buns in the south are slightly sweet, and you won’t feel that they are tasteless even if you eat one dry.

Brown sugar steamed buns

The most popular steamed buns on our street are brown sugar steamed buns. Brown sugar is added to the white steamed buns when they are made. The steamed buns are brown-red with a small amount of dark red spots, which are the brown sugar that has not been completely melted. I remember that there was only one store that made brown sugar steamed buns seven or eight years ago, and the business was super hot. Later, people who bought steamed buns gradually followed suit and started making brown sugar steamed buns.

Flower buns

Here, it is a general term for white steamed buns with extra ingredients. A piece of ham is inserted into the white steamed bun, or a few candied dates are dotted on the white steamed bun. In our local area, this is called flower steamed bun. Personally, I think the white steamed bun with a piece of ham is super delicious.

Colored buns

This is a type of steamed bun that has only become popular in recent years. The green ones are made by using vegetable juice instead of water to make the dough, so the steamed buns are green. Other pink, yellow and other colors are mostly dyed with pigments, and we generally don't eat this kind of colored steamed buns.

How to make delicious steamed buns

Black sesame steamed buns

Ingredients: 200g flour, 100g water, 2g baking powder, 20g black sesame powder

Start making:

1. Dissolve the baking powder in water, pour it into the flour, and stir it into a flocculent state (dissolving the baking powder in water can increase its activity. This step is essential whether you are making steamed buns, steamed bread or leavened bread)

2. Knead into a relatively smooth dough (after kneading, do not need to let it rise, just proceed to the next step. Here we use the first rise in the fermentation process to make steamed buns)

3. Put the dough on the silicone mat and knead it until it is very smooth (kneading the dough is very important. If you knead the dough properly, in addition to the smooth surface, you can also see that the dough is snow-white, very beautiful, and the internal cross-section of the dough is smooth and has no pores)

4. Divide the kneaded dough into two portions of equal weight, add black sesame powder to one portion and knead it (divide it into two portions, and you can compare the steamed buns made in this way to see if the steamed buns with black sesame powder are very fragrant)

5. Knead the smooth black sesame dough

6. Divide the two doughs into 6 pieces (the same size to ensure the same size after steaming, which will look more pleasing to the eye)

7. Knead each dough into a smooth steamed bun dough (the technique of kneading the steamed buns is very important. If the technique is correct, a lot of air will not be kneaded into the dough, which can ensure that the steamed buns have a delicate internal texture. Otherwise, large air bubbles will appear in some places, affecting the taste)

8. Put it in the steamer to rise until it is 1.5 times larger, turn on the fire and steam it for 12 minutes after it starts to steam (after steaming, do not open the lid immediately, wait for 3-5 minutes to prevent the buns from collapsing)