Name: Steamed oriental buns
Yield: Makes 16 buns, Serve 4
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 180 ml warm water; 30 ml sweet chilli sauce; ½ garlic clove, crushed; 450 g shiitake mushrooms, chopped; 70 ml sesame oil; 300 g ‘00’ flour; 15 g baking powder; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander; 15 g sugar; 60 g peanut butter; 15 ml hoisin sauce; 15 ml vegetable oil; 15 g caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes 16 buns, Serve
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Pure Vegetarian

By Paul Gayler

Published 2006

About

These delicate Malaysian-style buns are best made fresh, although they can be frozen raw and baked when needed. You may wish to serve some extra-sweet chilli sauce on the side as a dip.

Ingredients

For the Dough

300 g ‘00’ flour
15 g baking powder
15

Asia
Malaysia
South East Asia
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

For the dough, sift the dry ingredients into a bowl, stir in the oil and water, mix to a soft dough and shape into a ball. Knead on a lightly floured surface for about 3-4 minutes until smooth and pliable. Return to the bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to stand for 10-15 minutes.

For the filling, heat the sesame oil in a wok or small frying pan, add the mushrooms and garlic and st

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Ingredients

For the Dough

Method

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