Chinese way of making steamed buns

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  1. Add a spoonful of red yeast rice flour to the flour.

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  2. Dissolve the yeast powder in an appropriate amount of warm water, then add it to the flour and knead until smooth Dough.

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  3.Cover and let ferment in a warm place for more than an hour until doubled in volume.

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  4. Take out the dough and knead it thoroughly until smooth, then roll it into a thin and even sheet.

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  5.Use a knife to cut into even noodles.

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  6.Take an appropriate amount of noodles and braid them in a criss-cross pattern.

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  7. Make another square of the same size, cut off the excess edges and corners.You can apply some water to the area to make it stick better.

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  8. First lay out one of the woven grid squares, take an appropriate amount of dough and roll it into a thin strip., as shown in the picture, it is surrounded by a circle or two of "knots" on the four corners, which makes it look beautiful.

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  9. Surround it all around, leaving no gaps.

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  10. Fill the middle with an appropriate amount of dough so that it looks full and the middle will not bulge after steaming.Will collapse.

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  11. Then cover it with another square piece of woven lattice, and you can apply some water to glue it.

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  12. Put the Chinese knot in a steamer, cover it and let it sit for a while, then steam over high heat for 25 minutes.