How to make lotus rolls

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  1. Add milk and yeast to flour and knead until soft and smooth of dough, cover and ferment.

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  2. Ferment until two and a half times the size, and the fermentation is completed without shrinking or collapsing when poked by hand.

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  3. Divide into five doughs of the same size

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  4.Take a piece of dough and divide it into two

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  5.Mold into a round shape and flatten into a round shape

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  6. Fold in half and then in half into a fan shape

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  7.Cut into three parts

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  8.Take two identical parts and make three smaller and smaller parts starting from the widest part at the bottom.The cut surfaces are opposite and stacked together.

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  9.Use chopsticks to press hard in the middle

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  10.Use two chopsticks to press hard on both sides and pull them in until the chopsticks are submerged

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  11.Carefully pull out the chopsticks

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  12.Put cold water in the steamer, brush oil on the grate, put the lotus rolls on it, cover it and continue to ferment, it only takes five minutes in summer

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  13.Steam over high heat for ten minutes, then simmer for two to three minutes.