I used a Mooncake and Milkbread plain steamed bun/ Mantou recipe. I halved the recipe and made 6 mini buns

Ingredients
150 g flour
25 g sugar
½ tsp instant yeast
¼ tsp baking powder (did not show this in the video but the baking powder was actually already in the flour at the beginning)
1/8 tsp salt
80 ml warm water
½ tbsp oil


1. Mix all of the dry ingredients in a bowl.
2. Add oil and water and mix roughly with chopstick until a shaggy dough is made
3. Set this dough aside for 10 minutes to allow the dough to hydrate/relax
4. After 10 minutes you can start kneading. You should aim to knead for 1015 minutes until the surface of the dough is smooth
5. Set aside to rest anywhere from 1 hr (warmer climate) to 2 hours cooler climate. The dough is done when it has doubled in size.
6. Flatten the dough and portion into 6 pieces.
7. Roll each dough piece into a small ball and place on a small piece of parchment paper. Once all 6 balls are done, place aside and cover with a tea towel. These need to rise for the second time. The timing is shorter however. It should be done in about 30 minutes, or when you can gently prod the dough and the mark you leave behind on the surface stays on the dough instead of smoothening out.
8. Prep your steamer. I used a make shift upside down plate topped with a metal slotted plate. I then put water into the pot making sure that the water level is enough to create steam but not so high as to come onto my plate. If you have a steamer this would be much easier.
9. I place the pot with buns in and lid on on medium high heat until I can hear the water start to boil or until I can see that steam is starting to be produced, I turn the heat down to a medium and start timing for 10 minutes at this point.
10. After 10 minutes, I turn the heat off but leave the lid ON for another 24 minutes. I’ve read that this helps prevent the dough from collapsing and sinking in.
11. After the 24 minutes, lid can come off and buns can come out.

These are ready to eat and best served hot.

I had mine with congee and scrambled eggs. You can have it with milk or dipped in condensed milk. Non traditional – but I’ve put butter and jam on mine and really liked it :P

Music: The wait is finally over (By A Wanderer's Trove)

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