This is another Chinese pastry i was craving during the MCO moment. Deep fried pastry filled with sweetened red bean. The pastry commonly found on the street stalls that sells deep fried Chinese snacks. I have talked about such stall in my mother's housing community. I shall say there are some benefits that comes along with the MCO and one of it is ability to cook or bake stuffs that we always patron outside and never thought of giving it a try at home. This red bean pastry is one of them. Red bean paste can be easily found in shops selling baking ingredients. That save my time in preparing the paste from scratch 😊. It's not too sweet for the palate and the pastry do not absorp much oil either. Serve along with a cup of hot black tea.
Yeast Dough
1 tsp active yeast
100g all purpose flour
1 tsp sugar
150ml warm water, 107'c temp
Flour Mixture
2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup castor sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda bicarbonate
150ml water
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp alkaline
Red Bean Filling
1 cup red bean paste
Methods
In a bowl combine ingredients listed under "Yeast Dough". Stir and cover with cling film to rest for 2 hours in a warm place.
In a large bowl add flour,castor sugar,baking powder,salt and soda bicarbonate. Stir. Add alkaline water,vegetable oil and water. Stir to combine.
Add the yeast dough to the flour mixture and knead well.
Transfer dough to a clean working surface dusted generously with flour. Knead dough well to form a soft and smooth dough. Add more flour as needed while kneading to form a non sticky dough. Approximately 1/2 cup additional flour. Roll the dough into a log and cover with clean kitchen towel to proof for another 30 minutes.
In a large bowl add flour,castor sugar,baking powder,salt and soda bicarbonate. Stir. Add alkaline water,vegetable oil and water. Stir to combine.
Add the yeast dough to the flour mixture and knead well.
Transfer dough to a clean working surface dusted generously with flour. Knead dough well to form a soft and smooth dough. Add more flour as needed while kneading to form a non sticky dough. Approximately 1/2 cup additional flour. Roll the dough into a log and cover with clean kitchen towel to proof for another 30 minutes.
Divide the dough into equal sized balls, flatten the dough to form a disc and fill with 1 tablespoon of red bean paste. Seal the edges and roll into ball. Flatten the dough into disc and place it on baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Heat oil in a pan over medium flame for deep frying. Deep fry till both sides turns golden. Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen towel to drain excess oil.
Heat oil in a pan over medium flame for deep frying. Deep fry till both sides turns golden. Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen towel to drain excess oil.
Serve with a cup of hot black tea
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