Chinese Food
Pumpkin and lotus leaf cake
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Pumpkin has high nutritional value. It's also a good choice for spring health. In addition to steaming and stir frying, it can also be steamed and mashed into pumpkin paste to make lotus leaf cake. It's really beautiful-
Cooking ingredients
Cooking Steps
Step1:Peel pumpkin, cut into pieces, steam in the pot. Pour out the excess water from the plate. Stir in sugar while it's hot to make mud. Cool slightly. Add yeast. Stir for a few time
Step2:Add flour. Stir with chopsticks to form floccules. Knead slightly to form a bal
Step3:Put it on the kneading pad and continue to knead it into a smooth dough (due to the light. The dough is yellow
Step4:Knead the dough, knead the long strips, and divide them into 6 parts with a scraper (one-time fermentation. Knead the dough and divide it directly
Step5:Take a dough (the rest is covered with plastic wrap) and knead it several times. Knead it until it is smooth and round agai
Step6:Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into an oval shape, and then brush it with a thin layer of oil (do not roll it too thin and too long...)
Step7:Half fol
Step8:Use a clean comb to press out the lines. First press one in the middle and then press on both sides. Press it a little deeper. Avoid that the lines are not obvious after fermentatio
Step9:At the bottom, pinch out the lotus petiole with your fingers. Then use a scraper to push the edge of the grain in a little. It becomes the shape of the lotus leaf
Step10:Do all of them in turn. Put them in the steaming tray with spacing. Put it in a warm place to ferment until it becomes larger obviously (press it gently by hand to retract slowly). About 30 minutes. When it's cold, lengthen the time appropriately (pay attention to observe the state of lotus leaf cake. The fermentation time is only for reference...)
Step11:Put the fermented lotus leaf cake into the steaming oven. Steam for 15 minutes (or boil the water in the steaming pan, put on the lotus leaf cake, cover the pan, steam for about 12 minutes, and simmer for another 5 minutes
Step12:Plump lotus leaf cak
Step13:You can eat it directly. You can also have meat or vegetables. Whatever you lik
Step14:Golden and beautifu
Cooking tips:1. The water content of pumpkin and the water absorption of flour are different. The amount of flour should be adjusted properly. 2. If you like sweetness, add more sugar. If you don't like it, don't add it. 3. If you want the surface of the finished product to be smooth, you must knead the dough more. 4. The fermentation time is only for reference. Observe the dough state. There are skills in making delicious dishes.
