Vegan Steamed Buns without Yeast

Name: Vegan Steamed Buns without Yeast
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 180 grams ●Cake flour; 30 grams ●Bread (strong) flour; 1 tbsp ●Beet sugar; 1 tbsp ●Baking powder; 150 ml Lukewarm water; 1 tbsp Sesame oil; 2 3 slices Freeze-dried tofu; 3 leaves Cabbage; 3 Fresh shiitake mushrooms; 1 piece Ginger; 1 level tablespoon ○White miso; 2 tbsp ○Mirin; 2 tbsp ○Sake; 1 tsp ○Beet sugar

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I tried giving up the things I like to improve my diet but I just can't!!
I wondered if I could make a steam bun recipe for people on a macrobiotic diet whilst leaving out difficult stuff like yeast and proving. What I came up with tasted pretty good so I put the recipe up on here.

For 4 buns. Recipe by A-aichan

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

For 4 buns. Recipe by A-aichan

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Ingredients

4 servings

Dough:
180 grams●Cake flour
30 grams●Bread (strong) flour
1 tbsp●Beet sugar
1 tbsp●Baking powder
150 mlLukewarm water
1 tbspSesame oil
Filling:
23 slices Freeze-dried tofu
3leaves Cabbage
3Fresh shiitake mushrooms
1 pieceGinger
1level tablespoon ○White miso
2 tbsp○Mirin
2 tbsp○Sake
1 tsp○Beet sugar

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Steps

1

Make the dough:
2

Add the ingredients marked with ● into a bowl and mix together with a whisk.
3

Add some warm water (around 40°C) to the bowl a little at a time and knead the dough until it becomes the consistency of an earlobe.
4

Add the sesame oil and knead once more. Wrap in cling film and leave to rest for 30 minutes.
5

Make the filling:
6

Mix together the ingredients marked with ○.
7

Without re-soaking the freeze-dried tofu, break it up into little pieces (as if it had been finely chopped). Don't worry if there are lots of crumbs.
8

Finely chop the cabbage and shiitake mushrooms.
9

Add some sesame oil (not listed in ingredients) to a frying pan and stir-fry the ginger until fragrant.
10

Stir fry the ingredients from Step 8 and once cooked, add the tofu and mixed ○ ingredients. Cook through.
11

Gently stretch out the dough and stuff with filling. Line the buns up in a steamer lined with parchment paper and steam on medium heat for 15-20 minutes.