Orange Sweet Potatoes Xi Ban 橙薯喜粄

Orange Sweet Potatoes Xi Ban 橙薯喜粄

(Made 15 pcs, abt 50g per piece)

Ingredients:
150g Plain Flour, sifted (50%)
150g Glutinous Rice Flour,sifted (50%)

*78g Raw Sugar (26%)
3g Instant Yeast (dissovle in some water) (1%)

*171g Orange Sweet Potatoes, steamed ,mashed and let cool (57%)
*186g Iced cold water (62%)

15g Rice bran oil (5%)

Some cut banana leaves, wash, blanch, and dry with kitchen towel
Or cupcake liners

Method:
1)Dissolve the instant yeast with some water set aside.
2) In a mixer, add in both flour, sugar, mashed sweet potatoes and (1). Add in iced cold water.  Knead until it forms a dough. Add in the oil. Continue kneading until it forms a smooth soft dough.
3) Divide into equal portion. Round it up nicely with a smooth top. Place it on the cut banana leaf. Repeat the step with the rest of the dough.
4) Lightly flattened each finished dough with your palm and let them proof at room temperature between 20 to 30 minutes or more.
5) To test if the Xi Ban is ready, observe that:
- when lightly press at the side, the dough will spring back slowly;
-  when you lift it up, it becomes lighter.
-   it has expanded
6) Steamed (all at one go) in a pre-heated wok at medium high heat for 12 minutes.
7) Off heat. Open your steamer cover 5 minutes later. (I'm using bamboo steamer in all my steamed buns. Please follow your usual method if using stainless steel steamer).

Notes:
• Water:
- you may need more or less as it also depends on the flour you're using. So please add water slowly and adjust from there.

•  sweet potatoes:
- you may use more or less

• Raw sugar:
- adjust sweetness up and down as you like

Good luck 💖