How to Make Purple Yam Ear Dumplings

The small, firm purple dough balls will tell you that they are made from sweet potato. Rich in anthocyanins, the sweet potato is ground into a paste and mixed with the dough to form cute cat ear shapes, appealing to both adults and children in terms of appearance and texture.

Ingredients: Introduction:

Main ingredients:flour (150 grams)(327 grams) sweet potato (327 grams), water (450 milliliters)Auxiliary ingredients: salt (1 gram)

The method for making purple sweet potato cat ear noodles:

1. The raw materials for the sweet potato paste are sweet potatoes.

2. Wash and cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces.

3. Place the sweet potato pieces in the cup of a soy milk machine.milk machine's cup.

4. Add water, cover with the lid, and start the soy milk program.

5. This is the ground sweet potato paste, still quite thick but very smooth.

6. The ingredients for making purple sweet potato cat ear noodles are flour, salt, and sweet potato paste.

7. Mix the flour and salt evenly before pouring them into baking machine's bucket, then add the sweet potato paste and start the mixing program to knead a slightly hard dough ball.

8. Remove the dough ball, shape it, cover with plastic wrap for 10 minutes.

9. After 10 minutes, transfer the dough ball to the work surface and roll it into a long strip.

10. Cut the strip into small pieces, then roll each piece into a round shape by hand.

11. Gently push the small dough balls forward with your thumb to form cat ear-shaped round flatbreads.

12. Bring water to a boil in a pot, add the cat ears, cook until they float for about half a minute before removing them; they can be served cold, in a sauce, stir-fried, or cooked however you prefer.

Tips:

To get a smooth and creamy sweet potato paste, cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces first. The paste from the soy milk machine is hot, so let it cool down before mixing with the dough. The flour's water absorption varies, so add the sweet potato paste in small quantities multiple times to achieve your desired dough consistency. To make cat ear noodles, use a slightly harder dough ball for better shaping.