Handmade Steamed Dumplings Ball Recipe

One day at home preparing to use red jujubessoy milksteamingbuns suddenly remembered seeing a showball bun on TV one day, instantly attracted by its appearance. I've always wanted to try making it but haven't acted on it until now with the right opportunity.

The showball bun may seem complicated to make, but as long as you master the weaving technique, it's quite simple. Since this was a sudden inspiration and there was no prior preparation, the color coordination is slightly lacking. However, other aspects are very satisfactory. After baking, the children saw such beautiful showball buns and their eyes widened in surprise.

Showball bun

soy milk ingredients：mung beans 80g, 5 jujubes, 1 liter of water

dough ingredients: 300g of jujube soy milk, 30g of white sugar,flour 450g, yeast 4g,matcha powder 5g, cocoa powder 5g, a few drops of red food coloring

How to make the showball bun

1. Rinse the mung beans with water and soak them overnight in water.

2. Remove the soaked mung beans from the water, place them in the soy milk maker jar along with cleaned and pitted jujubes and add water.

3. Connect the power supply to the soy milk maker and select the soy milk function, press the start button.

4. After about 20 minutes, the soy milk is ready. Pour 300g of the made jujube soy milk into a kneading bowl and let it cool down.

5. Add white sugar and yeast to the cooled soy milk and mix well, then add flour and knead until a smooth dough forms.

6. Divide the dough into four small portions.

7. Take one of these small portions and add matcha powder, mix thoroughly. Repeat with another portion and add cocoa powder. Finally, take a third portion and add a few drops of red food coloring to mix well.

8. Divide each of the four colored doughs into equally sized pieces. Take 4 pieces of different colors and roughly the same size as a set, and roll them into thin long strands.

9. Arrange these 4 differently colored strands in an " " (well) pattern noodles Arrange in a checkerboard pattern to form a well shape

10. As shown in the picture, press strand 1 over 2, 3 over 4, and so on, weaving clockwise.

11. Next, press 2 over 7, 8 over 5, and continue weaving counterclockwise.

12. Complete another round of clockwise weaving followed by a counterclockwise round until the strands are woven fully, pressing the ends together tightly.

13. Turn the woven dough over in your palm and gather the strand tips to form the bottom of the bun.

14. Place the completed buns on a silicone mat, shape them gently to make them more full-bodied, and repeat this process for all remaining dough portions until they have doubled in size at room temperature.

15. Steam in a pot with boiling water for about 15 minutes.

Tips:

1. Adjust the ratio of jujube soy milk to flour according to your needs.

2. The dough should be kneaded until firm enough for shaping.

3. Make sure the strands are woven tightly together without gaps, as any gaps can lead to deformation after rising.

4. When weaving, always press the lower strand over the adjacent one in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

5. If you don't have cocoa powder, matcha powder, or food coloring, you can make it plain or with just two colors.