Sau Bau

Time to celebrate my sister birthday, last year I'm make a bunch of roses for her and this time is her favorite sau bau with lotus filling.
Bun recipe same as my plain mantou  and the filling from my shanghai mooncake lotus filling but need to cut the quantity of the lotus to half.

Method:

1. I'm prepared the filling one day before and keep in the fridge. When ready to use get it to room temperature.
2. I'm used 15 gm for each filling and 30 gm for each dough. Make 20 bun.
3. Take some dough to mix with green food coloring for the leaf.
4. Divide dough into equal portions and flatten with a rolling pin to make a circle. Then place a filling in the middle, wrap the dough to seal. Place it on square parchment paper, seal side up.
5. Use a knife, smoothly make a line on the middle of the bun. Don't press it too hard, the bun will crack when steaming. (like some of my bun is crack because I'm press it to hard)
6. Roll out the green dough and stamp out the leaf. If doesn't have stamp just cut the shape of leaf with knife.
7. Spread some plain water on dough to stick with the green leaf on both side.
8. Make the leaf line with knife.
9. Pour some red food coloring in a bowl and use a toothbrush to sprinkle to the bun.
10. I'm used the cookies alphabet stamp to make the Happy Birthday word on the bun. You can use your own idea to decorate the little sau bau for the special person birthday.
11. Arrange buns into a steamer, leave about 1” gab in between buns. Spray water mist over buns, and steam in a preheated steamer on high heat for 12 minutes. Remove buns from steamer and cool on rack to prevent soggy bottom.

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