Purple Rose Buns With Green Pea Filling

Have seen many postings by fellow bloggers on these cute little roses.  Here, are some of the cute little roses that I have made to satisfy my curiosity.  Do they look cute or awful?   Do visit these blogs for a better explanation on the making [Wendy, Table for 2...or more and Sherleen's Kitchen Diary ] if you wish to try.

Ingredients

[original recipe adapted from Sherleen's Kitchen Diary ] - I doubled the quantity and used Savoury Green Bean Paste as filling]

125 gm pau flour [can use supefine flour]

80 gm mashed purple sweet potato

20 gm sugar [I used 1 tbsp]

1/4 tsp instant yeast

1 tsp corn oil [I used vegetable shortening]  

Pau Dough

1.  Mix and knead all ingredients [except shortening] in a mixer bowl until soft.
2. Add in shortening and continue to knead dough until soft, smooth and elastic.
3. Shape into a ball, cover and let it proof for 1-2 hours or until 1 1/2 times in size.
4. Punch down and knead for 1-2 minutes.
5. Divide dough into 10 gm each.  Roll each piece into a flat circle of equal width.  
6. To form the rose, please see pictures below [I did the rose in 2 different ways].
7. Place rose buns on paper cases and rest  for  30-40 minutes or until double in size in a steaming tray.
8. Steam over boiling water for 10 minutes.  Off fire but leave buns in steamer for a further 2-3 minutes before uncovering and remove to cool on wire rack. 

First Way

 

 

 

 

Second Way 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

For the second method, the dough weighs about 50 gm [you can make it either bigger or smaller. it's okay] and filling is about 20 gm.

Fillings - Savoury Green Bean Paste [see here for recipe]