Hello everyone, I am Shu Chen, I share all kinds of home-cooked food here every day, and today I will share with you the fluffy and soft "lotus leaf cake".
It turns out that Chengde, Hebei Province also has a special traditional noodle dish - lotus leaf cake. The cake is as thin as paper, soft and white, chewy and elastic, you can roll it with your favorite side dishes, meat and vegetarian can be, in fact, it can be paired with spicy strips. The lotus leaf cake is simple, the steps are detailed, fluffy and soft, let's take a look at the specific production steps.
【Lotus Leaf Cake】
Ingredients: flour
Excipients: yeast powder
Seasoning: vegetable oil, sugar
Method:
1. Add 2 grams of sugar to 300 grams of flour, add 3 grams of yeast powder, and mix well with chopsticks
2. Add warm water at 35 degrees and stir with chopsticks to form dough
3. Add warm water several times, and the temperature should not exceed 40 degrees
4. No dry flour knead into a dough
5. Knead until smooth, cover and let stand for 30 minutes
6. Take a portion of the dough and place it on a cutting board and knead it into long strips
7. Roll the dough into an even size by hand, and cut it with a knife
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9. Knead each dough repeatedly to form an oval shape, then roll out the pancake with a rolling pin
10. The crepes are about 3 mm, brush with a layer of vegetable oil
11. Fold the crust in half and make it with a comb or zigzag tool
12. Make the shape of a lotus leaf, and make each one like this
13. Put it in the cage drawer and let it rise for 15 minutes
14. After proofing, cover and steam for 15 minutes
15. Remove from heat and simmer for 3 minutes, then remove from plate
16. Easy to open, add your favorite side dish and enjoy
Tips:
1. Add 2 grams of sugar to 300 grams of flour and add 3 grams of yeast powder, which can promote the fermentation of yeast powder
2. Use warm water at 35 degrees Celsius and noodles, and the warm water should not exceed 40 degrees, otherwise it will destroy the activity of yeast powder
3. Knead into a smooth dough and let it rest for 30 minutes, then knead it into small dough
4. Knead each dough agent repeatedly and make the shape of a lotus leaf with a tool
5. After the second proofing, steam for 15 minutes
The lotus leaf cake eaten in the restaurant, rolled with plum vegetables and roasted meat, the taste is great, and the child also said that it would be good if he could roll the ham sausage and spicy strips. Today I arranged lotus leaf cakes, you can make as many rolls, spicy strips, eggs, ham sausages, shredded potatoes, and braised pork as you like. The lotus leaf cake made according to the above steps is fluffy and soft, chewy and tough, and can be collected and made for children to taste, I hope you can like it.