Chinese Steamed Buns with black beans filling

Ingredients :

• 125 gram black beans
• 60 gram granulated sugar
• 50 cc water
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Pandan leaf ( you can find it from Asian store)
• banana leaf/ aluminium foil/ wax paper cut it into square.
• 1 package ready mix steamed buns flour (you can get it from Asian store) or you can also make it from scratch, like one of this link http://chinesefood.about.com/od/dimsumbuns/r/steamedbun.htm

Direction :

1. Preparing Black Beans filling :

• wash black beans and soak until slightly bulging and soft.
• Boiled the black beans until tender then drain with strainer.
• mashed the black beans into a paste, set a side.
• using a pan boil water, sugar and pandan leaves until sugar is dissolved then add the black bean paste and keep stirring until the black beans do not stick to the pan, remove from the stove and let it cool, ready for fill the buns.

2. Preparing the steamed buns.

• To make a steamed buns dough follow the instruction on the steamed buns package or if you make it from scratch just follow the recipe.
• Shape dough into balls. Roll each out into a circle. Put 1 tablespoonful of prepared black beans mixture in the center of each circle, and wrap dough around filling. Place seams down onto banana leaf/aluminium foil/pacrhment paper squares. Let stand until doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Start the steamer ( I use electric steamer ) and let the water boiling and produce a lot of steam. Place as many buns on banana leaf/aluminium foil/parchment paper as will comfortably fit onto steamer leaving 1 to 2 inches between the buns. Steam buns over boiling water for 15 to 20 minutes.
• after the steaming time done, REMOVE LID IMMEDIATELY so the water will not drip back onto buns surface.
• Continue steaming batches of buns until all are cooked.