Thursday, August 24, 2006

Vegetable Curry Pau

I have always been wanting to make paus but failed terribly 2x with 2 different recipes. It was really disappointing until I saw this recipe shared by a member from an online forum which I frequent (thanks Lena). This one came out perfect for me, of course this is not the kind of paus you get at those dim sum places. The dough tastes almost like the ones you get outside (those regular steam paus) and I really liked it a lot.


curry_pau2

curry_pau1


Although the recipe uses sponge dough, you can do a straight dough method too.

Ingredients
A: Sponge
400 gm HKG/pau flour (Recommended using Bluekey pau flour)
210-240ml water * (pour bit by bit - need not use the 240ml)
1 ½ tsp instant yeast.

B: Ingredients for the pau
100 gm HKG/pau flour (Recommended using Bluekey pau flour)
120g gm sugar
10 gm shortening
1 ¼ tsp double action baking powder

Method
1. Mix ingredients A together
2. Knead until smooth and elastic
3. Let it rise for 40 mins
4. Mix dough from method 1 with ingredients B. and knead until well blended
5. Cut into equal portions about 40g
6. Wrap in filling
7. Let it rise for 20 minutes
8. Steam over high heat for 15 minutes

* I used Bake King's hkg flour and this flour absorbs quite a bit of water. So I reduced the water to around 210-220ml instead of 240ml. For those using other flours, please add water 200ml first and followed by the rest.

Note: I used my breadmaker to knead the sponge then followed by using the mixer when adding B. But you can use the breadmaker to knead the dough and take it out once the breadmaker stops kneading. No need to wait till cycle ends.

I made the dough first and freeze it and shape it the next day. You can freeze the dough too right after mixing the sponge with B. To use, thaw it before shaping and follow step 5 onwards.

13 comments:

FooDcrazEE said...

i tak pernah buat pau ler....sounds easy ,,,is it ?

Anonymous said...

thank zu for sharing yr wonderful recipes.salam.
siti

Zurynee said...

foodcrazee, it's not difficult except the pleating if you want to have a nice looking pau. Mine I just made the normal ones. Still need practice :)

Salam to you siti :) My pleasure, do give it a try.

Zu

Anonymous said...

Hi Zurynee, thanks for the recipe. I am going to give it a try. Btw can you tell us the forum that you mentioned? Thanks.

Isabel

Anonymous said...

salam. its a must for me to visit your blog for your simple recipe. i used to make pau but my pau looks ugly and not smooth at all. dunno why but i will surely try your pau recipe. thanks for sharing all those recipe ya.

fara

Anonymous said...

Salam zu, i nak buat pau on Tue insyaallah but can you explain -
(4. Mix dough from method 1 with ingredients B. and knead until well blended)kena knead sampai elastic juga? tq.

siti

Zurynee said...

Hi Siti,

Yes, just knead till they are well blended. The dough should not be sticky too.

HTH
Zu

Anonymous said...

tq alot zu, now i lagi salin recipe you. Insyaallah i'll feedback to you.salam.

siti

Unknown said...

zu

i am so glad that this recipe turned out good for you and lena. i too had to try making it again without pau flour.

Anonymous said...

your bao looks really yummy. can I ask what brand of shortening did you put? can you buy the shortening in our local ntuc? I used another recipe and substituted butter instead; of course my baos turned 'yellowish' colored. :P

elizabeth boyd said...

Can't find Hongkong flour here in Edmonton, other substitute like plain or bread flour will do?

Zurynee said...

Salam to you too siti :-)

Thank you lily :-)

hi anonymous, I use Crisco shortening which is readily available in supermarkets including NTUC. The shortening gives it a fluffy texture.

ZU

Zurynee said...

Hi Elizabeth, you can replace it with plain flour. The only difference would be the colour :-)