Comments on Smoky Wok: Steamed Chinese Lotus Buns Recipe 莲蓉包 (with Photo Tutorial)

yes! this recipe looks very good and easy to make!...

2012-01-24T04:18:15.351+08:00

yes! this recipe looks very good and easy to make! I will go shopping next week, purchase my ingredients and make them! thank you for the instructions!

I want to make these. Miss pao so much! Thanks for...

2011-12-06T10:07:35.630+08:00

I want to make these. Miss pao so much! Thanks for the recipe. Sharon Lai

Hi Olivier, am glad that you liked the buns, if yo...

2011-09-09T20:17:06.706+08:00

Hi Olivier, am glad that you liked the buns, if you posted my recipe, kindly provide a link back and that's totally fine with me..btw, what's the address to your blog? wld love to take a look!

Hi, thanks for the simple recipe. I hope you don&#...

2011-09-09T20:11:38.841+08:00

Hi, thanks for the simple recipe.
I hope you don't mind, but I have reposted your recipe on my own blog (not to take credit for it, but I thought it would be a nice way to document the stuff I have tried!).
Please let me know if you would rather I took it down.

The buns turned out great btw! =)

Hi there, I'm not quite sure about that - pao ...

2011-07-16T11:28:46.479+08:00

Hi there, I'm not quite sure about that - pao flour is essentially a bleached version of all purpose flour hence the paos you make will turn out whiter, if you use unbleached AP flour, it still works, just has a yellowish tinge.. hope that helps!

hi is pao flour equivalent to bapao wheat starch? ...

2011-07-16T02:33:23.240+08:00

hi is pao flour equivalent to bapao wheat starch? thanks.

Great, good luck with the buns!

2011-05-01T16:38:37.704+08:00

Great, good luck with the buns!

Thanks for your reply. I will go and find the Bao ...

2011-04-30T23:19:57.148+08:00

Thanks for your reply. I will go and find the Bao flour in our Asian stores in Florida. I might try them with chinese BBQ pork. Will let u know how they turn out if I do make them.

Thanks for your reply. I will go and find the Bao ...

2011-04-29T20:59:12.372+08:00

Thanks for your reply. I will go and find the Bao flour in our Asian stores in Florida. I might try them with chinese BBQ pork. Will let u know how they turn out if I do make them.

hi there, you can get bao flour from most Asian gr...

2011-04-28T11:31:22.999+08:00

hi there, you can get bao flour from most Asian grocery stores in the US, I used to go to Ranch 99 for most of my stuff while living in SoCal. Hope that helps! If not, all purpose is fine but it may just turn out yellowish since it's not bleached as much as bao flour.

If I cannot find Bao flour, what other flour can I...

2011-04-28T07:29:09.927+08:00

If I cannot find Bao flour, what other flour can I use. I live in the States.

I also used the bread and coconut buns recipe from christinesrecipes.

Dear Priscilla, I hope my advice helps :) Sure, ta...

2011-04-08T17:55:48.477+08:00

Dear Priscilla, I hope my advice helps :) Sure, take your time! 'see' you soon!

Thank u Jen again for ur kind advice. I will let u...

2011-04-08T17:48:48.544+08:00

Thank u Jen again for ur kind advice.
I will let u know the outcome the next time I made the paus. Thank u again.

Will take sometime cos' lots of food yet to finish.

Blessings
Priscilla Poh

Hi Priscilla, I'm sorry your paus didn't...

2011-04-06T21:17:37.886+08:00

Hi Priscilla,

I'm sorry your paus didn't turn out good, apart from the brand, perhaps it will be easier for you to just use self-raising and pau flour together for a better result? As I mentioned earlier, different brands of flour might have a slightly different ratio of baking powder etc in it. Btw, I did not proof the paus before steaming and I only proofed them or 1 hour the first time, also I only let the yeast and water mixture stand for 15 minutes before mixing into the flour to form the dough. The method that you used seem to be modified quite a bit.

Anyway, also you should steam the paus over high heat to ensure the soft and fluffy texture.

Do let me know if you have any other questions. For tips, I would suggest to get SR flour and not proof the buns before steaming or proof for too long as that will affect texture. I also did not use shortening and do note that butter and shortening are not perfect substitutes. I hope I helped a little!

Good luck for your next attempt and let me know if you have any questions!

Jen

Dear Taste of Home Thanks for the effort in google...

2011-04-06T21:08:27.342+08:00

Dear Taste of Home
Thanks for the effort in googled to provide me with SR flour concortion. U know what, after I posted questions to u, I forget which blog to return the next day for ur answer. Only today 6 Apr 11, I managed to remember ur blog and was happy to read ur response. Sorry for the long time to come back and thank u.
OK, during the time I forgot which blog to look for u, I managed to go ahead and made some paus using pau flour. The results were not great. The dough turned hard 20 mns ater stamed. I dont know why. I let the yeast mixture (which consisted 6g Inst yeast,5g baking powder, 50g sugar+ 50g pau flour stirred with 135g lukewarm water stood for 1 hr before mixing mixture into 250 g pau flour + 10 g shortening. I furthe proved dough for 2 hrs before filling n shaping the paus. After that, I proved for another 30 mins before steamng.

20 mins after steamed, the paus started to harden. The overall resultof the paus = not soft.

Perhaps, u can advise me why is it not soft and fluffy. I suspect the brand of pau flour is the culprit. I used Sunflower brand.

Any hints/tips from u would be helpful.

Blesings
PriscllaPoh

Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope you ...

2011-03-29T10:36:41.778+08:00

Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope you like this, it's quite simple too :)

This is amazing, your photography is beautiful, I&...

2011-03-29T05:53:10.619+08:00

This is amazing, your photography is beautiful, I'm lost for words. I'm going to try and make this now when I'm next home with my parents :)

Hi again, I googled this and to get 250g of self r...

2011-03-10T15:21:43.959+08:00

Hi again, I googled this and to get 250g of self raising flour from all purpose, add 1 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp baking soda but I have not tried this myself so I can't vouch but hope it helps!

Hi Priscilla, Yes I did use half cup of self rais...

2011-03-10T14:56:24.417+08:00

Hi Priscilla, Yes I did use half cup of self raising flour. I am not sure if you can skip it, it's quite hard to deduce how much baking powder if you use all bao flour since each brand has different ratio of baking powder in it. Is it possible for you to buy some SR flour? Also, I used pao flour so that it won't be yellowish which will be the case if you use unbleached flour. Hope that helps. Thank you for stopping by and let me know if you further questions.

Hello Taste of Home I wud like to try out ur bao ...

2011-03-10T14:51:53.682+08:00

Hello Taste of Home

I wud like to try out ur bao recipes tomorrow. Noticed that u used half cup SR flour. Cud u kindly advise me can I skip SR flour as I do not have any at home. If I shud skip SR flour, how much bao flour shud I add in place? And do I add baking powder since SR flour is taken out? And how much shud the baking powder be?

Await your reply.

Thank you
Priscilla Poh

Elizabeth, you're welcome! Hope it works for y...

2011-02-26T19:28:54.935+08:00

Elizabeth, you're welcome! Hope it works for you :)

Hi Elizabeth, yes I use instant yeast (usually fou...

2011-02-23T23:33:53.475+08:00

Hi Elizabeth, yes I use instant yeast (usually found in little packets and they look like tiny granules right?)....your bread machine has a separate yeast dispenser right? I will try to find out for you.

Thanks jen! I look forward to hearing from you! Is...

2011-02-23T23:29:06.769+08:00

Thanks jen! I look forward to hearing from you! Is the yeast you buy the instant dried yeast? That seems to be the most readily available in the shops here (Australia). Thanks!!!

The 'pau skin' reminds me of my young youn...

2011-02-23T09:43:01.990+08:00

The 'pau skin' reminds me of my young young days. My dad used to buy this type of paus. Taste very, very good. I love this type of texture for 'pau skins'

Hi Elizabeth, I have not tried making this in the...

2011-02-22T11:12:46.062+08:00

Hi Elizabeth, I have not tried making this in the bread machine - I suppose the kneading parts will be easier in the machine but you are right on the yeast question. I am not entirely sure on that part. Sorry I'm not of much help in regards to that but I will try to find out and I will let you know once I do. Thanks for stopping by! These are actually quite easy to make by hand :D