How to make delicious purple sweet potato rose steamed buns
Purple sweet potato is rich in protein, starch, pectin, cellulose, amino acids, vitamins and various minerals, and is also rich in selenium and anthocyanins. Purple sweet potato rose steamed buns refer to a kind of steamed bun made into a rose shape with purple sweet potato and flour as the main ingredients. They have the effects of tonifying the spleen, boosting qi, and relaxing the intestines to relieve constipation. Now let us take a look at how to make purple sweet potato rose steamed buns!
Ingredients for purple sweet potato rose steamed buns
250 grams of wheat flour, 200 grams of purple sweet potato, 2.5 grams of (dry) yeast, 15 grams of (warm) water.
The method for making purple sweet potato rose steamed buns
1. Fully dissolve the yeast in warm water, pour it into the flour, then pour in the cooked and cooled purple sweet potato mash, and knead the dough by hand until it reaches the three-glow state (dough smooth, hands clean, bowl clean).
2. Put the dough in a bowl, cover it with a wet cloth, and place it in a warm spot to naturally proof for about 1-2 hours. It is now late spring and early summer, and the temperature is about 25 degrees, so generally proofing at room temperature for 2 hours is enough.
3. Take out the dough that has risen to 1.5 times its size, sprinkle dry flour on the cutting board, and knead the dough to release the gas.
4. First divide the dough into medium dough pieces of about 80 grams each, then take one 80-gram dough piece and roll it by hand into a strip of about 10 cm, cut it into 6 small pieces, and cut one of the small pieces with a slightly smaller amount, roll it into an olive shape, and use it to make the flower center.
5. Flatten the remaining 5 small pieces, roll them into round sheets about 0.3 cm thick and 10 cm in diameter. It is best to roll the edges of the round sheets thinner, and stack the 5 sheets together.
6. Use a chopstick to press a center line vertically in the middle of the dough sheets, then place the olive-shaped dough on the bottom sheet, and start wrapping the olive-shaped dough and rolling it upward until it is completely rolled up. Then use your fingers to pinch into the center, twist left and right to break it off, and place it with the seam facing down.
The effects and functions of purple sweet potato
1. Cancer prevention and anti-cancer: Purple sweet potato is rich in selenium and iron, which are essential elements for the human body to resist fatigue, resist aging, and enrich the blood. Selenium in particular is called the “king of anti-cancer”, is easily absorbed by the human body, can remain in the serum, repair the myocardium, enhance the body's immunity, remove free radicals in the body, inhibit the synthesis of DNA in cancer cells and the division and growth of cancer cells, and prevent the occurrence of cancers such as stomach cancer and liver cancer.
2. Promote gastrointestinal motility: Purple sweet potato is rich in cellulose, which can increase stool volume, promote gastrointestinal motility, clear mucus, accumulated gas and putrefied matter retained in the intestinal cavity, excrete toxic substances and carcinogenic substances in the stool, keep bowel movements smooth, improve the digestive tract environment, and prevent the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases.
3. Helpful for weight loss and slimming: Eating purple sweet potato not only will not make you gain weight, on the contrary, it can help with weight loss, fitness, prevent sub-health, and relieve constipation and detoxify. Every 100 grams of fresh purple sweet potato contains only 0.2 grams of fat and produces 99 kilocalories of heat energy, roughly 1/3 that of rice. It is a very good low-fat, low-calorie food, and at the same time can effectively prevent sugars from turning into fat, which is helpful for weight loss and fitness.
4. Enhance immunity: Purple sweet potato contains a large amount of mucoprotein, which can prevent the atrophy of connective tissue in the liver and kidneys, improve the body's immunity, and prevent the occurrence of collagen diseases. The minerals contained in purple sweet potato play a very important role in maintaining and regulating human body functions. The calcium and magnesium it contains can prevent osteoporosis.