How to make candied date cornmeal steamed cake

Nowadays, many office workers bring their own lunch. Although it’s not very good, it’s enough to make people in the office envious. Now we will introduce to you the candied date cornmeal steamed cake. If you study it carefully, you won’t have to envy others in the future.

1.121 Mix the dough with hot water and let it cool for later use.

2.212 First mix the cornmeal with 70-80 degrees Celsius hot water.

3.12 Add dry yeast, baking powder and sugar to wheat flour, mix well and set aside.

4.21 Wash the red beans and put them into the pressure cooker, add appropriate amount of water.

5. Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes

6. Do not overcook the red beans. Keep the grains intact as long as they are not hard. After cooking, remove from the pot and cool in cold water. The red bean soup can be consumed as a beverage and must not be poured away. Add the cooked and cooled red beans into the mixed cornmeal.

7. Then add the flour and mix well with your hands until it becomes loose.

8. Finally, knead the dough with clean water.

9. When kneading the dough, use a dough spatula to stir it constantly to make it uniform. The dough should be soft and not lumpy, but not too thin either.

10. After the dough is kneaded, hang it over a basin and cover it with a wet towel to allow it to ferment.

11. Wait until the dough expands to one and a half times its size.

12. Then spread wet gauze in the steamer and pour the fermented dough into the steamer.

13. Place appropriate amount of candied dates on top and sprinkle evenly with green and red silk.

14. After spreading the candied dates on the surface, lift up the four corners of the steamer cloth to allow for ventilation during the steaming process.

15. Then cover the pot and steam over high heat for 40 minutes.

16. After steaming, open the lid and let it dry for a while.

17. When the steamed cake is cooled until it is no longer hot to the touch, move it onto the bamboo curtain and remove the curtain cloth.

18. After the steamed cake has cooled, you can use a knife to cut it into pieces of appropriate size for consumption.

If you have been eating takeout all year round, now that you know how to make candied date cornmeal steamed cake, you will definitely want to try making it yourself in the kitchen. Believe in yourself, and what you make will definitely be unique.