May you have abundance every year! (Steamed buns)

Method

1. 01

   Step 1

   Prepare ingredients

   

2. 02

   Step 2

   Dissolve yeast in water

   

3. 03

   Step 3

   Pour into flour

   

4. 04

   Step 4

   Knead into a super smooth dough

   

5. 05

   Step 5

   Divide the dough into: 1 1 gram dough ball, mixed with Oreo cookie crumbs and kneaded until smooth to form an Oreo dough. 1 3 gram dough ball, mixed with red yeast rice powder and kneaded until smooth to form a red dough. (Don't knead the red yeast rice powder too evenly; it will look more realistic.) 4 1.5 gram pieces of plain dough are used to make the goldfish's eyes. Divide the remaining dough into 4 equal parts to make the goldfish's body.

   

6. 06

   Step 6

   Roll the dough for the goldfish body into a teardrop shape.

   

7. 07

   Step 7

   Pinch the tip into a thinner section 3 the way down, then flatten the tip.

   

8. 08

   Step 8

   Roll out the red yeast rice flour dough into a thin sheet about 1 mm thick, and cut out shapes using a cookie cutter. If you don't have a cookie cutter, you can cut it into 4 or polygons.

   

9. 09

   Step 9

   Apply a small amount of water to the goldfish's body and tail.

   

10. 10

    Step 10

    Pinch up the goldfish's dorsal fin. Carve patterns on its tail with a scraper.

    

11. 11

    Step 11

    Make three cuts from the middle outwards in the tail, and pinch the tip.

    

12. 12

    Step 12

    Take two pea-sized pieces of Oreo dough, roll them into balls, and flatten them. Take two sesame-seed-sized pieces of plain dough from the small goldfish eye dough, roll them into balls, flatten them, moisten them with a little water, and stick them onto the Oreo dough. Divide the remaining dough into two equal parts and roll them into balls. (See picture)

    

13. 13

    Step 13

    Moisten a small amount of water and attach the dough for the goldfish's eyes to the goldfish's eye area.

    

14. 14

    Step 14

    Apply a small amount of water to the Oreo dough and stick it onto the goldfish's eye dough. Take a small amount of red yeast rice flour dough (about the size of a mung bean), roll it into a ball, and use a toothpick to apply a small amount of water to it and stick it onto the goldfish's mouth.

    

15. 15

    Step 15

    Use scissors to cut scales off the goldfish's back.

    

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    Step 16

    Arrange the prepared dough pieces in a steamer. Place them in a pot of cold water and steam over low heat for 5 minutes. Then turn off the heat and let them ferment 20 minutes (this time is just a guideline; ferment until the dough has slightly increased in size and springs back slowly when lightly pressed with a finger). Turn the heat to high and steam for about 15 minutes after the water boils. Turn off the heat and let them sit 3 minutes.

    

17. 17

    Step 17

    It's done!

    

18. 18

    Step 18

    Finished product image

    

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    Step 19

    Finished product

    

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    Step 20

    Finished product image