Wholewheat Vegetarian Char Siew Steamed Bun

It's rainy season again! What other better food to enjoy on this kind of weather? Something warm and comforting, of coz. Remember, I had something similar to this wholewheat steamed bun a week back. My neighbour bought it from somewhere (vegetarian shop) and gave me a packet of it. My boy loves it so much that he requested me to make this for him. So, here are they.....straight from the kitchen of My Little Space.

Ingredients :

Starter Dough
100ml lukewarm water
2-1/2 tspn yeast
1 tbsp sugar
130gm flour

**Main Dough
(A)
320gm flour
70gm wholewheat bran
100gm sugar
1/4 tspn salt

(B)
100ml water, room temperature
2 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn vinegar

(C)
2 tbsp shortening

Method : Please refer here. 
 (it's best to let the dough rest for an extra few more mins before steaming if room temperature lower than 30'C)

This kind of vegetarian BBQ meat can be easily found at any cold storage and is inexpensive at all. Hope you will love it too!

Ingredients for Vegetarian Char Siew Fillings :
250gm   vegetarian char siew, cut in shreds
3 tbsp   cooking oil
5-6 tbsp   sugar
1 tspn   dark soy sauce
1/3 cup   light soy sauce
*thickening : 1/4 cup water + 1 tspn corn starch

Method :
(1) preheat frying pan with cooking oil.
(2) stir in vegetarian char siew and saute till well coated with oil.
(3) add in all other ingredients and simmer till thickened.
(4) off the heat once it's ready and leave to cool completely before use. (best to keep refrigerated)

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