Beef cabbage steamed bun

 I made some quite big sizes of steamed buns,  one or two is enough to satisfy us.  It's great for lazy meals in weekends.  Great to dip in with some sauces, like vinegar mixes with sesame oil, even with mustard and chilli sauce.  

  Ingredients
  Dough
  4 cups plain flour
  1 cup and 1/3 cup lukewarm water
  4 tablespoons sugar ( to your taste)
  2 teaspoons instant dry yeast
  1 teaspoon salt
  1 teaspoon baking powder
  1 tablespoon vegetable oil


  Filling 
  A quarter wedge of a small cabbage ( chopped finely / thinly sliced)
  500g minced beef
  8 pieces of mushrooms ( soaked and chopped)
  4 tablespoons soya sauce
  white pepper and black pepper
  2 tablespoons  vegetable oil
  1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon corn flour
  2 tablespoons sugar
  2 tablespoons Shao Shing rice wine
  Thumbsize ginger ( grated /chopped finely)
  1 and 1/2 tablespoons sesame oil
  2 tablespoons oyster sauce

    Method (filling)
    1.  Cabbage preparation:  stir and mix in a teaspoon of salt.  Leave for 10 minutes.  Squeeze out the excess water.
    2.  In a large mixing bowl, mix up all ingredients ( I used my hand).
    3.  Wrap and store in the fridge for later use.

  Method ( Dough)
  1.  Stir and dissolve dry yeast in the lukewarm water, it will become foamy in a short moment. Set aside.
  2.  In a large mixing bowl,  well combine the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
  3.  Pour in the yeast mixture and give it a quick stir and mix to form a rough dough.  Cover and leave for 10 minutes.  Gentle knead for 10 seconds and leave for 10 minutess.  Do twice more during the 10 minute intervals.  Cover and let it rise for an hour or, until the size has doubled.
  4.  Punch down dough and divide into your desired sizes, roll into balls.  Let gluten rest for 10 minute.
  5.  Roll out each dough ( thinner on the outer edges and thicker in the centre).  Wrap with filling and seal it up. Let gluten rest until doubled in size. Meanwhile, set up steamer.
  6.  Steam in high heat for 15 minutes.  Turn off heat, remove buns only after 5 minutes later.