Steamed bread (traditional staple food in China)

Steamed bread is one of the traditional staple foods in China, and it is a kind of food fermented and steamed from flour. Steamed bread is round, soft and sweet, and it is one of China people's favorite staple foods.

Production steps

The steps of making steamed bread are as follows:

1. Prepare materials

The materials needed to make steamed bread are:

flour

yeast

sugar

salt

water

When these materials are ready, you can start making steamed bread.

Fermented dough

Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt and water together and knead into dough. Put the dough in a warm place to ferment, and let the dough expand and ferment until the dough becomes soft and elastic.

Knead dough

Take out the fermented dough, knead it into strips, and then cut the strips into small pieces. Knead a small piece of dough into a circle, and then flatten it by hand to make it into the shape of steamed bread.

steam mantou

Put the kneaded steamed bread into a steamer and steam it on high fire for about 15 minutes until the steamed bread becomes soft and elastic.

The history of steamed bread

Steamed bread is one of the traditional staple foods in China, and its history can be traced back to ancient China thousands of years ago. In ancient times, people used rice and wheat to make food, among which steamed bread was a very important food.

In ancient China, steamed bread was a very common food, and people often used steamed bread instead of rice. In some poor areas, people even use steamed bread instead of rice, because steamed bread is more economical than rice.

With the passage of time, steamed bread has gradually become one of the traditional foods of China people. In modern times, steamed bread has become an indispensable part of China people's daily life. People often use steamed bread to match various dishes or eat it directly as a staple food.

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