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How to pinch steamed buns

Steamed bread is a common food. Many people usually like to eat steamed buns, but most people basically buy them outside. What they buy outside is not only unsanitary, but also tastes bad. The most important thing is that many people can't make buns. In fact, there are many ways to make buns. What are the methods of making steamed stuffed buns? The following is a detailed introduction to various wrapping methods and nie methods of steamed buns.

The easiest way to make mooncake buns

This wrapping method is the simplest one, which is more suitable for novices who can't wrap buns. Pick up a steamed bun skin with your left hand, then put a proper amount of stuffing in the steamed bun skin, close the steamed bun skin, and knead it with your right hand from right to left.

If you want to make the steamed stuffed bun stand up and make it look more energetic, put your left hand against it before kneading, and use a little force to make the stuffing and steamed stuffed bun skin concave. Then when kneading the dough, pay attention to shortening the inside edge, making the outside edge longer, and kneading two or three pleats outside, so that the steamed stuffed bun will stand up.

Reminder: Don't put too much stuffing in novice buns. The more stuffing they put, the harder it is to wrap it. You'd better put more stuffing after you are proficient.

This wrapping method can also be used to wrap jiaozi.

Wrapping method of upgraded crescent steamed stuffed bun

The previous operation methods and steps are the same as above, except that when kneading dough, the outer side is continuously kneaded into pleats.

1, take a piece of steamed stuffed bun skin and put a proper amount of stuffing.

2. First, crumple the 3/4 of the outer side of the steamed stuffed bun skin.

3. Then knead the remaining 1/4 on the inner side with the outer side.

In addition, 3/4 of the outer side of the steamed stuffed bun skin can be crumpled, and then a proper amount of stuffing can be filled and kneaded into a ball.

These kinds of wrapping methods can wrap beautiful crescent buns. Any wrapping method can be used, and it can also be used to wrap jiaozi.

Wrapping method of chrysanthemum steamed stuffed bun

This kind of steamed stuffed bun is the most common, but we don't know what it should be called. We might as well call it chrysanthemum steamed stuffed bun.

1, take a piece of steamed stuffed bun skin and put it in the palm of your left hand, then take a proper amount of prepared stuffing and put it in the middle. Close your palm to make the periphery of steamed stuffed bun skin round and close to the center.

2. Pinch the first pleat from anywhere with the thumb and forefinger of your right hand, then hold your thumb and open your forefinger to knead the adjacent dough into pleats, so as to pinch more pleats in turn. The thumb moves slowly with the increase of wrinkles until it is all pinched.

3. After all of them are pinched, you can close your mouth. When the mouth is closed, the bowl or nipple can be harvested. As you like, you can finally put some colored things in your mouth for embellishment, such as medlar or green beans.

Tip: You can fold chrysanthemum buns as much as you want, but it turns out that you have to fold them to 14 or more to look good. When you knead a pleat, all you have to do is think about finally kneading it into a circle. It's very simple.