Ingredients: 150 grams All Purpose Flour (Maida),150 grams Whole Wheat Flour,2 tablespoon Active dry yeast,2 tablespoon Sugar,Salt – to taste,5 Button mushrooms – quartered,100 grams Tofu – cubed,1 tablespoon Soy sauce,1 tablespoon Homemade Hoisin Sauce,1 tablespoon Red Chilli sauce,1/2 teaspoon Honey,1/2 Cucumber – thinly sliced,1 Tomato – pulp removed,1 Red Bell pepper (Capsicum) – sliced
Time in minutes: 245 Servings: 4 Course: Snack Diet: High Protein Vegetarian
Instructions: To begin making the Taiwanese Style Gua Bao Recipe – Steamed Bao Buns With Sweet And Spicy Mushroom & Tofu Recipe bloom the yeast in lukewarm water along with sugar. Then add the yeast mixture into the dry ingredients like the whole wheat flour and the all purpose flour and knead it with the help of lukewarm water into a soft dough. Keep it aside in the same mixing bowl by covering it with a damp cloth in order for the dough to rise. Next, pickle the cucumber, cabbage, and tomato with soya sauce, vinegar, chili flakes, sugar and salt in a small mixing bowl. Now we will make the stuffing, Heat a pan and sauté mushroom till all the water gets evaporated, then add the tofu and toast it for a few minutes. To the pan add soya sauce, hoisin sauce, honey and salt and toss it over till the tofu is evenly coated.Now check the dough that has been resting for a while, divide the dough equally into medium sized balls. Take each ball and roll it into half inch thick, apply oil on top and fold it into a half. Place these rolled doughs onto a parchment paper and let it rest for 5 more minutes. Once done place it inside the steamer and steam for 10 minutes. Remove the steamed bao and stuff it with the pickled vegetable and then top it up with the sautéed mushroom and tofu. Garnish it with coriander leaves on top and serve.Serve the Taiwanese Style Gua Bao Recipe party appetizer along with vegetarian wonton soup for a comforting meal.