Basic Yeast Dough
Ingredients: 500gm pau flour,sifted ( I use Blue Key Brand Pau flour ) 6gm instant yeast 100gm sugar 50gm shortening 250gm water Fillings : 1 tbsp oil Some chopped onion 500gm Char Siew, chopped into small pieces 1 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp soya sauce 2 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp dark soya sauce 1 cup of water Some cornstarch for thickening 1. Mix instant yeast and sugar in the water till dissolved. 2. Then mix everything together and knead into smooth and elastic dough. 3. Divide the dough into 40gm dough (you can get about 18 portions). Put aside and let it prove until double its size. Estimated about 10 minutes. 4. Filling: Heat oil in a pan and sautee the onion till fragrant. Add in char siew and the rest of the ingredients and mixed well. Then thicken with some cornflour. Dish up and leave to cool before using. 5. Roll dough into a round shape and add 1 tbsp of filling and pleat the top into a pau. Line pau with a piece of white paper and let it prove again for another 20 min...