The Dessert Fanatic

Hum Chim Pheng  - ½ recipe yields 28 pieces)

Yeast Dough

Bread flour                   500 g

Water                         350 g

Yeast                          10 g

Dough 2

Bread flour                   1 kg

Sugar                          350 g

Soda Bicarbonate          1 tsp

SP/ovalette                  1 tsp

Water                          450 g

Preserved bean curd      1 tbsp

Alkaline water               1 tsp

Fillings

Salty     -           2 tsp of 5 spices powder mix with 1 tsp fine salt

Sweet  -           red bean paste 

1.      Yeast dough – mix all together.  Leave aside to proof for 2 hours

2.      Combine ingredients of dough 2 with yeast dough and mix till dough is formed. (about 3 min).  Divide into 2 portions

3.      For salty dough – roll out flat, brush with some water.  Sprinkle spices powder and salt mixture on top. Roll up like a swiss roll and cut into pieces. Flatten each piece.  Roll it thin and big.  Rest for 10 min.

4.      For sweet dough – roll out a small portion (about 40 g) into a long and flat piece. Double    up and roll flat.  Add in some red bean paste.  Close up and flatten again with rolling pin.  Wet surface before sprinkling some sesame seeds on top.  Rest for 10 min.

6.      Fry in a big wok of hot oil till golden brown.

I learnt this Chinese snack from Jia Lei and thought it good enough to share. 

I am submitting this Hum Chim Pheng recipe to Aspiring Bakers #19: Dim Sum Affair (May 2012) hosted by SSB of Small Small Baker.

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