Vegetable Pao

Vegetable Pao 菜包

I'm staying with my parent in law. My mother in law is a good cooker. She can easily make our local delight in a very short time frame. 

The food that she usually made for the family are laksa, yam kuih, tofu fa, hokkien mee and many more.

One of my favourite is the vegetable pao. 

Today i wanted to try it out since i saw the pao recipe from karen-ho.blogspot.com.

I have just started using thermomix in my mother in law's kitchen, i decided to follow the thermomix man tao recipe to make the pao. 

Thermomix Man Tao Recipe

120g water

15g corn oil

20g caster sugar

1 tsp yeast

250g pao flour

pinch of salt

Method:

1. Place water, oil, sugar, yeast into TM bowl to mix. *30 sec, 37C, Sp 3
2. Add flour and salt. Knead the dough on interval speed. *2 mins, knead
3. Set aside, cover up for about 45 mins - 1 hour for it to rise

Filling

*recipe inspired by karen-ho.blogspot.com with minor change

250g jicama (mang kuang in hokkien) (cut into slices)

2 mushroom (soak, cut into slices)

20g small dried shrimp (soak and cut)

2 shallots

a little bit cooking oil

2 hard boiled egg (cut into 6 pieces each egg)

Seasoning:

1/2 tbsp soya sauce, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce, 1/2 tbsp black soya sauce, 1/2 tsp chicken seasoning powder, pepper to taste, water.

Method: 

1. Heat up oil, cook shallots and shrimp, add mushroom and cook till fragrance.
2. Add in jicama.
3. Add in all seasoning.
4. Pour the water in, wait until boil. Set aside.

Lastly, shape the dough into small ball, roll it to flat, put in the fillings and 1 slice of egg and close it neatly. 

Thats how the shape of my pao before steaming, still need to practise more. (Do not put too much filling inside as it will burst when steaming).

Steam the pao on high heat for 15 mins, when done, open the lid cover a little bit, wait for another 5 mins, then slowly open the lid cover to avoid the steaming water drip on the pao.

Taste of the pao i made were good, just that the filling taste a little bit salty.
If compare to the pao made by my mom in law, definitely hers one taste much more better.
I will go and ask her see if she has any secret ingredient to add or not...

Overall i still love the pao i made, my husband love it too.
I will definitely make this healthy pao again.

Thanks for reading. Cheers :)