14 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:The Bun Cups with Minced Pork and Vegetables intrigue me. They must be steamed since they don't, as a rule, bake their breads. But they have such a uniform golden color. Do they have some sort of flavoring in the dough? Have you any idea how they are formed?
After exhaustive investigations and torturing of suspects, I can now elucidate.
The buns are a feature of Northern Chinese cuisine and are known as 窝窝头 (wō wō tóu) which means nest-like things. They are made from corn, sorghum or millet flour. I think the ones I ate were millet. They also contain brown sugar which may contribute to the colour, although I didn't find them particularly sweet. They are, as I suspected, formed by hand by pressing the thumbs into a ball of dough to make the requisite shape, then steamed.
I bought some this morning and am now thinking what I can fill them with. The possibilities are endless.
