Vegan Steamed Buns

Ingredients:

For the bun:
1 tablespoon active dry yeast.
1 teaspoon sugar.
2 cups all purpose flour (extra for dusting)
1 cup water.

For the filling:
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
A combination of vegetables can be used like bell pepper, green peas, broccoli, mushroom, cabbage.
Scrambled tofu and finely chopped cooked rice noodles also can be added.
1 teaspoon of soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
1/2 teaspoon of pepper or to taste
1 teaspoon oil

Method:
For the bun:

To one cup of warm water, add sugar and yeast and set aside until it gets foamy (about 5 minutes)

In a separate bowl sift in flour and salt. Make a well in the center and add the above yeast water mixture and knead a soft dough. Make sure the dough is not too hard, add water/flour accordingly to make it easy to work with.

In a well greased bowl, put the dough to rest and double in a warm place in your kitchen, covering it with a cling wrap or a kitchen towel for an hour.

For the filling:

Heat oil in a pan on high and saute ginger garlic paste, Add all the vegetables one by one and saute them until its cooked through, now add soy sauce and season with salt and pepper. Make sure this is a dry preparation.

After one hour;

Dust your work area with some flour and punch down the dough.

Divide the dough into equal parts and roll them up into mini tortilla, making sure the edges are thinner. Place a tablespoon of the vegetable preparation and seal the ends together shaping it like a dinner roll and place it on a parchment paper.

Once all the rolls are ready, let them rise again for about half an hour.

After half an hour, in your steamer, place the buns one by one and steam them according to your steamer specifications.

Serve hot with some tangy sauce.

Enjoy!

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