Steamed Peach Buns 寿桃 II

Recently, I just started college!!  It's definitely a new, exciting experience to go through.  College is somewhere that people have to become more independent.  The teachers now don't remind you to do your homework and things like that.  They now expect you to do everything and if you don't do it, a bad result on a test is what you get.  So after starting school back in September 22, I was "busy" with other things like getting used to college, dorm life, and making friends.  School isn't that hard, at least not as hard as I expected.  I'm enjoying school life I guess.  I'm dorming and I have two other roommates.  We get along really well. :)  I'm have lots of fun with them; they always make me laugh.  Also, my hall activities are pretty fun too.  Since I'm in an all-girls hall, the only all-girls hall in my school, my whole hall is pretty close.  We even had a hair and nail polish night where we just had fun.  Oh!  I also got a new job, at the Student Center.  Yesterday was the first day I worked and it was pretty interesting.  I think I like my new job. :D  Anyway, that's basically what has been happening recently, just wanted to keep my readers updated.  Now....on to the recipe. This is the one that is a continuation from my red bean paste post.

On September 9, I decided to make steamed peach buns, aka 寿桃, again because it was going to be my boss' and grandma's birthday.  Last time I made them, I messed up because it was too cold, so I didn't let the buns rise for a sufficient amount of time.  However, this time they were successful!  Both recipes are for sure very reliable.  Feel free to try both of them out.

Steamed Peach Buns 寿桃 II
Recipe from Vivian Pang's Kitchen.
 
 

Red Bean Paste

Hi  everyone!  It seems like I'm taking longer and longer breaks.  :/  Don't worry though, I'm not quitting yet.  If I do, I'll warn you in advance. :P  So just to ease back into blogging, I'm going to share a really simple recipe that I used to make red bean paste.  This little post will be followed by the real deal in a couple of days.  I won't tell you what it is now; you'll find out in a couple of days.

I got the recipe from Christine's Recipes.  Right over here.

Red Bean Paste

Ingredients
Red beans
Water
Rock sugar or regular sugar

Directions
Depending on how much red bean paste needed, adjust the recipe.  The amount of water needed in proportion for the amount of red beans is 3:1.  Remember to soak the red beans for a couple of hours before cooking the beans with an ample amount of water.  Don't cook too long so that the water evaporates and the beans are about to burn.  Cook it until the water is gone and the beans are soft.  If the beans are still pretty hard, add more water and continue cooking.  Make sure to keep an eye on the red beans.

After the beans are cooked, add sugar and mix until the sugar dissolves.

Then smush the red beans with a spoon or ladle until the red beans become paste.



Tada!


Easy peasy! :D  Btw, I forgot to add the sugar when the water was halfway gone.  So I added the sugar at the end.  If you happen to forget, don't worry about it, it's fine.  Have a great week everyone! :)