Tau Sar Piah~

It's been sometime since i last baked Tau Sar Piah ya. i followed Florence's - Tai Yang Bing recipe to make the pastry and Precious moments - Tau sar piah recipe for the fillings ya. It rather time consuming to bake Tau Sar Piah ya, other then the water and oil dough preparation, you have to boil and soften the mung beans before stir-frying them in onion/shallot oil.

Recipe:

Ingredients

Water Dough

• 50g bread flour
• 120g cake flour
• 40g shortening/lard
• 20g corn oil
• 65ml water
• 20g icing sugar
• 1/8 tsp salt

Oil Dough

• 105g cake flour
• 50g shortening/lard

Filling

• 90g oil
• 10 shallots - thinly sliced
• 150g sugar (i added 100g sugar)
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 300g mung beans (soaked for 2 hours, steamed and mashed)

Egg wash: 1 egg lightly beaten with 1 tsp water

Method

Water dough

1. Sieve all the flours into a big mixing bowl. Make a well in the middle and add in all the rest of the ingredients for the water dough.
2. Mix till a dough is formed and knead this dough till it is smooth and shiny. Cling wrap dough and rest it for 30 minutes.
3. Divide dough into 30 pieces of 12g each.

Oil dough

1. Mix all ingredients together till a piable dough is formed. Cling wrap dough and rest it for 30 minutes.
2. Divide dough into 30 pieces of 4g each.

Filling

1. Add sugar, salt and white pepper to the mashed beans.
2. Heat oil, fry the shoots till brown and fragrant.
3. Pour in the bean mixture. Fry till mixture become dry and able to form into a ball. Divide filling to 12g ball size.

Wrapping

1. On a lightly floured surface, roll out a water dough, wrap an oil dough with this water dough and form a ball.
2. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough. Roll it up like a swiss-roll. Turn the dough 90 degrees and roll out the dough length wise again. Roll it up as swiss-roll.
3. Flatten the dough out and wrap it around the filling and form a ball shape.
4. Repeat the same procedure for the remaining water and oil doughs as well as the fillings. Place pastry doughs on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Apply the egg wash and sprinkle some black sesame seeds onto each of them. Bake at 180 degree celsius for 20 minutes.
5. Remove them from the oven and allow to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving or allow them to cool completely before storing in an airtight container. Enjoy!

My parents liked them ya, not too sweet, just right~ Enjoy~