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Purple Sweet Potato Hee Pan

Purple Sweet Potato Hee Pan (Xi Ban)

Purple Sweet Potato Hee Pan has a nice natural light purple colour and fragrant of purple sweet potato. It is suggested to use Japanese or Indonesia Purple Sweet Potato as the colour is deeper.

Rate

5 from 4 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Proofing Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course hee pan/xi ban
Cuisine Chinese, hakka
Servings 6 pieces
Calories 149 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 50 g purple sweet potato diced
  • 90 g plain water
  • 60 g sugar
  • 1 pc pandan leaf
  • ½ tsp instant yeast + ½ tbsp plain water
  • 65 g plain flour
  • 65 g glutinous rice flour
  • 1 tbsp corn oil

Instructions
 

  • Steam purple sweet potato for 15 minutes, or until softened.
  • Combine water, sugar and pandan leaf in a sauce pot, cook until sugar has melted.
  • Add steamed purple sweet potato to syrup, blend until smooth, set aside to cool.
  • Prepare 6 pieces of round banana leaves (diameter = 11 cm).
  • Add ½ tbsp water to instant yeast, mix well, then add to cooled purple sweet potato mixture.
  • Combine plain flour and glutinous rice flour, sieve into a mixing bowl, add in purple sweet potato mixture, mix until a dough is formed using chopsticks.
  • Add in corn oil, mix until well combined.
  • Divide dough into 6 equal portions, each about 55 g.
  • Coat palms with oil, shape dough into a ball, put onto a piece of banana leaf, press lightly with palms, then put on steamer rack.
  • Bring 500 ml of water to the boil in steamer, off the heat, then add in 1 Liter of plain water.
  • Put steamer rack over the warm water, cover and proof for 30 minutes.
  • After proofing for 30 minutes, turn to high heat until water is boiling (about 3 minutes), then reduce to medium heat and steam for another 12 minutes.
  • When steaming is done, slightly open the lid to leave a gap, allow hee pan to cool for 5 minutes in the steamer before removing.
  • Set aside to cool completely before serving.
    purple sweet potato hee pan

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Notes

Reminder: Make sure the sweet potato mixture is cooled before adding in yeast. If it is hot, the yeast will die and the hee pan won’t rise.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 2gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 6mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 1182IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
Keyword hee pan, purple sweet potato hee pan, purple sweet potato xi ban, xi ban
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