Steamed Spring Cake with Hot Noodles

Firstly, let's prepare the ingredients needed to make this spring cake: simple to the extreme flour and heated water. Ordinary household flour can be used, but when cold water is mixed with flour, spring pancakes have a harder texture, so hot dough is needed. The hot water for hot stamping should be around 80 degrees Celsius. If it's difficult to control the temperature, just boil the water and let it dry for about three to five minutes before use. The amount of flour is freely controlled according to the number of people in the family and each person's appetite. Put an appropriate amount of flour into a cooking bowl, pour hot water while stirring at a constant speed with chopsticks, and mix the flour and water into dough.

2. Let the dough cool to a non hot state, then repeatedly knead it into a smooth dough with your palm. This way, there won't be too much batter on your hands, making cleaning easier. After kneading the dough, cover it with a lid or plastic wrap, and place the basin in a warm place to knead the dough. Although it is not dough making, the process of kneading dough makes the taste of spring pancakes smoother, so this step should not be omitted as much as possible.

3. Take out the pre kneaded dough and place it on a cutting board. Use your palm to knead the dough repeatedly until the surface is smooth, then knead it into long strips. Cut it with a knife or directly divide it into small dough pieces of about 35 grams by hand. Place the dough piece with the cut side facing up, press it flat with your palm, and brush a layer of cooking oil on top. Every two dough pieces form a group, and stack the side that has been brushed with cooking oil facing each other. It feels a bit like a copper gong is burning, and brushing oil is to make the spring cake soft and tender without sticking.

4. Use a rolling pin to gently roll the stacked double-layer dough into round pancakes. We don't have a restaurant, we eat at home, so we don't have to be strict about how round, thin, and symmetrical the spring pancakes are. We just need to roll them as round and thin as possible, except for those with excellent skills.

After rolling the spring pancakes, you can prepare the steamer. Add an appropriate amount of water to the steamer and bring to a boil over high heat. To prevent it from drying out, be sure to add enough water to the steamer. Follow the steps above to flatten another set of dough, and use a rolling pin to roll it into a round pancake. If you don't master the technique well, you don't need to steam too much at once. Anyway, the spring pancakes are thin enough to be cooked in just three to five minutes.

6. After the water boils, open the lid of the pot and steam the rolled spring pancakes on the steamer for 5 minutes. I used a steamer to put a steamer cloth before putting the spring pancakes. If there is no steamer or steamer cloth, I can just take a clean plate and put the spring pancakes on it to start steaming. Anyway, the surface of the spring pancakes is insulated with cooking oil and will not stick together.

After 7.5 minutes, take out the steamed spring pancakes and be careful not to get them hot with steam. Due to the fact that spring pancakes are double layered and relatively thin, with a layer of edible oil separating them in the middle, tear open the layers while they are hot to see if they are thin, transparent, and very flexible and elastic. This is a realm that cannot be achieved by baking spring pancakes. If you can't finish eating it and put it in a fresh-keeping bag, the taste will not harden even if eaten overnight.

8. After layering the spring cake, fold it in half and then fold it in half again. Fold it into a triangle and place it on a prepared plate. When eating, take a thin spring cake and put your favorite dishes on it. You can see the colorful dishes through the spring cake skin. What about? Is steamed spring cake simple enough? Smart like you, you can tell at a glance. Try it at home when you have time! What I make myself is the most homely and warm flavor!