Friday, September 30, 2005

Green Tea Rolls

So much has been said about the benefits of green tea for the body. Among those benefits are to aid digestion, prevent illness, refresh body and mind, promote healthy skin tone and hm.. hm... help weight loss. This green tea rolls are made using Omaccha, powdered Japanese green tea, which is quite pricey. I have been using it in cheese cake, chiffon cake and milk shakes. You can hardly taste the green tea, since only a tiny amount (1 tsp or more) is used in each recipe, but it definitely gives a nice flavour and brilliant colour to food.

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Ingredients:
2/3 cup milk
30 g butter
30 g sugar
1 tsp salt
200 g bread flour
1 1/3 tsp matcha
7 g dry yeast

Topping:
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp tea leaves for topping

Method:
Put ingredients into bread machine in the above order, set the machine at dough-bread setting.
After the cycle is completed, divide the dough into 8 portions and leave it to rise for another 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Shape the dough into round balls. Place on a baking sheet and leave for 20 minutes to rise for the third time.
Using your fingertips, wet the top of the dough with a little water, sprinkle with sesame seeds and tea leaves, or any dried herbs.
Bake for 12-15 minutes.

8 comments:

FooDcrazEE said...

is the one on the left poppy seed ? Hmm... can u pls courier some to me.

J said...

Yes, they are poppy seeds.
Courier? Come pick them up here :D

Edith said...

that reminds me to use those poppy seeds soon. unfortunately i dun have a breadmachine to replicate this.

jadepearl said...

Love those green tea rolls!!!

FooDcrazEE said...

jan, tried doing it and well, my japanese friend find them interesting. Used some chinese green tea leaves though. i uses around 150 gm for a 1kg dough. delish

J said...

foodcrazee, glad you like green tea rolls :D if you really want poppyseeds (seriously) let me know yah?

Edith, the actually recipe was for hand kneaded rolls. Lazy me use bread machine :D

Anonymous said...

Hi Jan,thank you for such a great site,was wondering if you also post the recipes? or am I doing something wrong.

Just a note about omatcha (powedered green tea) it is possible to make your own...I just started doing mines in a mini blender,straining it after the first grind to get the stems out and then regrinding it to a powder.It works ! and is very economical too.

Did you make that green tea pasta ?

Thank you for all your wonderful cooking ideas

J said...

Hi Shar.
Thank you for your tip of making green tea powder. I bought mine from a Japanese tea supplier, costing AU$ 27 per 100 gr. Ouuch!! If I can good quality green tea leaves for cheaper price, I will certainly try your method.
I will post the green tea bun recipe shortly.