Ingredients: flour, yeast powder, red yeast rice flour, water.

Steps:

Step 1. Add a spoonful of red yeast rice flour to the flour.

Step 2. Dissolve the yeast powder in an appropriate amount of warm water, and then add it to the mixed powder of flour and red yeast rice flour.

Step 3: Stir gently with chopsticks, and then knead it with your hands into a soft and hard Sanguang dough.

Step 4. Cover and let ferment in a warm place for more than an hour until doubled in volume.

Step 5: Take out the dough and knead it thoroughly until smooth, then roll it into a thin and even sheet.

Step 6. Use a knife to cut into even noodles.

Step 7. Take an appropriate amount of noodles and braid them in a crisscross pattern.

Step 8, you need to be patient. After editing, sort it out a little to make it neat.

Step 9: Make another square of the same size, cut off the excess edges, and apply some water on the corners to make it stick better.

Step 10, first lay out one of the woven grid squares, take an appropriate amount of dough and roll it into a long and thin strip, as shown in the picture, surround it with one or two more "knots" on the four corners. circle, looks beautiful.

Step 11: Surround it all around without leaving any gaps.

Step 12. Fill the middle with an appropriate amount of dough so that it looks plump and will not collapse after steaming. (I am making steamed buns this time, but you can also fill them with bean paste to make Chinese knot bean buns)

Step 13. Cover the other square piece of woven grid, and you can brush some water to glue it. (I felt that the "" and "rope loops" on the four corners were a bit small, so I added another loop on the four corners on a temporary basis. It's okay if I don't add it)

Step 14, make it again For the ears, take an appropriate amount of dough and roll it into thin slices, cut it into strips with a knife, and connect one end without cutting it off.

Step 15, apply some water and roll it up.

Step 16. Don’t forget to insert a noodle in the middle when rolling.

Step 17. Put the Chinese knot in the steamer, cover it and let it sit for a while.

Step 18. Put the tassels of the Chinese knot and the rope used for hanging above (roll a noodle of moderate thickness) into the steamer, cover the lid and let it sit for a while.

Step 19. Steam over high heat for 25 minutes.

Step 20: Turn off the heat and wait for two to three minutes before lifting the lid.

Step 21, assemble it and you will have a beautiful Chinese knot.

Step 22. I wish everyone good luck in the new year.

Tips:

You need to be patient when weaving, and sprinkle more dry flour, otherwise it will stick together.