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Chinese Spiral Moon Cake (Teochew style mooncakes) with Savory Moong Bean Filling
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Chinese Spiral Moon Cake (Teochew style mooncakes) with Savory Moong Bean Filling

Chinese Spiral Moon Cake (Teochew style mooncakes)  is a pastry-style mooncake made with outer flaky crust and inside the pastry with savory filling.
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour 25 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Chinese Spiral Moon Cake, Tecochew Style Moon Cakes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 218kcal

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
  • Water dough
  • 75 g /1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 13 g/1 tablespoon shortening
  • 7 g/1/2tablespoon butter
  • 10 g /3/4 tablespoon sugar
  • 35 g /2 ½ tablespoon of water + 2-3 drops white vinegar
  • Oil Dough
  • 65 g/ ½ cup Cake flour
  • 26 g/ 2 tablespoon shortening
  • 1 tablespoon + 1teaspoon canola oil
  • Few drops of blue coloring.
  • Savory Filling
  • ¼ cup Split Moong bean/Yellow split peas
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • ¼ cup chopped green onion
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon oil
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red chili
  • 1 teaspoon soya sauce I haven’t added

Instructions

  • Water dough
  • In a medium bowl, mix in flour, sugar, shortening and butter.
  • Rub shortening with flour until it looks like breadcrumbs.
  • Add in water mix together to form smooth dough. Cover and rest for 30 mins.
  • Divide dough into 2 pieces.
  • Oil Dough
  • In another bowl add cake flour, shortening and oil . Rub shortening gradually into the cake flour to form soft dough. Add few drops of gel food coloring while making the dough. Cover to rest for 30 minutes.
  • Divide dough into 2 pieces.
  • Spread the water dough ball into circle and place the oil dough ball inside. Wrap oil dough into water dough and flatten.
  • Roll out into a longish flat thin piece. Roll up like a Swiss roll.
  • Turn 90deg and spread it into flat thin piece and again roll up into a Swiss roll.
  • Cut each roll into 3 equal pieces with a sharp knife.
  • With the spiral side( cut side) facing down, flatten and roll. Wrap with savory moon bean filling.
  • Savory moong bean filling
  • Directions
  • Soak the moong beans for 2 hours, wash until water run clear, and cook with 2-3 cups of water in dutch oven for about 45 minutes or until beans cooked very well and soft. Mash them with masher.
  • Heat oil and cumin seeds in skillet and add onions and green onion and fry for few minutes, then add mashed beans and stir fry till dry
  • Season with salt continue frying for 5 minutes with low fire. Add in crushed red chili peppers and combine well.
  • Once it cools enough to touch make 6 small balls.

Notes

1. When rolling into a round, roll the edges of the dough thinner to make it easier to seal.
2. If your shortening is hard, soften it in the microwave before using.
When you are ready to bake, preheat oven to 350F and bake the spiral moon cakes for about 35-40 minutes or until they puffs well crust gets crispy.
Enjoy on the same day. Left over’s don’t taste good.
You use the color of your choice.
For the Chinese pastry I adapted from here and here, for filling I adapted from here.

Nutrition

Calories: 218kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 267mg | Potassium: 134mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
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