These hand-made pumpkin buns are nutritious, healthy, and delicious – children absolutely love them!

I've been wanting to use pumpkin to steam buns, and today I finally did it! The most precious thing is that I finally steamed incredibly soft and fluffy buns. The pumpkin was peeled and sliced, steamed for about 10-15 minutes, and then mashed into a puree using any tool – a spoon, a rolling pin, or even a garlic masher would work. I forgot to take a photo of the pumpkin. Pumpkin puree was left to cool down, then added with a suitable amount of yeast and sugar, and mixed well. Pumpkin puree was mixed with flour to form a smooth dough. It's best to make the dough a little firmer, otherwise it will become very soft and difficult to shape after rising. This is the dough after it's been made.

The dough was covered and placed in a warm place to rise until it doubled in size, or even larger. You can easily see lots of honeycomb inside when you gently stretch it.

After taking out the dough, I added a good amount of dry flour. This dough was quite soft, so I added a lot of dry flour and kneaded it repeatedly until it was evenly mixed. Then I divided it into small portions and kneaded and rounded each piece. I covered them with plastic wrap and left them for about 10 minutes. If you like to add red bean paste, you can wrap it and shape it, then put it in the steamer. The steamer was cold at this time. I made three red bean paste buns, and three steamed buns. I tried to make them tall and upright, but they will still collapse. This is the appearance of the buns just after they went into the pot.