Puto Pao Filipino Dessert

No. of servings: about 20 pcs

Ingredients:

For the fillings:
½  kilo - ground pork
1 medium size onion(chopped)
¼ cup - soy sauce
¼ cup - sugar
¼ cup - cornstarch (dissolve in ¼ cup water)

For the batter:
4 cups - All Purpose flour
1 ½  cups - White sugar
4 tablespoon - Baking powder (use only freshly opened powder)
2 ½ cups - Water
1 cup - Evaporated milk
1/4 cup - Butter

For Toppings:  Slice Salted egg (Itlog na maalat) and/or cheese

Fillings Iooking Instruction:
1.    In a pan, sauté union in 1 table spoon oil.
2.    Add ground pork stir fry for about 2 minutes.
3.    Add soy sauce and sugar. Mix well.
4.    Finally, add the diluted cornstarch  and cook for 2~3 minutes

Batter Cooking Instruction:
1.    Sift flour, sugar, baking powder into the mixing bowl.
2.    Add butter. Mix well.
3.    Add in water and milk. Stir until  smoothly blend.
4.    Pour mixture into the puto molds to about 1/4 full.
5.    At the center of the mold, put at least 1 teaspoon of filling.
6.    Then fill more batter in the mold to about ¾  full
7.    Top with slice salted egg and cheese.
8.    Put on a steamer and cook for 15 to 20 minutes.
     
Precaution:
If you are going to use two or three layers of steamer pan in one setting, water vapor may drip from the upper pan to the mixture in the lower pan. To prevent dripping, you need to put cheese cloth.