Mana Pua - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. yeast, dry
1 1/2 c. warm water
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
4 c. flour
1 Tbsp. salad oil (to coat hands when making balls)

Preparation

Mix yeast in warm water.
Mix salt and sugar together; add to yeast.
Add flour.
Mix with hands; knead and put into bowl. Cover with cloth and leave 2 hours.
Punch down; cover and let rise again, 30 minutes.
Oil hands and make 2 inch balls.
Flatten in palms of hands and fill with about 1 Tbsp. filling.
Pull dough over filling and close by pinching and twisting edges together. Place on 3 X 3 inch piece wax paper; pinched edge down.
Grease rack of steamer.
Pull small cloth on top cover of steamer to collect water.
Steam for 40 minutes or longer.