China has a vast territory, many nationalities, different tastes and different practices, thus developing a variety of steamed bread, such as white flour steamed bread, corn flour steamed bread, vegetable steamed bread, meat steamed bread, fried steamed bread, fried steamed bread and so on, with different names. Steamed bread is the staple food in northern China.
Steamed bread is a kind of food made by mixing flour with yeast (old noodles), water, or edible alkali, kneading flour and steaming. The shape of the finished product is hemispherical or rectangular. Soft, delicious and nutritious, it is one of the most intimate foods in China. The raw materials needed to make steamed bread are flour, baking powder, (sugar, rarely used), water, alkali, and (green silk). Steamed bread made by flour fermentation is easier to digest and absorb. Steamed bread is simple to make and easy to carry.