Penang Tau Sar Piah / Tambun Biscuits / Tau Sar Pneah
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Chinese
Prep Time: 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 50 minutesminutes
Total Time: 1 hourhour20 minutesminutes
Servings: 12pastries
Author: Marvellina
Learn how to make this flaky and delicious Penang style pastry also known as tambun biscuits filled with sweet savory mung bean filling. It's addicting and easier to make than you think.
For oil dough: Rub the flour with lard and chilled and cubed butter and continue to knead into a dough
For water dough: Mix all ingredients and knead into a smooth dough
Divide each water and oil dough into 12 portions each
Shaping:
Get one water dough and flatten with your palm into a circle, about 4 inches in diameter. Place the round oil dough in the middle and wrap the water dough around it. Repeat with the rest of the doughs
Working with one dough at a time, roll the dough into an oblong shape. Then roll it up with your fingers, starting from the short side near you to the other side (like a Swiss roll). Then rotate the dough 90 degrees to the left or right (doesn't matter). Use a rolling pin to roll it out again. Use your fingers to roll it up again starting from the side near you to the other side like a Swiss roll again
Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough and roll it into a flat round disc, about 4-inch in diameter. Place one mung bean filling in the middle and wrap around it to form a ball. You can either flatten it slightly to form a flat tau sar piah or leave it round. It's up to you
Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the tau sar piah, seam side down on the paper
Prepare egg wash:
Mix the egg yolk with milk
Brush the tau sar piah with the egg wash. Sprinkle with some white sesame seeds if you like
Baking:
Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let them cool down on the tray for 1 minute and then transfer to a cooling rack to let them cool down completely before storing
Storing:
Once they have cooled down completely, they can be stored in room temperature in an air-tight container for up to one week. After that, they need to be refrigerated