Chinese Daikon (Turnip) Cake (蘿蔔糕). Try out this dim sum Daikon or Chinese Turnip Cake recipe at home. It's gluten-free and vegetarian and can even serve as a body for your own complementary. How to Make Chinese Turnip Cakes (蘿蔔糕)
It's steamed, and then pan fried to create a tender texture with a crispy crust. Chinese turnip has more dietary fiber than daikon per serving, although both are good sources of fiber. Turnip cake is actually made with daikon or Chinese white turnip. You can have Chinese Daikon (Turnip) Cake (蘿蔔糕) using 6 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chinese Daikon (Turnip) Cake (蘿蔔糕)
- It’s 300 grams of Rice Flour (add more if needed).
- Prepare 2 of Daikon.
- You need 4 of Chinese Sausage*.
- Prepare Handful of Dried Shrimp*.
- It’s 2 Tbs of Soy sauce.
- You need 1 Tbs of Granulated white sugar.
Every family has their own recipes. Some use dried mushroom, some use dried ham, and some use salted radish. This turnip cake recipe is my mom's recipe. I have been eating this dish for years.
Chinese Daikon (Turnip) Cake (蘿蔔糕) step by step
- *If you wish you may substitue some chinese sausage with shiitake mushrooms, and dried scallop. Add according to your own preferences.*.
- Take a handful of dried shrimp and soak it in water.
- Diced all the chinese sausage and dried shrimp.
- Grate the Daikon and strain the water.
- Heat the frying pan and add the diced chinese sausage stir fry till some oil is released then add the dried shrimps. Cook till fragrant..
- Add soy sauce and sugar mixture into the frying pan and coat the chinese sausage and dried shrimp.
- Leaving the oil in the pot/ frying pan add in the shredded daikon. Add in some daikon water to boil the daikon for around 10 mins or until translucent.
- When the daikon is cooked mix in the chinese sausage mixture.
- Then slowly add water and rice flour until it becomes sticky..
- Prepare a pot/wok for steaming.
- Place the sticky mixture into a Glass tray or aluminium tray.
- When the water boils, place the glass tray into the wok and steam for 40mins-1hr.
- Test with a toothpick to see if it gets stuck in the mixture. If it comes out with less effort then it is cooked..
- You can eat it immediately after being steamed with some cilantro and hot oil drizzled over. Or wait a day and pan fry it the next day..
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