Chinese Daikon (Turnip) Cake (蘿蔔糕)

Name: Chinese Daikon (Turnip) Cake (蘿蔔糕)
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 grams Rice Flour (add more if needed); 2 Daikon; 4 Chinese Sausage*; Handful Dried Shrimp*; 2 Tbs Soy sauce; 1 Tbs Granulated white sugar

matchawaffle @cook_2641330

Canada

Chinese Daikon/Turnip Cake is served throughout the year. It is more commonly found during Chinese New Year when the turnips are more in season and sweet.

However you can order panfried Daikon cake at most dimsum restaurant anytime of the year.

Chinese Daikon/Turnip Cake is served throughout the year. It is more commonly found during Chinese New Year when the turnips are more in season and sweet.

However you can order panfried Daikon cake at most dimsum restaurant anytime of the year.

matchawaffle @cook_2641330

Canada

Chinese Daikon/Turnip Cake is served throughout the year. It is more commonly found during Chinese New Year when the turnips are more in season and sweet.

However you can order panfried Daikon cake at most dimsum restaurant anytime of the year.

Chinese Daikon/Turnip Cake is served throughout the year. It is more commonly found during Chinese New Year when the turnips are more in season and sweet.

However you can order panfried Daikon cake at most dimsum restaurant anytime of the year.

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Ingredients

90 mins

5 servings

300 gramsRice Flour (add more if needed)
2Daikon
4Chinese Sausage*
HandfulDried Shrimp*
2 TbsSoy sauce
1 TbsGranulated white sugar

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Steps

90 mins

1

*If you wish you may substitue some chinese sausage with shiitake mushrooms, and dried scallop.
Add according to your own preferences.*
2

Take a handful of dried shrimp and soak it in water
3

Diced all the chinese sausage and dried shrimp
4

Grate the Daikon and strain the water
5

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.
6

Add soy sauce and sugar mixture into the frying pan and coat the chinese sausage and dried shrimp
7

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
8

When the daikon is cooked mix in the chinese sausage mixture
9

Then slowly add water and rice flour until it becomes sticky.
10

Prepare a pot/wok for steaming
11

Place the sticky mixture into a Glass tray or aluminium tray
12

When the water boils, place the glass tray into the wok and steam for 40mins-1hr
13

Test with a toothpick to see if it gets stuck in the mixture. If it comes out with less effort then it is cooked.
14

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.