Recipe: Perfect Steam Radish Cake蒸萝卜糕

Steam Radish Cake蒸萝卜糕. Steamed Radish Cake or turnip cake (蒸萝卜糕) is one of the popular snacks in Chinese dim sum restaurants. I like to make this delicious savory cake for Chinese New Year. It's easy to make and can be steamed ahead of time (about a week), wrapped with cling wrap and stored it in the refrigerator. chinese steamed radish cake 萝卜糕.

Steamed Radish Cake aka Carrot Cake/ Lo Bak Go 蒸萝卜糕. Steamed Radish Cake 蒸萝卜糕 - A It Is Better To Be Late Than Never-Radish/Turnip/Carrot/Daikon Cake （腊味萝卜糕）. Steamed radish cake is a very traditional dim sum dish that's often served in dim sum restaurants. You can have Steam Radish Cake蒸萝卜糕 using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Steam Radish Cake蒸萝卜糕

1. You need 600 g of Rice Flour - （粘米粉）.
2. Prepare 100 g of Corn Flour - （玉蜀黍粉）.
3. Prepare 100 g of Potato Starch -（马铃薯粉）.
4. Prepare 1500 ml of Water － （水）.
5. It's 10 of Shallots － （小葱头， 切薄片）.
6. It's 8 of garlic (chopped) － （蒜头切粹）.
7. It's 800 g of Radish （Shredded）－ （萝卜刨丝）.
8. You need 90 g of dried shrimp (Rinsed and chopped)－ （虾米, 洗净切小丁）.
9. It's 2 of Chinese XO sausage （Chopped）－ （腊肉适量， 切小丁）.
10. It's of （A） 1tablespoon Salt－ (盐）.
11. It's of （A） 1 tablespoon Sugar－ (糖）.
12. You need of （A） 1 teaspoon MSG  －(味精）.
13. You need of （B） 1 Tablespoon Pepper －（胡椒粉）.
14. You need of （B） 1 tablespoon Sesame oil － (麻油）.

It's affordable to make, and can be whipped up simply for a party at your home! While many recipes out there introduce the radish cake by pan frying it, we'll explore steaming this radish & rice flour combo. Recipe Source: Dim Sum Inspirations by Choong Su Yin. Fairly simple dish but it is time consuming.

Steam Radish Cake蒸萝卜糕 instructions

1. Mix rice flour, cornflour, potato starch, water and seasoning (A) to set aside for 3 hours or more (将粉类，水和调味（A）混合， 放在一边3个小时或以上.
2. Add the shallot to cool oil to stir fry until golden brown, drained the oil and keep aside for use later (将小葱头和油一起爆香。 盛起， 稍后才用）.
3. Fried garlic, dried shrimp, sausage until fragrant and add radish to stir fry and add Seasoning (B) (爆香蒜头， 虾米，腊肉， 加入萝卜炒至香， 加入调味（B）.
4. Add the flour batter to step 3, Keep on stir the batter over low fire until it turns very sticky. (加入面糊， 用小火一直搅拌至浓稠为止）.
5. Pour the batter to the grease pan and steam for 1hr 30min. (倒入已经涂油的蒸盘， 蒸 1.5个小时.

The end results is simply yummy especially if you pan-fry it. I love it just the way it is i.e. steam. but of course knowing my hubby, he loves it the pan-fry way! Steamed Radish Cake 传统萝卜糕 : Simplicity with Finesse 轻松煮意 CNY edition 过年篇. Beautiful local radishes from Morrison Organic Farm. Heat oil and sesame oil in a nonstick wok or saucepan.