Easiest Way to Make 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 is a very traditional dim sum dish that's often served in dim sum restaurants. 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. You can cook Steam Radish Cake蒸萝卜糕 using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Steam Radish Cake蒸萝卜糕

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

Recipe Source: Dim Sum Inspirations by Choong Su Yin. Fairly simple dish but it is time consuming. 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!

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.

Chinese steamed rice cake or called white sugar rice cake (白糖糕 bai tang gao), is a traditional Chinese pastry. Chinese Radish Cake (Lo Bak Go) 港式萝卜糕. Recipe by Cecilia 茜茜Course: Dessert, SidesCuisine: Chinese. It's best to source white radish from Cameron Highlands to avoid having bitterness taste in the cake. Making radish cake is similar to making Kuang Chiang but without taro.