Steamed Savoury Yam Cake with Minced Meat 肉燥芋头糕

The usual yam cake is topped with fragrance dried shrimps, but this time i tried the topping with minced meat after saw Cass posted this long time ago.

My sister gave me a big yam, so i used it up to make this yam cake and return a yam cake for her ^_^.

Steamed savoury Yam Cake with minced meat 肉燥芋头糕

*makes 2 x 8" round yam cake

To make minced meat 

450g minced pork

8 shallots, chopped

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1tbsp light soy sauce

1/2tbsp rice wine

2tsp sugar

1tsp salt or to taste

A pinch of white pepper

A pinch of Chinese five spices powder

Method

1. Heat some cooking oil in a wok, sauté chopped shallots and garlic till aroma.
2. Add in minced pork, stir fry till colour changed.
3. Add in all seasonings and adjust the taste accordingly, stir fry till dry. Set aside to cool.

 To make yam cake

800g yam, small cubed

900g rice flour

70g tapioca flour

1600ml water

30g dried shrimps, soaked and chopped coarsely

6 shallots, slices

1 & 1/2tsp salt or to taste

2tsp sugar

1tsp chicken stock powder

White pepper

Method

1. Mix all seasonings with rice flour, tapioca flour and water by hand whisk till a watery batter.

2. Heat oil in a wok, sauté shallots till golden brown, add in dried shrimps and stir fry till fragrant.

3. Add in yam cubes and stir fry for 1min. Pour in the watery batter and cook mixture for 1-2mins over low heat, stirring all the time, until the mixture turns to a thick paste.

4. Pour the paste into a greased cake tin, smoothen the surface with a spatula then place cooked minced pork on top. Place it in the steamer and steam over high heat for 45 minutes.

5. Remove the cake and allow it to cool thoroughly before cutting into slices.

6. Garnish with shrimp/shallot mixture, chopped spring onion and red chilli on top.

7. Enjoy with chili sauce.

Recipe source: minced meat topping inspired by Cass , yam cake recipe by Sonia a.k.a Nasi Lemak Lover

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