The process of making is same like making Or Kueh a.k.a yam cake
see so many ingredients, because it is homemade ^_^
Hong Kong Style of Savoury Steamed Yam Cake港式腊肠芋头糕*for a 8” round pan350g yam or taro, small cubed300g rice flour30g tapioca flour15g Tang Mein flour500ml waterSeasonings
1 ¼ tsp salt or to taste1tsp sugar1/2tsp chicken stock powder1/2tsp white pepper powder1/4tsp Chinese five spices powder80g dried shrimps, soaked 5mins and chopped coarsely80g shallots, slices100g mushrooms, small cubed100g (2pcs) Chinese sausages or Lap Cheong, remove the skin and chopped coarselySesame seeds6tbsp cooking oilGarnishing -Chopped spring onion, chopped fresh red chilli1. Mix all seasonings with rice flour, tapioca flour , tang mein flour and water by hand balloon 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. Dish out half of the dried shrimps mixture and keep aside for later garnishing. Add in mushroom and sausages, stir to mix well. Then add in yam cubes and stir fry for a while. 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. Spoon the paste into a prepared greased cake tin. Smooth the top then sprinkle sesame seeds. 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. Serve with chili sauce, Enjoy! If you have leftover, pan fry the cake, it even tasted better.
Recipe by Sonia a.k.a Nasi Lemak Lover
Wah, looks good! A lot of bahan-bahan on top :)
ReplyDeleteSuch flavourful combination ! Must be great to serve this for afternoon tea during CNY.
ReplyDeleteKristy
Yummy
ReplyDeleteHi Sonia,
ReplyDeleteI love this savoury and usually buy 2 pieces
for my breakfast at my morning market.
But as you say, I have noticed too that the toppings
have shrunk although price has gone up!
Thanks for sharing, lovely photos too
Mrs Singh
Hi what is tang mien flour?
ReplyDeleteSyl, tang mein flour is all gluten has been removed , usually people use it to make Har Gao, anyway if you can find it , you can just omit it.
ReplyDeletewhat is the english name of Tang Mein flour? do you have a picture of the package?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Constance, what I bought is a loose pack, can't see the manufacturing name , maybe you can just google for it
ReplyDeleteTang Mien flour called 'wheat starch' in Australia Constance :)
ReplyDeleteHi Sonia, I tried your recipe on this steamed yam cake and I follow it exactly and it didn't turned out. What's up with the recipe?
ReplyDeleteGood recipe..i have problem finding rice flour in the local stores. They told me to buy Blended rice flour for yam cake instead. What is yr advice? Thanks
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