Chinese Radish Cake

Which one you prefer, the dark one or the plain one??

Finally found a radish cake recipe which I like! The texture is not too soft nor hard like rock :) Luckily I did not reduce the recipe. The full recipe enough to last for us for 3 days as snack and breakfast :P

Recipe modified from My Baking Journal

Ingredient

• 700gm shredded white radish
• 3 tbsp dried shrimps, softened and roughly chopped
• 2 tbsp fried shallots
• 500gm rice flour
• 60gm tapioca flour
• 60gm wheat starch
• 1600gm water
• 3 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Method

1. Bring a pot of water to boil, add shredded radish can cook for 5-8 mins until the radish are transparent and softened. Drain well.
2. Combine all flour with 700ml water and mix well.
3. Heat 2 tbsp oil in wok, add dried shrimps and fried till fragrant. Add in cooked radish and stir fry for 3 mins. Add in remaining 900ml water and seasoning and bring to boil.
4. Slowly add in flour batter and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, till mixture is thickened.
5. Grease 2 8" square pan (I use 8" & 9"), ladle in batter and spread evenly. Steam over preheated steamer on high heat for 40mins until cook through. Cool completely before slicing.
6. Coat cut radish cake with some rice flour and deep fry till golden brown. Serve with sweet sauce and chilli sauce.

Radish Cake in Dark Sweet Sauce

Ingredient (1 serving)

• 250gm radish cake, cubed
• 4 heap tbsp preserved radish, rinsed in water to remove excess salt
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 heap tbsp kicap manis, dark sweet sauce
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten with pinch of salt
• dash of pepper
• handful of chopped spring onion

Method

1. Heat 1 tbsp in pan, add preserved radish & garlic and fry till fragrant and lightly brown.
2. Add in cubed radish cake and mix briefly. Stir in sweet sauce and coat the radish cake evenly.
3. Drizzle in beaten eggs and pepper. Cook till egg is set. Toss in spring onion and give a quick stir. Serve at once.

White Radish Cake : I omit the dark sweet sauce and replace with 1 tbsp fish sauce, add a tbsp of crispy dry chilli sauce if you want it spicy, the rest the steps are the same :)