Steamed Yam Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 170 g rice flour
• 30 g wheat starch
• 350 g yams, diced into cubes
• 50 g dried shrimp, soaked and chopped coarsely
• 4 teaspoons shallots, sliced
• 240 ml water
• 320 ml water
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3/4 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 dash pepper
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 6 ounces dried chinese mushrooms, soaked and diced
• 60 g preserved radish, soaked
• 2 ounces chinese sausage, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 dash five-spice powder
• 1 stalk spring onion, finely cut
• 2 teaspoons deseeded red chilies, chopped

Recipe

• 1 grease one 7 inch square tin with cooking oil.
• 2 set aside start cooking water in a steamer.
• 3 meanwhile, prepare step (3) to (5).
• 4 in a mixing bowl, mix rice flour, tang min flour and 240ml water to batter.
• 5 set aside.
• 6 heat 2 tbsp cooking oil in a wok/ pan, fry half of the shallots and half of the dried shrimps (reserve the rest for topping) until fragrant.
• 7 add yam and 320 ml water and bring mixture to a boil.
• 8 reduce heat and add batter prepared in (3).
• 9 season with salt, sugar and pepper.
• 10 keep stirring.
• 11 when batter thickens (but not'solidifies'), dish out to prepared tin.
• 12 steam yam cake over rapid boiling water for 1 hour.
• 13 meanwhile, prepare the savoury topping.
• 14 heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
• 15 fry the reserved shallots till fragrant.
• 16 add dried shrimps, mushrooms, radish and chinese sausages and continue to fry.
• 17 season topping with sugar, light soy sauce, pepper and five spice powder.
• 18 dish out and set aside.
• 19 when yam cake is cooked, let cool for 30-45 minutes.
• 20 spread topping on top of yam cake (as shown in picture).
• 21 garnish with spring onion and chopped chilies.
• 22 serve.