Cantonese radish cake

By TerrenceKris

Cantonese radish cake
Radish cake is a simple and easy-to-make Guangzhou-style home-made snack. The recipes that evolved from traditional radish cake are different, but none of them lack the strong carrot aroma. In addition to being eaten directly with different sauces, radish cake can be eaten directly, but there are countless dishes derived from it.

Recipe Recommendations

  • white radish appropriate amount
  • sticky rice flour appropriate amount
  • XO sauce appropriate amount
  • onion appropriate amount
  • mushrooms appropriate amount
  • qingshui appropriate amount
  • pepper appropriate amount
  • salt appropriate amount
  • oyster sauce a little

Steps for Cantonese radish cake

  • Make  step 0
    1
    Shred white radish, sprinkle with salt and marinate for 10 minutes, and squeeze to remove water
  • Make  step 1
    2
    Chop Cantonese sausage into dices, remove the stalks and slice the mushrooms into thin slices, and chop the onions into pieces.
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Mix sticky rice flour with water, add white pepper, a little salt and mix well. (ratio of sticky rice flour to water 2:1)
  • Make  step 3
    4
    Heat the oil in the pan and stir-fry the chopped onions until browned.
  • Make  step 4
    5
    Put the sausage and mushrooms into the pan and stir-fry until fragrant, add appropriate amount of XO sauce and stir well.
  • Make  step 5
    6
    Pour in shredded radish, add in 1 spoon of oyster sauce, a little pepper, and appropriate amount of salt, and continue to stir for 1-2 minutes.
  • Make  step 6
    7
    Pour the evenly stirred sticky rice paddle into the shredded radish.
  • Make  step 7
    8
    Slowly stir until the rice paste solidifies.
  • Make  step 8
    9
    Wrap the steamer with tinfoil, pour in the mixed ingredients, and compact.
  • Make  step 9
    10
    Cover with tinfoil, boil water in the pan, steam for 1 hour before taking out.
  • Make  step 10
    11
    Remove the mold from the pan, and let it cool and cut into slices.
  • Make  step 11
    12
    Put in a pan, add a little oil, and fry until golden brown on both sides.
  • Cantonese radish cake Make Tips

    1. Do not add water in one go, slowly add it into flowing rice paste. 2. Gently shake the steamer to make the batter tighter and without bubbles. 3. Put a lid or absorbent cloth to prevent water vapor from dripping. 4. Only after cooling can you cut out small pieces with shapes. 5. The fried radish cake will be more fragrant.