Sunday, 26 October 2014

Yam Cake 芋头糕

Homemade Yam Cake
Getting ready all ingredients for cooking
About 2 kg Yam
Cut even small cube size
600g rice flour
1 bowl of dried prawn
1 cup minced garlic
1 bowl diced mushroom
1 bowl diced chinese sausage
1 cup fried shallot
Water drained from dried prawn and dried mushroom
Spring onion
Sliced fresh red chilli
Heat oil and stir fried dried prawn till fragrant
Add minced garlic and stir fried till fragrant
Add diced mushroom and diced chinese sausage and mixed evenly
Add in fried shallot and stir fried evenly
Lastly add in yam and mixed evenly
Add in seasoning, five spice powder, pepper, salt & sugar
Add in 3 bowl of water to simmer for awhile
Add in the rice flour mixture and stir well
Pour into steam container and steam over medium heat for 45 min
Use a skewer to test whether it is cook.
When the skewer come out not watery and not very sticky.
Garnish with Spring Onion, Fried Shallot & Fresh Red Chilli

Homemade Yam Cake 芋头糕

This is my second time making Yam Cake and this time is the most successful one!! Happy!! Happy!!

Ingredients (A):
2kg Yam (Peeled and cut into small cube size)
1 bowl dried prawn (preferably small size without shell) (washed & soaked)
1 bowl diced mushroom (washed & soaked)
1 bowl diced Chinese sausage
1 cup minced garlic
1 cup fried shallot
3 bowl water (I used the water drained from the dried prawn and dried mushroom)

Ingredients (B):
600g rice flour
6 bowl water

Seasoning:
4 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tsp five spice powder
2 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar

Garnish:
Spring onion
Fresh red chilli
Fried shallot

Directions:
1. Mixed rice flour, water and oyster sauce together and set aside.
2. Heat oil over medium heat and saute dried prawn for 2 - 3 minutes.
3. Add minced garlic and saute for a minute. Then add in mushroom and Chinese sausage and stir fried evenly. Lastly add in fried shallot and mixed well.
4. Add in yam cubes, other seasoning and stir fried evenly.
5. Add in water to simmer for about 2 - 3 minutes.
6. Turn off heat and add in the rice flour mixture and stir well.
7. Pour the yam mixture into steam container and steam over medium heat for 45 minutes.
8. Use a skewer to test whether it is cook. When it comes out not watery and very sticky. It is cooked. Leave it to cool before cutting.
9. Garnish with spring onion, red chilli and fried shallot before serving.

Note:
1. The given measurement of the recipe can be served up to 10 pax.
2. The bowl I used is the chinese rice bowl.