Steamed Radish Cake
Makes two 8 inch pans. You can half the recipe for 1 pan.
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 80 g dried shiitake mushroom
- 1.5 kg white radish ((daikon))
- 350 ml water ((200 ml for firmer texture))
- 2 - 3 tsp chicken stock powder
- 1 tsp white pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- 200 g shallots
- 150 g dried prawns
- 400 ml mushroom water
- 300 g rice flour
Instructions
- 1
Wash and soak dried shiitake mushrooms in hot water until soft.
- 2
Cut off mushrooms stems and dice into small pieces.
- 3
Sieve and keep the mushroom water for later use.
- 4
Peel and wash white radish and grate into a bowl.
- 5
Add the grated radish into a frying pan and add water a little at a time.
- 6
Reduce water to 200 ml if you prefer a firmer texture.
- 7
Add chicken stock powder, pepper, salt and cook until the radish softens. Set aside.
- 8
Remove shallots skin, wash and slice thinly.
- 9
Wash and drain dried prawns to remove excess water.
- 10
Heat oil in a wok until hot and fry the sliced shallots until slightly brown.
- 11
Remove and place on kitchen towel to absorb excess oil.
- 12
In the same wok, add the dried prawns and fry in hot shallot oil until crispy.
- 13
Remove fried dried prawns, drain excess oil and set aside.
- 14
Add in the diced mushrooms and stir fry until brown. Set aside.
- 15
Add mushroom water into a bowl of rice flour and mix well.
- 16
Pour into a wok and slowly stir at low heat until it thickens.
- 17
Transfer cooked radish to the thickened flour mixture.
- 18
Stir mixture together on low heat.
- 19
Add half of the fried dried prawns and mushrooms. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
- 20
Add some fried shallots and mix well together.
- 21
Lightly oil two 8 inch pans and transfer the radish mixture equally into each pan.
- 22
Spread the mixture evenly in each pan.
- 23
Top up with remaining fried mushrooms and dried prawns.
- 24
Place pan into a steamer and steam over high heat for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- 25
Remove from steamer and let it cool down before serving.
- 26
Garnish with spring onions and fried onions
- 27
Enjoy!