港式蘿蔔糕 Turnip/Radish Cake

Ingredients:
Daikon 1
Chinese mushroom/Shikita 8
Chinese smoked sausage (Chicken lean meat) 1 link
Mini dried shrimp approx. 10 pcs
Brown Rice Flour 2 cup
Water 1 cup
Sesame Oil 1tsp
Salt 1tsp
Pepper 1tsp
Ginger Powder 1ts
Sugar 1tsp

Daikon/Radish/Turnip

Shredded Daikon. Add 1/3 cup of water and cook these shredded daikon with medium heat.  Put in ginger powder, sesame oil, salt, pepper and sugar. Cook for 8 mins and remove from heat. According to my home-economics teacher and my grandma, do not overcook the daikon as they will give out excessive water that might turn the cake too mushy. 

Diced Chinese mushroom (Shikita), Chinese smoked sausage , dried mini shrimp (skip the sausage and shrimp if you are a vegetarian). These ingredients give out  great flavor and smell. 

Mix approximately 1/2 cup of water with the brown rice flour, then mix in the above diced ingredients.


Pour the mixture into a glass container or aluminium foil container. Steam this mixture for 45 mins to 60 minutes in a rice cooker, until it is firm.  Let it cool down before serving.

Cut the cake into square or rectangular pieces, use a tsp of oil to fried them until they turn slightly browned. 

This morning, we had turnip cake and congee as our breakfast. Honey K made the sauce, which is composed of  oyster sauce, chili sauce and leeks. I must say this is quite new to me.