Steamed Taro Cake Recipe

Taro cake is a traditional Chinese recipe dish. Taro Cakes can normally be found in two different forms; Steamed Taro Cake and Fried Taro Cake. Each of the different cooking style creates a different and unique taste. Steamed Taro Cake is deemed to be more suitable for people who are generally more health conscious. Taro cakes is often served as a type of Dim Sum in Hong Style Chinese restaurants, where small portions of snacks are being placed into small baskets.

Ingredients

600g Taro
340g Rice Flour
50g Tapioca Flour
1.2 Liters of Water (Divided into 2 portions)
200g Chicken
80g Dried Shrimps
20g Dried Mushrooms
6 Garlic Cloves
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp White Pepper
½ tsp Five-spice Powder
A dash of Purple Food Coloring
1 tbsp Chicken Stock Powder
6 tbsp Cooking Oil

For garnishing

100g sliced shallots, sliced spring onions, sliced red chilli

Method

1. Skin taro and shred it.
2. Mix rice flour and tapioca flour with 1 portion of water.
3. Deep fried sliced shallots over low heat. Set aside for garnishing.
4. Boil chicken till cooked and then mince the chicken finely.
5. Soak dried shrimps with hot water. Drain and chop.
6. Stir fry garlic and dried shrimps with cooking oil till fragrant. Then add in the mushrooms and chicken.
7. Put taro, the remaining portion of water, chicken stock powder, white pepper, salt, purple food coloring and five-spice powder in a pot. Simmer till it boils. Reduce the heat.
8. Lastly stir in the flour solution from step (2). Remove from heat.
9. Grease an 8" square tray and line it with a sheet of white plastic. Pour in the taro mixture and steam over high heat for 45 minutes or until cooked.
10. Garnish with spring onions, red chili and shallots before serving.