Radish Cake is one of the traditional Chinese food on Chinese New Year in Hong Kong.
It is not a difficult dish to make, let’s have a look at the baking process.
Preparation time: 45 minutes to 1 hour
Ingredients:
Fresh Moli
Fresh Moli by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Chinese Sausages
Chinese Sausages by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Chinese Mushrooms
Chinese Mushrooms by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Dried Shrimps
Dried Shrimps by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Dried Scallops (Optional)
Dried Scallops by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Rice Flour
Rice Flour by Demed (Flickr)
Wheat Flour (Optional, it can be replaced by corn flour)
Steps:
Shred the moli into fine strips
Shred the moli by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Shredded moli by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Dice and pan fry the Chinese sausages, mushrooms, shrimps and scallops
Frying the diced ingredients by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Boil the moli with water or chicken soup until it soft
Boil moli strips with soup by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Add the flour mixture into the boiled moli strips until the texture looks sticky
After adding flour mixture by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Add the fried ingredients into the sticky moli strips and stir it until the ingredients mix evenly
Mixing ingredients by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Put it into a pot or container then steam it for 30 to 45 minutes (depends on the size of the container)
Moli cake after mixing by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
It is a ready-to-eat radish cake! Let’s try to make it at home and have some fun! Happy Chinese New Year!!
Radish Cake by Cheryl Lo (Flickr)
Most of the ingredients can be found in Asian supermarket in Dublin. e.g. Asia Market and Oriental Emporium.