Daikon or Turnip Rice Cake

This Chinese rice cake is served at the Dim Sum hour in Chinese restaurants. There are many recipes that have been used to make this cake. Some include chasiu (Chinese BBQ pork) to add more flavor to the cake.
Here is an easy recipe to make this cake. It tastes wonderful.

Ingredients:
3 cups rice flour
2 cups  water
2 cups chicken broth
1/4 cup dried shrimp, soaked in water, drained, and finely chopped
1 small daikon (about 3 cups after shredding)

1 shallot, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 green onions, chopped
1 Chinese sausage, finely chopped
Salt, white pepper, and sugar

 

Directions;
Line two 8” x 5” loaf pans with sheet plastic wrap with some wrap hanging over the sides.

Bring a pot of water to boil and cook the shredded daikon for 5 minutes. Drain the cooked daikon. Let it cool.

In a mixing bowl, combine flour with water and chicken broth. Add 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp sugar. Mix well.

In a large sauté pan, add 1 tsp oil. Add shallot and garlic and cook for a few minutes.

 Add shrimp and Chinese sausage. Season with salt and pepper or some soy sauce.

 Add flour and cooked daikon. Stir constantly until partly cooked (when your hand feels heavy while stirring, the batter is at the correct consistency).

Pour the batter onto the prepared cake pan and steam in a steamer for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. This cake can be cut into portions and freezes well.