Turnip Cake

Name: Turnip Cake
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1kg white radish (daikon), grated; 250g rice flour; 2 Chinese sausages, diced; 30g dried shrimp, soaked and chopped; 4 dried shiitake, soaked and diced; Salt, sugar and white pepper

萝卜糕/loh-bahk GOH/

Also known as: Lo Bak Go, Luo Bo Gao, Radish Cake, Daikon Cake

About this dish

A savoury steamed cake of grated white radish and rice flour with Chinese sausage and dried shrimp, sliced and pan-fried until crisp.

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Ingredients

🥕1kg white radish (daikon), grated

🍚250g rice flour

🌭2 Chinese sausages, diced

🦐30g dried shrimp, soaked and chopped

🍄4 dried shiitake, soaked and diced

🧂Salt, sugar and white pepper

Method

Serves 4

Cook the radish in its own juices until soft.

Fry the sausage, shrimp and mushrooms until fragrant and add to the radish.

Mix in the rice flour, seasonings and some radish liquid to make a thick batter.

Pour into a greased tin and steam for 1 hour, then cool completely.

Slice and pan-fry until golden on both sides. Serve with chilli or oyster sauce.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Lo bak go is a Cantonese dim sum classic and a must for Chinese New Year, symbolising rising fortune.

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