Thursday, September 2, 2010

Celebrate Chinese New Year With Turnip Cake Recipe


Chinese New Year is round the corner and its time to prepare for a great gala. A party without finger-licking dishes is impossible. Try out an simple cake recipe, that will certainly indulge the taste-bud of your kith and kins.

Ingredients:

Vegetable oil (2 tbs)
Fresh ginger root (2 slices)
Chinese five-spice powder (1 ½ tbs)
Chicken bouillon granules (½ tbs)
Ground white pepper (1 tbs)
Salt( 2 tbs)
Chinese dried mushrooms (8 ounces)
Dried Shrimp (1/3 cup)
Sliced Pork Sausage (1 pound)
White Rice Floor (2/3 pound)
Turnips (3)

Preparation

Take a frying pan and pour 2 tablespoons of refined oil. Heat and add mushrooms and shrimps, soaked overnight in water. Mix all with sausages and saute and cook the mixture for ½ minute. Transfer the stuff in a bowl and keep them aside. Clear the pan and heat 1 more tablespoon oil. To it add ginger, saute and stripped turnips. Stir and fry for 3 minutes. Add chinese spice powder, salt, white pepper, chicken bouillon and jerk the mixture upwardly, such that you can extract ginger slices basically. Turn off the heat.

Now, mix the cooked Turnip mixture with rice flour. Mix them nicely with the help of chopsticks or spoon. Add the cooked sausage mixture and transfer all in to a deep round cake pan. Take a bowl filled with water and bring to boil. Place a round wire rack over the boiling water and place the cake pan. Let the cake steam on low heat. Check it after 45 minutes and the steamed cake is prepared to be sliced in to pieces. Serve hot or cold, depending on the taste of your guests.
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