Steamed Yam Cake (蒸萝卜糕)

I have made this yam cake for a couple of time using this recipe. I got this recipe from internet, couldn't remember which website... Since now I have my own blog, just post here to share.

Makes one 24cm round tin

Ingredients:

• 400 g Yam, diced into small cubes
• 80 g Dried Shrimps, soaked & chopped
• 4 Shallots, sliced
• 300 ml Water
• 3 tbsp Cooking Oil
• 8 nos. Chinese Mushrooms, soaked & diced
• 2 nos. Chinese Sausages, diced
• 2 tbsp Light Soya Sauce
• 1-1/2 tsp Salt
• 1-1/2 tsp Sugar
• 1/4 Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Five Spice Powder

Batter

• 210 g Rice Flour
• 30 g Wheat Flour
• 250 ml Water

Method:

1. Grease the tray with cooking oil. Set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, mix rice flour, wheat flour and water to batter. Set aside.
3. Heat oil in a wok, add sliced shallots and chopped shrimps; Stir-fry till fragrant. Add mushrooms, sausages and all the seasonings; Stir-fry for a while and dish out half of the mixture.
4. Add in yam and water to the remaining mixture in the wok; Bring to a boil; Turn heat to low and pour in batter. Keep stirring until batter thicken (sticky dough like texture) ; Dish out to prepared tin.
5. Put yam cake in the steamer over rapid boiling water for 1 hours.
6. Let cooked yam cake cool completely; Spread the reserved mixture on top; Cut & serve.