Steamed Yam Cake

Contributed by: Justina Lim

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Sarjit comes from a big family with 11 siblings. When she was young, her late Dad is the sole breadwinner for the family and her late Mum is a Nyonya. As a housewife, her mum will plant vegetables including yam in their back yard.

In order to cut cost & feed everyone in the family, Sarjit’s Mum often prepare this dish – Steamed Yam Cake. It became one of her favourite dishes which she also passed down to all her 5 daughters.

Till date, Sarjit & her siblings always cook this dish for their Mum during her death anniversary as a remembrance and think back about their childhood memories when eating the yam cake.

Portion: 10 - 15 pax
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1hr 10mins

Ingredients

• 500g yam

• 190g rice flour

• 190g corn flour

• 10 small onions, sliced

• 5 pcs garlic, minced

• 3 dried shitake mushroom, soak in water & diced

• 1 handful of dried prawns, soak in water & diced

• 1 tbsp of 5 spices powder

• White pepper

• Salt

• 1.5L of water

• 1 cup of cooking oil


Method

1. Cut yam into cubes and steam for about 10 mins till soft & set aside.

2. Mix rice flour, corn flour, salt, white pepper, 5 spices powder and 1.5L water together & set aside.

3. Fry onions with oil, remove & set aside.

4. Fry dried prawns with oil, remove & set aside.

5. Fry garlic & shitake mushroom with the same oil till fragrant

6. Add fried onions, dried prawns, steamed yam & fry together.

7. Pour in the flour mixtures.

8. Stir gradually till the mixture becomes thick & translucent.

9. Turn off the fire.

10. Pour the completed mixture into a steaming tray and steam for 40 mins.

11. Leave the steamed yam cake to cool for 30 mins.

12. Cut and serve.


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