Savory turnip cake (蘿蔔糕/だいこんもち) 🥢. If you have ever had dim sum, then this dish must be known by you. This delicious and savory dish is nothing like cakes you know from desserts. Turnip cake is a woefully insufficient name for these little crispy savory cakes of tasty perfection.

Pronounced in Cantonese it is "lor bak gou"(蘿蔔糕). The first part here that I'll be teaching is to make a large portion that can be stored in the refrigerator. Chinese turnip cake (Lo Bake Go) is the most popular and MUST-HAVE food in Chinese new year. You can have Savory turnip cake (蘿蔔糕/だいこんもち) 🥢 using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Savory turnip cake (蘿蔔糕/だいこんもち) 🥢

You need 50 g of long grain rice flour (在來米粉).
You need 250 g of radish.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of white pepper.
Prepare of sprinkle of salt.

Every family has their own recipe passed by grandmothers. Of course the homemade one is thousands time better than the store-bought one. This is my mum's recipe, it is easy to make and with lots of. Chinese Turnip Cakes (港式臘味蘿蔔糕) is one of my family's favorite savory treats.

Savory turnip cake (蘿蔔糕/だいこんもち) 🥢 step by step

Grate the turnip (or radish) and cook with one cup of water until summer..
Take one cup of the cooking water out and mix with long grain rice flour..
Add the starch back to wok, stir, and pour back to a well oiled loaf pan for later steaming..
Place the pan to a steamer with plenty of water. Steam them for about 30-50 minites..

We do order them at Dim Sum restaurants from time to time. These Chinese Turnip Cakes are wonderful treats to share with friends and family. I'll tell you why in just a minute. In these parts, carrot cake is not the sweet cake covered with cream cheese frosting. Instead, you get a savory pan fried omelette filled with crispy, tender Dim Sum Classic - Turnip Cake (蘿蔔糕).