Chinese

Asia Unplated

From

Asia Unplated

season

1

episode

5

Pan Fried Radish Cake

With

Diana Chan

SERVES

4

Radish Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 daikon (about 500g), grated

  • 1 cup water, plus extra if needed

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil

  • 1 tbsp dried shrimp, washed, soaked and chopped

  • 3-4 Chinese black mushrooms, finely diced

  • 1 Chinese sausage (lup cheong), finely diced

  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced, plus extra to serve

  • 1 1/4 cups rice flour (130g)

  • 1 tbsp cornflour

  • Pinch each of salt, white pepper and caster sugar

  • Oyster sauce and chilli sauce, to serve

Method

  1. Add grated turnip and water to a wok or large pan over medium heat. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

  2. Scoop the cooked turnip into a large mixing bowl and allow to cool, leaving behind the liquid. Pour the remaining liquid into a measuring cup and fill the rest with water until you have 1 cup of liquid, then pour it back in with the cooked turnip.

  3. Return wok or pan to medium heat and add oil. Add the shrimp, mushrooms and sausage and cook for about 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped spring onion, remove from heat and allow to cool.

  4. Add rice flour, cornflour, salt, sugar and pepper to the mixing bowl with the radish and cooking liquid.

  5. Add in the cooked shrimp, mushrooms and sausage, and scrape the oil from the pan into the batter. Mix well and leave to sit for about 15 minutes.

  6. Give the batter a final stir and pour into a well-oiled loaf pan. Place the pan in a steamer with plenty of water and steam for 50 minutes.

  7. Remove from the steamer and let the turnip cake set for about 30 minutes. Once cooled, loosen the sides with a spatula and turn out onto a chopping board.

  8. Slice cake into 2cm-thick pieces. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat. Fry the cakes on both sides until golden and crispy.

  9. Sprinkle with extra spring onion and serve with sauce.

Diana Chan

Diana Chan won MasterChef Australia in 2017 with a precision-led repertoire built on Malaysian-Chinese home cooking. She hosts Asia Unplated, a tour through regional kitchens that treats the home cooks as the experts. Her recipes lean technical without losing the household feel they came from.

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