Loh Bak Gou(蘿蔔糕 ) ~ Fried white radish cake

This is a savoury pan-fried dim sum. It is called 'Loh Bak Gou' in cantonese. Loh Bak in cantonese means Radish or Turnip and Gou mean cake. It can be eaten plain by adding fried shallot,  chopped spring onion and dried shrimp floss or just pan-fried or in a another way stir fried it with bean sprout, spring onion, egg..etc

~pan fried loh bak gou

~After pan-fried this turnip cake, will have a nice crust on the outside and soft and hot inside~

When I was little my mum use to make this for tea time snack. My sisters and I like it just pan-fried style. After pan-fried the outer skin is crispy and the inside of the cake is soft and nice.

~Stir fried style~

~This is even yummy with a dip in a little Asian chilly sauce~

Before pan-fried or stir fried these turnip cake (loh bak gou) it is a plain steam turnip cake

Recipe is adapted from the book with slight modification.. '香港地道小吃' 

'Local delicacies of Hong Kong'

Plain Lo Bak Gou

Ingredients:

150g white turnip - peeled and grated

300g rice flour

50g chinese sausage ( i did not add)

50g dried shrimp-  wash and soak - lightly chopped

50g tapioca flour

300g water

Seasoning:
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar (i did not add)
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp pepper

To do:

1) Add grated turnip and dried shrimp into 100ml of hot water. Cook until the turnip is soften and not swimming in liquid. Add seasoning. 

2) In a mixing bowl add in rice flour and slowly pour in 200ml water. (add a wee-bite of water into flour to incorporate before adding more) add in radish and mix well.

3) Cook the mixture over a pot of boiling water till it is thicken. Transfer into a greased steaming tray and steam over bubbling water for an hour.(keep an eye on the water level and top up with hot water often)

4)When it cooked. Let it cool and cut into pieces. To pan-fried it, is simple. Just heat up non stick pan with a little oil, pan-fried it on both sides till it is brown and crispy.


To make into stir fried turnip cake - Chao Loh Bak Go


Ingredients:
4 pcs pan fried radish cake - roughly cut into bite size pieces 
1 tsp chopped garlic
1 tsp chopped spring onion
1 tsp preserved sweet radish
A hand full of bean sprout
1 egg- light beaten
salt and pepper to taste


To do:
1) Add some oil to saute the chopped garlic and preserved sweet radish till fragrant.
2) Add in radish cake stir fried for a while.
3) Push radish cake aside in the wok or pan. Add a little more oil to fried the egg and the bean sprout. When the egg is half cooked, stir in the radish cake and stir fry too combine.
4) Add salt, pepper and sprinkle chopped spring onion. Serve hot.

~pan-fried radish cake~

~Stir fried radish cake~

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