13/05/2026
Turnip Cake 蘿蔔糕🥢
It’s essentially a savoury rice cake loaded with turnip, Chinese sausage, dried shrimp, and shiitake mushrooms. I enjoyed mine pan fried, crispy exterior and a soft centre 🤤
Ingredients
2kg turnip
1 Chinese sausage
6 sh*ttake mushrooms, rehydrated
200ml rehydrated mushroom water
30g dried scallops, rehydrated
300g rice flour
430ml water
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
3 tsp chicken powder
1 tbsp oil
Pinch of pepper
Instructions
Prepare ingredients
1. Peel, wash, grate turnip and drain any excess water.
2. Chop Chinese sausage, slice sh*ttake mushrooms.
Cook ingredients
1. Pan fry dried scallops, mushrooms, sausage over medium heat for 1 minute.
2. Add the turnip, mushroom water, salt, chicken powder and pepper. Mix until incorporated.
3. Cover and cook for 8- 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. In a large bowl, dissolve rice flour with water. Gradually pour rice flour mixture into turnip stirring simultaneously.
5. Cook for 2 minutes until it thickens.
Steam turnip cake
1. Bring a large steaming pot to a rolling boil on high heat.
2. Transfer turnip cake mixture into an oiled baking tin.
3. Steam cake for 1 hour. Let it cool completely or refrigerate overnight to remove from tin.
Pan fry turnip cake
1. Slice cake to desired size.
2. Pan fry each side 4 mins over medium heat or until golden brown and crispy
