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Traditional Hong Kong Style New Year Rice Cake

groups4 servingsspeedMediumcountertopsPrep: 15 minsskilletCook: 60 minsscheduleTotal: 75 minsoutdoor_grillSteamed

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6 Steps Total
01
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00:00:22

Add 600ml of water into the pot, put in 5 washed slab sugars (including 3 lighter and 2 darker pieces), heat up at high flame until melted, then let cool.

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Watch out

The slab sugar syrup must be completely cooled before adding to the flour, otherwise it will cook the glutinous rice flour and form lumps.

Ingredients:water (600 ml)brown slab sugar (5 piece)
Tools:pot
02
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00:01:06

In a large glass bowl, add 300g of glutinous rice flour and 2 tbsp of wheat starch. Gradually add the cooled slab sugar syrup and mix thoroughly until the batter is completely smooth and free of lumps.

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The batter must be thoroughly mixed until completely smooth, otherwise there will be flour lumps in the texture after steaming.

Ingredients:glutinous rice flour (300 g)wheat starch (2 tbsp)brown slab sugar
Tools:glass bowl
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00:02:51

Evenly brush a layer of cooking oil inside the glass bowl for later use.

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The inside of the glass bowl must be thoroughly brushed with cooking oil, otherwise the rice cake will stick badly to the bottom and cannot be removed intact.

Ingredients:Cooking oil (1 tsp)
Tools:glass bowlbrush
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00:04:12

Slowly pour the mixed batter through a filter into the oiled glass bowl to remove all small particles, then gently tap the container to release trapped air.

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Pour slowly when filtering to ensure all undissolved flour particles are removed by the strainer, and tap the container with moderate force.

Ingredients:glutinous rice flour
Tools:filter
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00:05:14
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Be careful of steam when moving or opening the hot steamer to avoid scalding.

Seal the bowl opening with aluminum foil to prevent condensation drops from falling in. Bring water to a boil in a large wok at high flame, steam the rice cake at high flame for over an hour, adding boiling water midway as needed.

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The aluminum foil must be tightly wrapped, and water level must be checked regularly during steaming to add hot water, otherwise boiling dry will damage the equipment.

Ingredients:water
Tools:aluminum foilWok
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00:06:05

After steaming, open the aluminum foil, place a red date in the center of the rice cake as decoration, let cool at room temperature, then store in the refrigerator for 36 to 48 hours before slicing and frying to consume.

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Be careful of steam when opening the aluminum foil. The rice cake must be completely cooled and refrigerated long enough to set before slicing.

Ingredients:red date (1 piece)

groceryAll Ingredients

glutinous rice flour300 g
wheat starch2 tbsp
brown slab sugar5 piece
water600 ml
red date1 piece
Cooking oil1 tsp

blenderAll Tools Needed

potglass bowlbrushfilteraluminum foilWok