recipe steamed Yam Cake · 08.07.2011 · 10Transfer mixture into a lightly greased round metal tin...

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66 8 DAYS JULY 7, 2011 8 DAYS | 67 recipe eat steamed Yam Cake by stefanie sun 45 min prep + 4 hr bake time Servings: 4 METHOD: aromatic. Add 1 tsp light soy sauce. 6 Add dried prawns and pork. Stir-fry for 5 min then add steamed yam cubes, mashing them as much as possible. 7 Add sautéed onions from step 2. 8 Pour in flour mixture. Cook until the mixture is thick and sticky. 9 Stir in the remaining 400ml water, 100ml at a time, adding more only when the water has evaporated. 10 Transfer mixture into a lightly greased round metal tin 22.5cm in diameter and 7.5cm in height. Steam over high heat for 45 min– 1 hr until yam cake is set. 11 To serve, brush some of the reserved onion oil on the surface of the yam cake and top with garnish. 1 Sprinkle a pinch of salt over yam cubes. Pat dry and steam until tender, about 15–25 min. Check doneness by inserting skewer into the middle of the yam cubes. It should pierce through cleanly without force. 2 Meanwhile, in a wok, heat cooking oil over medium heat and sauté onions until translucent. Add 1 tsp of light soy sauce and cook until onions are golden brown. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Reserve oil for later use. 3 Sift rice flour and corn flour and combine with salt and pepper. Whisk in 500ml of water. Set aside. 4 Fry parboiled pork in 2 tbsp of the reserved oil (from step 2), 1 tbsp of chopped garlic and 1 tsp light soy sauce. Cook for 3–5 min until the pork is fragrant. Remove from heat and set aside. 5 Stir-fry preserved radish in 2 tbsp of reserved oil (from step 2). Add shiitake mushrooms and fry until Preparation tip: Handle yam with gloves as it releases a sap that causes itchiness. Go to www.rgs.edu.sg/newsite/rgsalumni. for purchase details of Consuming Passion. Sales proceeds go to arts education in RGS. PHOTO: EDMOND HO OF JAMBU STUDIO INGREDIENTS: FLOUR MIXTURE GARNISH 600g yam, cut into 2cm cubes 1 tsp salt 150ml cooking oil 250g small brown onions, thinly sliced 2 tsp light soy sauce 160g rice flour 50g corn flour 2 tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper 900ml water 200g lean pork, parboiled until ¾ cooked, then diced into 1 cm cubes 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 50g preserved radish (salty chai por) 40g dried shiitake mushrooms, re-hydrated and finely sliced 30g dried prawns (hae bee), re-hydrated 4 stalks spring onion, finely chopped 2 red chillies, finely sliced 50g white sesame seeds, toasted 4 shallots, sliced into rings and fried until golden brown Sun STEFANIE SUN shares her mother’s steamed yam cake recipe in Consuming Passion, a Raffles Girls’ School coffee table recipe book featuring contributions from old girls. We reproduce it here, along with recipes by Kit Chan, Beatrice Chia-Richmond, Emma Yong and Corinne May in the coming weeks. Dining

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66  8 DAYS july 7, 2011 8 DAYS | 67

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steamedYam Cake by stefanie sun45 min prep + 4 hr bake timeServings: 4

Method:

aromatic. Add 1 tsp light soy sauce.

6 Add dried prawns and pork. Stir-fry for

5 min then add steamed yam cubes, mashing them as much as possible.

7 Add sautéed onions from step 2.

8 Pour in flour mixture. Cook until the mixture is

thick and sticky.

9 Stir in the remaining 400ml water, 100ml at a

time, adding more only when the water has evaporated.

10 Transfer mixture into a lightly greased round

metal tin 22.5cm in diameter and 7.5cm in height. Steam over high heat for 45 min–1 hr until yam cake is set.

11To serve, brush some of the reserved onion

oil on the surface of the yam cake and top with garnish.

1 Sprinkle a pinch of salt over yam cubes.

Pat dry and steam until tender, about 15–25 min. Check doneness by inserting skewer into the middle of the yam cubes. It should pierce through cleanly without force.

2 Meanwhile, in a wok, heat cooking oil over

medium heat and sauté onions until translucent. Add 1 tsp of light soy sauce and cook until onions are golden brown. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Reserve oil for later use.

3 Sift rice flour and corn flour and combine with

salt and pepper. Whisk in 500ml of water. Set aside.

4 Fry parboiled pork in 2 tbsp of the reserved

oil (from step 2), 1 tbsp of chopped garlic and 1 tsp  light soy sauce. Cook for 3–5 min until the pork is fragrant. Remove from heat and set aside.

5 Stir-fry preserved radish in 2 tbsp of reserved oil

(from step 2). Add shiitake mushrooms and fry until

Preparation tip: Handle yam with gloves as it releases a sap that causes itchiness. 

Go to www.rgs.edu.sg/newsite/rgsalumni. for purchase details of Consuming Passion. Sales proceeds go to arts education in RGS.

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IngredIents:

Flour Mixture

garnish

600g yam, cutinto2cmcubes

1 tsp salt

150ml cookingoil

250g smallbrownonions, thinlysliced

2 tsp lightsoysauce

160g riceflour

50g cornflour

2 tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

900ml water

200g  leanpork, parboileduntil¾

cooked,thendicedinto1cmcubes

3 garliccloves, finelychopped

50g preservedradish(salty chaipor)

40g driedshiitakemushrooms, 

re-hydratedandfinelysliced

30g driedprawns(haebee), re-hydrated

4 stalks springonion, finelychopped

2 redchillies, finelysliced

50g  whitesesameseeds, toasted

4 shallots, slicedintoringsandfried

untilgoldenbrown

SunsteFAnIe sUn shares her mother’s steamed yam cake recipe in Consuming Passion, a raffles girls’ school coffee table recipe book featuring contributions from old girls. We reproduce it here, along with recipes by Kit Chan, Beatrice Chia-richmond, emma Yong and Corinne May in the coming weeks.

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