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Chinese Recipe : Radish Cake with Preserved Meat (Revision 3.0)

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Ingredients for 1600g Radish Cake.

(Size of Aluminium foil plate) Diameter 9″ x height 3″
 
Radish:
1800g
Rice flour :
300g
Dried Shrimps (Soaked) :
20g
Chinese Sausage (Chopped) :
1 piece
Preserved pork belly : (chopped) :
40g
Spring Onion (chopped) :
1 sprigs
Coriander (with roots cut off, chopped)  :
1 sprigs
Dried Scallop :
20g
Preserved Turnip (Chopped) :

20g (replace by 1/2 tsp of Salt if you could not find it)

Minced ginger :

1tbsp

Water  
   
Seasoning :
 
White Pepper :
pinch
Sugar :
1 tsp
Chicken bouillon powder :
1 tsp
Salt
1/2 tsp

 

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1.  Rinse dried shrimps (20g) and soak it to soft.  Rinse and soak dried Scallop (20g)


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 2.  Wash Preserved pork belly  (40g) and Chinese Sausage (1piece) 


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 3. Steam Preserved pork belly,Chinese Sausage and dried Scallop for 15 mins


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 4.  Drain water from the shrimps and mix shrimp water with scallop water.  Divide the dried scallop into small pieces


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5.  mix the sauce of Preserved pork belly and Chinese Sausage with scallop water


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6.  add White Pepper (Pinch), Sugar (1 tsp), Chicken bouillon powder (1 tsp), Salt (1/2 tsp). Mix it well.


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 7.  Cut the Chinese Sausage and Preserved pork belly into small pieces


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8. Prepare 1 tbsp of minced Ginger. Chop Spring Onion and Coriander (1 sprig each)


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9.  Chop Preserved Turnip (20g)

 

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 10.  Peel and shred 1800g of Radish finely


   

 11. Heat 1 tbsp of oil over slow heat. Saute Preserved pork belly, Chinese Sausage, dried shrimps and Preserved Turnip. After half minute, dish it up and set aside. 


   
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12. Heat 1 tbsp of oil over high heat. Saute the minced Ginger. Add and stir-fry Radish. 

 

 

Add Scallop with mixed juice, stir-fry and mix it well. Then, cover it and cook for 5 mins. 


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 13.  after 5 mins, dish it up. Separate Radish and Radish juice.


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14. Add 1.5 cups of Radish juice to radish ( Add water if not enough).


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15. Let it cool down to around 50 °C


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 16. Add rice flour (300g). Mix it well.


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17. add Preserved pork belly, Chinese Sausage, dried shrimps and Preserved Turnip. Mix all ingredients well.


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18. Pour in mixture and smooth top


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 19.  Bring water to boil. Steam the Radish Cake for an hour over high heat. 

(Tips : Do not always open the lid during streaming, but remember to refill water during steaming)

 

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20.  after 1 hour, discard the spring onion and Coriander. Let it cool down and store it in refrigerator


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21.  Slice and pan fry Radish cake. Heat oil over medium heat. Pan-fry the Radish cake


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22. Serve! 

Chinese Recipe : Deep Fried Stuffed Fish with Dried Winter Melon

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Ingredient

 Dace Fish 2 Whole
 Dried Winter Melon 150g
 Dried Shrimps  30 g
 Spring Onion (Chopped)   2 sprigs
 Water Chestnut (Chopped)   2 pcs
 Salt  1/2 tsp (for fish paste), 1tsp (for stewing dried winter melon)
 White pepper  pinch
 Water  2 tbsp (For minced Fish)
 Chicken Stock 250 ml
 Light Soy Sauce 1 tsp
 Corn starch little
 Oil for deep fry

method

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1. Rinse and Soak the “Dried Winter Melon (150g)” to soft


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2. Make a cut between Dace Fish skin and meat. Then separate the skin and meat.


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3. De-bone. (Fillet of 2 Dace Fish are required for 1 stuffed Fish)


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9. Apply some corn starch on inner side of skin for sticking the fish paste. Then, stuff up the fish skin.


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10. Heat the oil and deep fry the fish on medium heat. Deep fry until golden brown. Dish it up for next step.


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11. Drain the Soaked “Dried winter melon”. Cook it with chicken stock (250ml), Salt (1 tsp), Light soy sauce (1 tsp) , on slow heat for 30 minutes. 

After 30 minutes, add the deep fried fish and cook for 15 minutes more.


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12.  Dish it up and serve it hot!