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Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go)

Annie
Turnip cake is a Chinese New Year staple food, you will also find it in any dim sum menu.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Chinese New Year
Cuisine Chinese

Ingredients
  

  • 2 mooli about 800g - 1kg
  • 2 lap cheong chinese sausage
  • 150 g rice flour
  • 3 tbsp wheat starch optional, can be replaced by cornflour
  • 2 dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 3 spring onions
  • 1 Pinch of ground white pepper
  • 1/2 cup of chicken stock

Instructions
 

  • Soak the dried mushrooms in hot water for at least 20 minutes, stalk side down.
  • Peel and coarsely grate the moolis.
  • Finely chop the chinese sausages, mushrooms and spring onions.
  • Put a bit of chopped spring onions aside for sprinkling on top after it's cooked.
  • Put the rice flour and wheat starch in a bowl, mixed.
  • Heat a bit of oil in a wok, once hot, fry the chopped ingredients for about 5 minutes, put them in a bowl and set aside.
  • Put the grated moolis in the heated wok, add ground white pepper and chicken stock, cook till it's softened. (don't be alarmed if you find it becomes really watery, mooli does give out a lot of moisture)
  • Stir in the fried ingredients, put in a pinch of salt if you like.
  • Off the heat, mix in the flour.
  • Transfer the mixture to a greased tin, I used a sandwich cake tin.
  • Steam over boiling water (high heat) for 45 - 60 minutes. A skewer should come out clean when cooked.
  • Leave to cool before taking out of the tin, slice into small piece, then fry in a pan.
  • Serve hot with dipping sauces. (Sweet chilli, soy, etc)