Turnip Cake (蘿蔔糕)
What is turnip cake (蘿蔔糕)?
Turnip cake is a traditional Chinese dim sum dish. Also, pan fried turnip cake often serves in Chinese dim sum restaurants for breakfast. Turnip cake is make from radish and rice flour. Sometimes it calls radish cake, white carrot cake or in Chinese name lo bak go (蘿蔔糕). In this recipe, I am going to share the easiest way to make lo bak go using instant pot pressure cooker. The following has step by step photos and video to guide you how to make Chinese turnip cake.
Why people like to make white carrot cake during Chinese New Year?
White carrot cake is also Chinese tradition New Year food, especially in the southern part of China. In addition, the word radish in Chinese sounds like good fortune. Therefore, Chinese people like to make turnip cake during Chinese New Year celebration and hope for good fortune will come.
Different ways to make radish cake:
There are so many different ways to make lo bak go or radish cake. Hong Kong people like to stir fried shredded radish, rice flour mixture until it is thicken and steam them. It’s quite a work. However, in my father’s village in China. People like to mix the shredded radish and rice flour mixture. Then, they steam the mixture directly because it retains more nutrients and easier. Personally, I like the simple and easy way. Besides, it normally takes around 45 minutes to an hour to steam them. But, this time I used instant pot pressure cooker to make this lo bak go dim sum dish.
Cooking tips for lo bak go instant pot recipe:
First, shred radish (white carrot). I like to shred the radish fine and small. Some like to mix with small and little chunks. Then, add salt and wait for 15-20 minutes to let the radish juice come out. After that, add rice flour and mix well. Sometime it’s hard to gauge how much radish and rice flour to use. The best is to use 1:3 ratio, 1 cup of rice flour and 3 cups of shredded radish. Second, add some small dried shrimp, dried scallops, Chinese sausage, and remember to save some for topping. Third, mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and pour into a glass container. Next, put the mixture into instant pot pressure cooker manual for 25 minuets and natural release.
Moreover, you can serve lo bak go after it cools down or hot. Most people like pan fried turnip cake because it’s crispy outside. Of course, radish cake is the best to serve with hoisin sauce, chili sauce and peanut butter sauce. It’s easier to cut turnip cake after it’s refrigerated. Normally, I like to pan fried lo bak go when I have left over. Hope you like this Chinese turnip cake instant pot recipe!
Ingredients for turnip cake instant pot recipe:
Radish (White carrot) 1 big piece (shredded around 3 cups)
Rice flour 1 cup
Dried shrimp small 1/3 cup
Dried scallops 1/3 cup
Chinese sausage 1 piece
Salt 1/4 teaspoon
Vegetable oil 1 tablespoon
Green onion 1 stalk (for topping and decoration)
Instructions:
- Wash and soak dried small shrimp for 5-10 minutes
2. Wash and soak dried scallops for 5-10 minutes
3. Cut and diced Chinese sausage
4. While is waiting, shred radish, add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Then, wait for 15-20 minutes and let radish juice come out.
5. After that, add 1 cup of rice flour and mix it well
6. Next, add some dried shrimp, scallops and Chinese sausage. Also, remember to save some for the topping and mix it well.
7. Pour a cup of water into instant pot and add a rack
8. Pour the mixture into a glass container and topping the rest dried shrimp, scallops and Chinese sausage.
9. Put the mixture into instant pot, cover the lid and close the vent. Next, press manual button to adjust time for 25 minutes and nature release.
10. After the turnip cake is cool down, sliced into pieces.
11. Pour some oil into non-stick pan, turn on medium fire to pan fried both side until it’s little golden brown.
12. Enjoy this pan fried dim sum lo bak go turnip cake instant pot recipe!
Here is the video to show how to make turnip cake (蘿蔔糕) lo bak go:
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Turnip Cake
Ingredients
- 1 big piece Radish (White carrot) (shredded around 3 cups)
- 1 cup Rice flour
- 1/3 cup Dried shrimp small
- 1/3 cup Dried scallops
- 1 piece Chinese sausage
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
- 1 stalk Green onion (for topping and decoration)
Instructions
- Wash and soak dried small shrimp for 5-10 minutes
- Wash and soak dried scallops for 5-10 minutes
- Cut and diced Chinese sausage
- While is waiting, shred radish, add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Then, wait for 15-20 minutes and let radish juice come out.
- After that, add 1 cup of rice flour and mix it well
- Next, add some dried shrimp, scallops and Chinese sausage. Also, remember to save some for the topping and mix it well.
- Pour a cup of water into instant pot and add a rack
- Pour the mixture into a glass container and topping the rest dried shrimp, scallops and Chinese sausage.
- Put the mixture into instant pot, cover the lid and close the vent. Next, press manual button to adjust time for 25 minutes and nature release.
- After the turnip cake is cool down, sliced into pieces.
- Pour some oil into non-stick pan, turn on medium fire to pan fried both side until it’s little golden brown.
- Enjoy this pan fried dim sum turnip cake instant pot recipe!
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