Water Chestnut Cake

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5.0

21 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    20 mins

  • Cook Time

    20 mins

  • Total Time

    40 mins

  • Servings

    4 full

  • Calories

    201 kcal

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    Chinese

Water Chestnut Cake

Chinese style water chestnut cake--a traditional and yummy dim sum dessert

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Ingredients

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  • 125 g water chestnut flour
  • 5 fresh water chestnut , or you can use canned one too
  • 2 slabs of sugar pieces , around 190g, this can be replaced by brown sugar or white sugar
  • 700 ml water , 150ml for soaking + 550ml for sugar water
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Instructions

  1. Soak the flour with 150ml water and stir until smooth. Set aside for 10 minutes. Then re-stir. You can strain the mixture if necessary.
  2. In a deep plan, add the remaining water and the sugar pieces, heat over slow fire until the sugar is completely dissolved. Bring to boil and add minced fresh water chestnut in. Stop fire until the content begin to boil again.
  3. After the sugar water boils, stir the sugar water slowly to the square pan for soaking the flour in first step immediately. During the process, keep stirring the flour water to avoid settling to the bottom. After adding the boiling sugar water, the batter will become really thick. Shake it slightly to trowel.
  4. Set up the steamer and wok and then steam the batter for around 20 minutes. To check whether the batter is completely done, insert a toothpick in and see whether it is clean after pulling out.
  5. Cook down completely and then cut it into thick slices. In summer days, it can be directly served cold after stored in fridge. And in winter days, pan-frying the cake with a small amount of oil and serve hot.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 201kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 51g (17%) Sodium 12mg (1%) Potassium 36mg (1%) Sugar 48g (96%) Vitamin C 0.4mg (0%) Calcium 5mg (1%) Iron 0.3mg (2%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4full

Amount Per Serving

Calories 201 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 201kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 51g 17%
Sodium 12mg 1%
Potassium 36mg 1%
Sugar 48g 96%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 0%
Calcium 5mg 1%
Iron 0.3mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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