Water Chestnut Cake
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Water Chestnut Cake
Description
This Water Chestnut Cake recipe begins by soaking the water chestnut flour with water until smooth and resting it briefly. Separately, water and sugar are heated until the sugar dissolves into a syrup. Fresh or canned water chestnuts are minced and added to this syrup before boiling again.
The hot sugar liquid is then stirred into the flour mixture, which thickens as it cools. The batter is steamed in a pan for about 20 minutes until set, forming a firm but tender cake. A toothpick test ensures proper doneness without overcooking. The cake is cooled completely before slicing.
The texture of the finished cake is smooth and slightly translucent, with tender chestnut pieces providing mild crunch. It can be served warm or chilled, commonly enjoyed as a snack or dessert in various seasons. This recipe yields a subtly sweet dish with a delicate water chestnut flavor.
Ingredients
- 125 g water chestnut flour
- 5 water chestnut or you can use canned one too, fresh
- 2 sugar around 190g, this can be replaced by brown sugar or white sugar, slabs of pieces
- 700 ml water , 150ml for soaking + 550ml for sugar water
Instructions
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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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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