Lo Pak Ko / daikon cake, Chai Tou Gau

Ingredients

600g-700g Daikon (chinese turnip) Grated or chopped

30g dried Shrimp

20g Dried Chinese Mushroom

150g chinese sausage ( Lap Cheong)

1 tbsp Oil

3 stocks Spring onion (Scallion/ Shallots)

6-7 shallots (eshallots/ french onion)

3 tsp sugar

3 tsp Shao Xing Rice wine

1/4 ground white pepper

salt to taste

2 tsp chopped coriander

300 rice flour

500-600 ml of reserved liquid (water)*

Method

I chopped and sliced the turnip. soak mushroom in boiling water till soft drain and squeeze out excess water (reserve all liquid), discard stems and dice caps. Sausages you can ether boil it or steam it. I choose to boil it. then finely dice it. (reserve all liquid) soak dry shrimp in boiling water roughly for an hour and drain.(reserve liquid) roughly chop spring onion and coriander. add some chilled reserved liquid into a bowl with the rice flour just to avoid lumps in the mixture later :)

heat wok on high, add oil and heat till smoking. Add sausage and fry for a minute and add in the shallots, shrimp and mushrooms. fry till fragrant, add turnip give it a good stir. then add in rice wine, pepper, salt, sugar and the rest of the reserved liquid. mix it through and cover and simmer for 4-5minutes and turn off the heatadd in the spring onions. After that add in the rice flour mixture and mix it through.

Pour the finished mixture in to the mould(i used a 20 inch silicone mould i think, you could use a square mould if you like) spread it out evenly. place in the steamer and steam for 1.5 hours or till firm, over a simmering water. Have a jug or pot of hot water ready to replenish steaming water. After that remove from the mould and cool and chill in the fridge overnight. Or if you can't wait.. :p when its slightly cool

You have two options.

1. cut it roughly 5cm by 5cm and 1cm thick, then heat a pan and about 1 tbsp of oil, pan fry the cake on both sides till golden and crispy

2. turnip cake (diced)

light soy sauce

rice wine

dark soy sauce

spring onions (sliced)

bean sprouts

egg

salt and pepper to taste

method

heat a pan with a little oil and fry off the turnip cake till golden. beat the egg lightly in a bowl and add to the pan, mix through. then add in the rice wine and soy sauces, mix well. and add in the bean sprouts and the spring onions, mix well. add salt and pepper to taste

yum yum!!! hope you too get to enjoy this dish!!!!