【Guangdong】Water chestnut cake

Overview

Guangdong's morning tea is famous throughout the country. The specialty snacks are all small and exquisite, and are carefully made. One of them is water chestnut cake. It is steamed after mixing water chestnut powder and sugar water. After steaming, it is translucent and has a chewy texture. It seems simple, but it is not easy to make it soft, elastic, good in color and sweet in taste.

Tags

• snacks
• cantonese cuisine
• cantonese snacks
• clear water
• horseshoe
• water chestnut powder
• yellow piece of candy

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare the ingredients, wash and peel the water chestnuts;

   

2. 2 Cut the water chestnuts into small cubes;

   

3. 3 Pour the water chestnut powder into a large bowl and add 150 grams of water;

   

4. 4 Stir thoroughly to form a water chestnut powder slurry;

   

5. 5 Pour in the chopped water chestnut meat;

   

6. 6 Crush yellow pieces of candy into pieces;

   

7. 7 Add 200 grams of water to the milk pot and add crushed yellow sugar;

   

8. 8 Heat the yellow sugar until it melts, add 2 teaspoons of raw water chestnut powder, and stir quickly;

   

9. 9 When the sugar water is thickened, remove from the heat. Immediately pour the syrup into the raw water chestnut syrup and stir into a semi-cooked syrup while adding;

   

10. 10 Pour the semi-cooked slurry into a plate, put it into a steamer and steam over high heat for about 25 minutes;

    

11. 11 Cover it with a plate or tin foil to prevent water droplets from falling in.

    

12. 12 The steamed water chestnut cake is translucent.

    

13. 13 After cooling, remove the film, place on plate, and enjoy!