Popular Chinese New Year Dim Sum ..

Ingredients:

1-1 kg taro cut into 1 inch cubes

2-crumbled bacon about 100 gm

3-dried shrimp about 100 gm

4- xo chilli sauce 3 tbsp (homemade xo sauce..optional) 1 tbsp five spice powder

5-rice flour 300 gm

6-wheat starch 3 tbsp

7- 3-4 scallion stalk a handful of coriander (cut into small pieces)

8- 900 ml water

1- hot oil hot pan, saute dried shrimp, bacon with one chopped shallot…1 min

2-add 1 tbsp five spice powder, 3 tbsp xo chilli sauce ,stir fry until fragrant

3-add the mince scallion stalk and coriander ,stir well and dish up ,set aside.

4- add taro to the hot wok,salt and pepper to taste…saute 1 min…

5-add 500 ml water into the wok and slimmer for 15 mins with medium heat ..

6-in a bowl sift rice flour and wheat starch ,then add 400 ml water and mix thoroughly..set aside

7-pour 3/4 mixture of dried shrimp and bacon to the cooked taro, stir well..

8- add the flour mixture to the taro mixture ,blend quickly and evenly until a paste forms

9- pour the batter into two oil sprayed cake pan,top with the 1/4 of the remaining

dried shrimp and bacon mixture .. get ready to steam…

10- steam the taro cake for 45-50 mins with medium heat,turn off the heat .

Insert a skewer into the cake, if it comes out clean, it is done.