Orh Kueh (Yam Cake) (I)
Kamis, 27 Mei 2010
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Making skillful orh kueh starts amongst choosing yam that's lite for its size. Lighter ones convey less water, as well as less watery ones are nicer because they're to a greater extent than fluffy, powdery as well as fragrant.
Next, hold upwards generous when trimming the yam. The outer business office is unremarkably waxy as well as tasteless. I unremarkably cutting 2-3 cm off the overstep as well as bottom, as well as 1-2 cm off the sides.
To elevate its fragrance, yam should hold upwards fried as well as and thence seasoned lightly amongst common salt as well as five-spice powder. Don't allow yam chocolate-brown or it'd hold upwards leathery.
Orh kueh would hold upwards likewise monotonous if it tastes of solely yam. Dried prawns, dried mushrooms as well as deep-fried shallots add together a diversity of flavours, textures as well as aromas. They are the indispensable supporting cast, without which yam would hold upwards a rather tedious one-man show.
To brand outstanding orh kueh, forget water. That's what orh kueh that sells for $1 uses. The homemade type is made amongst homemade stock. A skillful character stock is the foundation of cracking orh kueh (as good equally solid unit of measurement ties as well as nationhood).
Readymade deep-fried shallots can't mayhap compare to the i made at home. Likewise, a skillful stock doesn't come upwards out of a tin flame or bottle, or autumn out of the sky. And there's a whole lot of mushrooms as well as dried prawns that convey to hold upwards soaked, sliced as well as chopped.
If making skillful orh kueh sounds similar a lot of operate as well as a lot of ingredients, that's because it is.
On the other hand, if y'all desire some rice flour mixed amongst H2O as well as and thence steamed, that's existent quick, slow as well as cheap. That's the type of orh kueh that sells for $1, which is truly quite expensive considering it's simply rice flour as well as water.
If y'all desire to abide by yam inward the $1 orh kueh, you'd convey to shipping it for lab tests or at to the lowest degree role a microscope. Of course, the tasteless kueh comes amongst the obligatory chilli sauce because it wouldn't hold upwards edible otherwise.
Once, the chilli sauce on the orhless orh kueh I bought tasted of mould because it was made amongst mouldy dried prawns. I ate i mouthful as well as stopped.
Since I wasn't the concluding individual to purchase the kueh, I guess in that place were lots of people who didn't heed the mouldy dried prawns. Amazing, isn't it?
How to brand orh kueh (芋粿, steamed yam cake)
Step-by-step guide
This recipe makes an orh kueh flavoured amongst lots of yummy ingredients: yam, dried prawns, dried mushrooms as well as shallots, all fried till wonderfully fragrant. Homemade stock is the killer that gives homemade orh kueh extra oomph.
INGREDIENTS
INSTRUCTIONS
INGREDIENTS
- 40 g dried prawns – rinse as well as soak inward lx ml H2O till soft, close fifteen minutes; mash dry, reserving the water; chop roughly
- 30 g Chinese dried mushrooms – rinse as well as soak inward 180 ml H2O till soft, close xxx minutes; mash dry, reserving the water; dice
- 500-600 g yam (aka taro) – peel, cut back all white parts nether tegument that don't convey much reddish veins to yield close 300 g, rinse, cutting corn kernel-sized
- 100 g shallots – peel, rinse, spell thinly
- 80 ml vegetable oil
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp five-spice powder
- 1½ tbsp lite soya sauce
- ½ tsp reason white pepper
- 200 g rice flour
- 240 ml H2O – overstep upwards H2O drained from dried prawns as well as mushrooms to brand 240 ml
- 600 ml pork or chicken stock, boiling
- 2 tbsp outflow onions, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp coriander, roughly chopped
- ½ reddish chilli, julienned; or 1 tsp toasted white sesame seeds
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prepare dried prawns, dried mushrooms, yam as well as shallots equally detailed above.
- In a wok, stir-fry shallots inward hot vegetable stone oil over medium oestrus till lightly golden. Turn off heat. Continue stirring till nicely golden brown. Remove shallots amongst a skimmer as well as educate aside. You should convey close ⅓ cup.
- Reheat wok as well as stone oil till warm. Over medium heat, tyke yam till soft (but non brown), 2-3 minutes. Turn off heat. Remove yam to a big bowl. Immediately sprinkle amongst ½ tsp common salt as well as ¼ tsp five-spice powder. Toss till evenly mixed. Set aside.
- Remove all but two tbsp stone oil from the wok. Reheat till real hot. Over medium-high heat, stir-fry dried prawns till lightly golden. Add mushrooms as well as stir-fry till fragrant as well as lightly golden. Add lite soya sauce as well as reason white pepper. Stir till evenly mixed. Turn off heat.
- Add stir-fried mixture to yam along amongst all of fried shallots except two tbsp. Stir till evenly mixed. Set aside.
- Line bottom of xx x xx x 5 cm cake pan amongst parchment paper, leaving some overhang.
- Top upwards H2O from soaking dried prawns as well as mushrooms to brand 240 ml. Pour liquid into wok as well as stir to deglaze. Add rice flour. Stir till smooth. Add boiling chicken or pork stock. Stir till evenly mixed.
- Turn on depression heat. Stir continuously, scraping sides as well as bottom of wok. Reduce oestrus to real depression equally batter gets hot. If lumps appear, plow off oestrus immediately, stir vigorously till smooth, as well as thence plow on oestrus again.
- When batter starts to thicken, add together fried ingredients (except the two tbsp shallots educate aside). Stir till batter is thick plenty to coat a spoon/spatula thinly. Go for a thinner consistency if y'all similar your orh kueh softer, as well as vice versa. Turn off heat.
- Transfer batter into pan. Smooth as well as marking batter. Steam over chop-chop boiling H2O till inserted skewer comes out construct clean or almost clean, close xl minutes depending on consistency of batter earlier steaming.
- Remove kueh to wire rack to cool down, an hr or so. Unmould past times running skewer approximately border of pan, as well as thence lifting kueh onto a plate. Discard parchment paper. Garnish amongst outflow onions, coriander, reddish chilli or sesame seeds, as well as remaining shallots.
