Steamed Pumpkin Cake

Steamed Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin cake is similar to the Chinese yam cake. The different is the colour and taste. It can be served for breakfast or during tea time. Usually the cake is served with chili sauce. It is light and yet delicious.

Ingredients:

 

 
 

 

150 g pumpkin
1 cup rice flour
1 cup water
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp 5 spice powder (optional)
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp dried prawns (blend till fine)
1 big mushrooms ( cut into small cubes)

Garnishing:
red chillies (Chopped till fine)
fried sliced onions

Method:
1. Clean pumpkin skin and cut into cubes or shred it finely.

2. Mix rice flour with water. Add 1 teaspoon salt. Heat up 2 tablespoons of oil and fry dried prawns with mushrooms. When it is fragrant, mix  all the ingredients together and stir thoroughly till the mixture thickens slightly.Transfer the mixture into a tray.

3. Heat up a steamer. When the water is boiling, put the tray in the steamer.
4. Cover the steamer and steam for 40 minutes. The cake is cooked when it is firm.
5. When cooked, sprinkle some fried onions and red chillies on top of the steamed cake.
6. Cool the cake before cutting into diamond shape.

Note: This steamed pumpkin cake can be served with chili sauce. Let it cooled down before cutting into diamond shape.