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.

Steamed Pumpkin with Chicken Meat

Steamed Pumpkin with Chicken Meat

Pumpkins have a lot of antioxidants and beta-carotene. Antioxidants help strengthen our immune system. Pumpkins by themselves are also very low in fat and calories, and high in potassium. They also possess a fair amount of Vitamin C and other nutrients, such as Niacin, Vitamin E, Calcium and Iron.

The above dish is quite simple to cook. Get a medium pumpkin will do. The pumpkin should have a uniform orange color, should stand upright on a flat bottom and have a strong stem.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium pumpkin
• 200 g chicken meat
• 1 big onion (sliced)
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 tbsp oil

Method:

1. Wash pumpkin and cut crossway from the top about 5 cm.

2. Remove the seeds.

3. Cut chicken meat into small pieces.

4. Marinate with oyster sauce, sugar and pepper.

5. Heat up the kuali with some oil. Fry the onions till fragrant. Add in the marinated chicken and fry till half cook. Dish out and put into the prepared pumpkin.

6. Steam the pumpkin for 20 minutes.

7. Serve it hot.

Note: You can replace chicken meat with pork rib or whatever meat you like but make sure that you half cook them before steaming.This is to ensure that the meat will be fully cooked.