YAM CAKE

By That Bloody Botak

 YAM CAKE



I put some small yams in the ground 6 months ago. Dug it up and these are what I've got.....




After cleaning it up, I managed to get 200g of yam cubes and since I've not eaten yam cake for a very long time, I tried to make some and boy, it tasted really good! Easy to make too! This is how it's done......


Ingredients


200g yam, cubed to identical size

200g rice flour

50g wheat flour

2 tablespoons chicken stock

1 chinese sausage, diced

3 shitake mushrooms, diced

7 heaped tablespoons dried shrimp, soaked and cut to small pieces

2 tablespoons chicken stock

500g shallots, sliced and fried till crispy

Spring onions, chopped

Water


Method

Cook the chinese sausage till it's done, set aside




Fry the dried shrimp till crispy, set aside

Mix the flour with the water used to soak the dried shrimp till it becomes the consistancy of a runny batter. It's ok to add plain water if u don't have enough water

Add the chicken stock to the batter

In a wok, add some oil used to fry the shallots and cook the mushrooms and yam




Add half of the chinese sausage and half of the dried prawns into the wok and pour 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil




Cook till the yam is soft. If the wok gets too dry, u can add a little more water



When the yam is soft, pour the batter in the wok. It gets from liquid to paste really quick, so keep stirring till it becomes a paste



When it gets to look like the above picture, turn off the heat

Grease a pan with the onion oil and pour the paste in. Grease a spatula and spread the paste to an even level



Put it in a pot and steam for about 40mins



When the 40mins is up, take it out and let it sit to cool for 30mins

Put a plate over the pan and turn it upside down. The yam cake should just fall out of the pan




Now garnish it with the remainder of the dried prawns, chinese sausage, spring onions and fried shallors and it's ready to be served





Just look at that! That, right there is almost the best yam cake I've ever eaten! No sauce needed, it's good to go on it's own! Even though I've eaten most of it, seeing it agin makes me drool! Its quite simple to make, so try it! You just might not buy another yam cake after this again!

Enjoy, everybody, and stay safe!


These recipes are good for those who want to cook for one or two without going all out but still wanting to enjoy good food. Simple to prepare and tasty food every time!

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