Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go)

Name: Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 600g daikon radish, grated; 200g rice flour; 2 tbsp dried shrimp; 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked and diced; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; salt and white pepper to taste; vegetable oil for pan-frying

Savoury Cantonese dim sum made with grated radish and rice flour, pan-fried until crispy. Squeezing the excess water out of the salted daikon keeps the turnip cake firm enough to slice and pan-fry rather than falling apart.

Total time

70 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Chinese

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

600gdaikon radish, grated

200grice flour

2 tbspdried shrimp

3dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked and diced

2 tbspsoy sauce

1 tspsesame oil

salt and white pepperto taste

vegetable oilfor pan-frying

Instructions

Salt grated daikon, rest 10 minutes, squeeze out excess water.

Mix daikon with rice flour, shrimp, mushroom, soy and sesame oil. Season.

Pack into a greased loaf tin.

Steam 40 minutes until set. Cool completely.

Slice and pan-fry in oil until crispy on both sides. Serve with soy sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

209

Protein

5.7g

Fat

Carbs

41.4g

Fiber

1.6g

Sodium

416mg

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