another day, another recipe

upon dexuan's request:

FRIED CARROT CAKE (WHITE, because I haven't a clue where to get the sweet sauce for black cai tow kway and besides I think the white one is nicer)

you will need:
600g radish (it's called daikon here, get from oriental city)
500g water
350g RICE flour
one teaspoon salt
sugar

arbitrary amounts of:
cai poh (oriental city. or me, cos i have a lot)
garlic
about 5 eggs (hawker uncle always use one egg per person)
soy sauce
thai fish sauce (oriental city)

Serves 1-4, depending on who you are

THE KUEH:

1. Shred the 600g of radish and dump it into a pot. Add a bit of water and cook under medium heat for about 30min until the radish becomes nua
2. Mix the 350g rice flour and 500g water evenly, ensuring no lumps form
3. Mix in the radish with the flour water mixture to obtain a decidedly icky looking mess. don't hate me yet you will be rewarded!
4. add approx one tsp of salt and some sugar
5. add a thin film of oil into a flat-ish plate
6. pour the offensive-looking mixture into plate, making a mess of your kitchen in the process (the flour stains are still in my kitchen)
7. steam for 45 min. you know it's ready when you poke a toothpick in and no residue sticks
8. dump the kueh into the fridge for min. 5 hours, ideally overnight
(note: I've noticed that adding slightly more water gives it a softer texture..just play around)

THE FRYING:
1. heat oil in pan. note that cai tow kway is a pretty oily dish so for greater authenticity you know what to do!
2. dump the kueh in and stir fry for a bit until kueh becomes soft. use spatula to chop up into small pieces
3. add soy sauce and fish sauce and fry some more. don't be afraid to spam the fish sauce
4. push kueh aside and add more oil to fry the garlic and cai poh with. fry till fragrant
5. in a bowl crack the eggs, add soy sauce and mix well.
6. now for the coup de grace. lay the kueh out into a nice flat layer and pour the egg over evenly.
7. let it fry for a bit, chop up the layer into say 4 portions and flip each one over one by one
8. SERVE!

pictures someday. I always forget to take pictures gah.