Traditional Water Chestnut Cake (马蹄糕)

This is the classic Dim Sum with fresh water chestnut.

Ingredients

Water chestnut powder - 250 g

Yellow cane sugar/yellow rock sugar/brown sugar - 300 g

Fresh water chestnut - 12 -15

Water - 1500 g

Steps

1. Peel and dice the water chestnut into pea size.

2. Mix water chestnut power with 750g water, sieve and set aside.

3. In a sauce pot, add sugar and 750g water, cook until sugar is melt. 

4. Add chopped water chestnut to the pot.

5. Turn heat to low, and pour in a cup of water chestnut mixture from step 2. Keep stirring until the mixture becomes sticky and murky. Turn off heat.

6. Add the rest of the water chestnut mixture from step 2 to the sauce pot slowly, while keep stirring the mixture.

7. Pour the mixture to glass container(s), steam at high heat for 20 - 30 minutes. 

8. After cool down, remove from container, slice and serve directly. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve cold or it can also pan fried and serve hot.