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Delicious Hot Meat-Filled Corn Cake Recipe: A Winter Favorite for All Ages

Hot steamed cake is a familiar dish in Hanoi, especially during cold weather. Making hot steamed cake at home is very easy.

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13 January, 2024

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Rice cake is a familiar dish of Vietnamese people. But hot rice cake is not completely the same as dry rice cake, which is molded into pieces. Dry rice cake is made from peanut rice cake dipped in sauce and eaten cold. Hot rice cake is softer and not dry, and it is served with ground meat filling and broth.

Preparing ingredients

– Potato starch: 100 gr

– Glutinous rice flour: 100 gr

– Ground pork: 200 gr

– Shrimp, shiitake mushroom: 50 gr

– Dried onions, coriander, fresh chili

– Cooking oil, fish sauce, sugar, seasoning, vinegar, pepper

Instructions:

Step 1: Preparing the ingredients:

– Mix glutinous rice flour and potato starch with a pinch of salt. Pour about 1 liter of water slowly and stir until the mixture is well combined. Let the batter soak for 3 hours or overnight for even expansion.

– Soak the shrimp and shiitake mushrooms, then wash them and cut into thin strips, then mince.

– Dice the pork or grind it, then add seasoning, fish sauce, and pepper. Mix well and marinate for 15 minutes.

– Finely chop 3 dried onions, wash the coriander and cut into sections.

Step 2: Cooking rice cake

Preparing the meat filling: First, heat the cooking oil, add the onions and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the pork and stir-fry until cooked. Add the shrimp and shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry until firm. Season to taste. Avoid stir-frying for too long, as the meat may become dry. Add some pepper for fragrance.

Peel and wash the remaining dried onions, then thinly slice and fry them until golden with cooking oil to make crispy dried onions.

Cooking the rice cake: After resting, the batter will settle at the bottom and there will be water on top. You should discard the water to remove the sour taste.

Then put the batter in a pot, add some water and stir well. When the batter thickens, reduce the heat. Add some cooking oil to make the batter soft and smooth. Turn off the heat when the batter is cooked. You can add more water if the batter is too thick or stiff.

Prepare the broth: Pour 300ml of water into a pot, add fish sauce and sugar, and bring to a boil. Simmer and skim off the foam to avoid burning the sugar. Season to taste.

Finished product: Scoop the rice cake into a bowl, pour the broth over it, add the meat filling on top, and sprinkle with crispy dried onions. Add coriander and serve with chili powder. You can also add quail eggs if desired.

Hot rice cake is a rustic and easy-to-make dish, and it is easy to eat because it is soft. This dish is very suitable for the elderly and young children. Women who want to lose weight can also enjoy hot rice cake because it contains potato starch, which is low in calories compared to sticky rice.