How to make a unique and attractive Trieu Chau pink willow leaf cake

Willow leaf cake is used to offer offerings on special occasions of the Chinese. Today, let’s go to the kitchen with Tnhelearning.edu.vn to make peach willow leaf cake!

Characteristics and origin of willow leaf cake

Characteristics and origin of willow leaf cake

Origin of willow leaf cake

Willow leaf cake originated from the Chinese, they believe that this cake symbolizes longevity because its shape resembles a fairy peach.

Willow leaf cake is often used in ceremonies at God and Buddha, praying for peace, praying for blessings at pagodas or worshiping grandparents on the days near Tet.

Features of willow leaf cake

Willow leaf cake is also known as pink peach cake, because the cake has a pink shell and looks like a fairy peach, so it is called pink peach cake.

Usually, the cake is made from dumpling dough stuffed with pink food, the filling includes sticky rice mixed with dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, cat mushrooms, peanuts and pork belly. People make cakes by steaming or frying depending on the needs of each person.

How to make a unique and attractive Trieu Chau pink willow leaf cake

Chaozhou pink willow leaf cake

Ingredients for making Chaozhou pink willow leaf cake

Ingredients for making pink willow leaf cake

• 500g dumpling powder
• 100g dried shrimp
• 1kg sticky rice
• 2 tablespoons glutinous rice flour
• 200g pork belly
• 100g roasted peanuts
• Minced garlic, celery
• Food pink
• Spices: Cooking oil, oyster sauce, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, salt, five spices, pepper, fish sauce, sugar
• Tools: Cutting board, knife, steaming basket, pot, bowl, plate, pan, willow leaf mold, small bowl

Good tip:

About sticky rice

To choose a good type of glutinous rice, you should choose glutinous rice with round, white, fluffy grains, click with your hand to see that the seeds are still hard, hard to break and faintly fragrant.

About pork belly

You should choose pieces of meat that are light red or bright pink with a white layer of fat in between, the meat and the fat part stick together. Choose pork with the outermost layer of skin and fat about 1-2cm.

To check the freshness of the meat, you just need to press the meat with your hand, if the meat has elasticity and is not indented, it is a good piece of meat.

You should avoid choosing pieces of meat that are pale green and have a bad smell.

How to make Chaozhou pink willow leaf cake

Step 1Process materials

Process materials

Sticky rice we use clean water to remove grit and dirt still clinging to the rice by gently rubbing it about 3-4 times until the rice is really clean.

Dried shrimp, you put it in a bowl to soak in warm water until the shrimp is soft, then take it out and wash it.

Next, we soak glutinous rice with about 50g of dried shrimp, add ½ tablespoon of MSG and ⅓ tablespoon of salt.

We just wash the pork belly with salt water and then wash it with clean water. Then, cut into small pieces about 0.5cm.

Then, we put the bacon in a bowl, put ½ tablespoon garlic toothpick, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, ½ tablespoon five spices, ½ tablespoon fish sauce, 1/ tablespoon sugar, ½ tablespoon flour sweet, 1.2 tbsp sesame oil and mix well to let the meat absorb the spices evenly.

When we buy celery, we remove the root and wash it and cut it into small pieces.

Step 2Cook sticky rice mixed with dried shrimp

Cook sticky rice mixed with dried shrimp

We pick up the sticky rice and dried shrimp that have just been soaked in the rice cooker, put clean water in the pot for about ½ finger and then close the lid. Then, press the “Cook” button to start cooking.

Step 3Mix and knead the dough

Mix and knead the dough

You put 2 tablespoons of glutinous rice flour, 500g of dumpling powder, 1 tablespoon of MSG, 1/2 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in a large bowl and mix well.

Next, you slowly add boiled water to the flour and mix well until the dough starts to stick into a block, continue to add 2-3 drops of pink food color and then use your hands to knead until the color is evenly absorbed.

Knead until the dough is more flexible, then we put 100ml of filtered water into the bowl to make the dough softer and continue to knead until the dough no longer sticks to the wall.

Step 4Stir-fry cake

Stir-fry dried shrimp and pork as a filling

We put 100ml of cooking oil into a hot pan, continue to add 1 tablespoon of minced garlic and stir to keep the garlic from burning, then add 50g of dried shrimp to the pan, ½ tablespoon of MSG and stir-fry.

You put the dried shrimp on a plate and then continue to put 150ml of cooking oil in the pan, when the oil is hot, we add the marinated bacon and stir-fry with the dried shrimp until the meat has just hunted.

Step 5Mix cake fillings

Mix cake fillings

At this time, the sticky rice is cooked, so we will put it in a small bowl, then add 3 tablespoons of crushed roasted peanuts, fried pork belly with dried shrimp, chopped thyme, 4 tablespoons of cooking oil. then mix well.

Step 6Wrapping the cake and pressing the mold

Wrapping the cake and pressing the mold

We put a layer of flour into the willow leaf mold, then take about 1 fistful of the kneaded dough and then round and flatten the dough. Next, you put 1 tablespoon of filling in the center of the dough and then fold the edges of the dough closed.

Finally, you press the cake firmly into the mold, then turn the cake mold upside down to be able to take out the cake easily and without distorting the cake.

Step 7Steamed willow leaf cake

Steamed willow leaf cake

We put the cake in the steamer to cook on high heat for about 20-30 minutes, when we see that the dough is smooth, the cake is cooked.

After that, we turn off the stove, put the cake on a plate to cool and enjoy.

Finished product

Willow leaf cake finished product

The cakes have a beautiful peach color along with the faint aroma of dried shrimp combined with the soft, chewy crust that blends together. The cake will be more delicious if we eat it with a little soy sauce for dipping and pickled papaya.

Hopefully through the above article will help you pocket for yourself how to make willow leaf cake, a new cake, a new flavor for your family!

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