yam cake
English
Etymology
Calque from Chinese 芋頭糕/芋头糕 (yùtougāo).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (Malaysia, Singapore) Taro cake.
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- 2012, Christopher Tan, Amy Van, Chinese Heritage Cooking (Singapore Heritage Cookbooks), Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Cuisine, →ISBN, page 68:
- This recipe can be adapted to make yam cake. Replace the daikon with 300 g (11 oz) peeled taro. Skip Step 4 and instead steam the taro unitil just soft, then break it roughly into chunks and small bits while it is still hot. Stir it into the batter with the sausages and dried prawn mixture in step 5 and proceed with the recipe as above.
- 2014, Ng Lip Kah, edited by Audrey Yow, Dim Sum: A Step-by-step Cookbook (Cooking Classics), Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 75:
- The defining features of this yam cake are its garnishing and sauce, which are always part of the dish.
Translations
taro cake — see taro cake