Turnip Cake (ขนมผักกาด)

1.Soak dried shrimp and dried shiitake in water for an hour. Remove dried shrimp and shiitake from the water. Roughly cut shrimp into a small bits and slice shiitake into small dice.

2.Cook dried shrimp, dried shiitake, and Chinese sausage in oil over low heat until fragrant. Add spring onion, stir to combine, and set aside.

3.In deep bottom pan, add water and daikon into the pan. Keep daikon submerged under the water. Heat the water over medium heat and simmer until daikon softens. The water in the pan should yield about 1 cup, if mixture is less than a cup, add more water to maintain the volume.

4.Remove daikon mixture from the heat. Add salt, sugar, pepper, and sesame oil.

5.Mix corn starch, rice flour, and water until combined. Add flour and dried shrimp mixture into daikon mixture. Stir the mixture until combined, the mixture should have viscosity of a pancake batter.

6.Grease 8 x8 inch baking tray with oil. Pour batter into a baking tray and steam over medium heat for 50 minutes. Leave to cool for an hour.

7.Cut turnip cake into desired size.

8.Heat oil in the pan and sear turnip cake until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes on each side. Serve turnip cake with oyster sauce and crispy chilli garlic.