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Preparation
45 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Turmeric cake is one of the specialty dishes in Gò Công – Tiền Giang. The cake dish is a combination of chewy dough strands served with roasted pork, fresh vegetables, and sweet and sour fish sauce. Let’s join TasteVN cook this delicious dish right away!
Ingredients for Gò Công Turmeric Cake For 4 people
Glutinous rice flour 200 gr Rice flour 100 gr Tapioca flour 100 gr Salt 1 teaspoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Accompaniments A little (scallion oil/sweet and sour fish sauce/ roasted pork)
Suggestions for where to buy baking ingredients
- Baking ingredients such as glutinous rice flour, rice flour, tapioca starch can be easily purchased at bakeries, grocery stores, and supermarkets.
- Roasted pork and sweet and sour fish sauce can be bought pre-made at markets, supermarkets, or you can make them at home following the recipe from TasteVN.
Tools needed
How to make Gò Công turmeric cake
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Mixing the dough
Put 200g of glutinous rice flour, 100g of rice flour, 100g of tapioca flour, and 1 teaspoon of salt into a bowl, then mix well until the ingredients are combined.
Next, gradually pour 300ml of boiling water into the flour bowl, mixing well as you pour to make the dough sticky. Then, add another 100ml of water and knead with your hands until the dough forms a smooth, pliable mass.
Finally, evenly coat the dough with 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, place it in a bowl, cover tightly, and let it rest for 20 minutes.
Tip:- Pour the water gradually to avoid the dough clumping (like cow’s brain) and to make it easier to mix.
- Evenly coat the dough with cooking oil to prevent it from drying out and becoming difficult to shape.
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Shaping
Prepare several pieces of parchment paper measuring about 7x10cm, put a little dough into a piping bag and start shaping.
First, squeeze the dough into several continuous vertical lines, then continue squeezing horizontally to complete the shape of the cake.
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Steaming the cake
Place the cake in the steamer, put the steamer on top of a pot of boiling water, cover tightly, and steam the cake for 8 – 10 minutes until the dough is translucent, indicating that the cake is done.
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Final product
To complete the cake, roll the cake up, spread a little green onion oil on top, and it is ready to enjoy.
The turmeric cake has a unique shape, and it pairs well with savory roasted pork, fresh green vegetables, and is dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce, making it extremely delicious.
