Guangdong

Fa gao

Name: Fa gao
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Cantonese
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/3 cup rice flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 cup or brown sugar sugar; 2/3 cup warm water; 2 tsp cooking oil (vegetable oil)

Little steamed cakes that split open into a smile. The wider the crack, the bigger the luck.

40 minTime

2 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's waySteamed wheat and rice flour cakes that split open like a smile.

The original

151kcalsame

2 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

40minutessame

Fa gao, Cantonese prosperity cakes.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups

Rice flour⅓ cup

Baking powder2 tsp

Sugar½ cup, or brown sugar

Water⅔ cup, warm

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tsp

Method

5 steps

1Dissolve the sugar in warm water and cool slightly.
2Whisk in the flours, baking powder and oil to a smooth, thick batter.
3Line cups in a steamer with paper cases and fill them to the brim.
4Steam over fiercely boiling water for 15 minutes without lifting the lid.
5Rest 5 minutes and serve warm.

Serve it like this

Serve in their paper cases on a red plate, warm, with Chinese tea.

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