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Carrot and Red Date Cake

Carrot and Red Date Cake

Steamed carrot mash is kneaded with glutinous rice and tapioca starch into a chewy dough, wrapped around sweet red dates and steamed into bouncy, subtly sweet golden cakes.

Instructions

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    Peel the carrots, slice them, and steam on high heat for 20 minutes. After removing from the pot, pour out the excess water, then mash into a puree and set aside.

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    While it's still hot, add glutinous rice flour and tapioca starch to the carrot puree, in a ratio of about 4:1, and knead into a slightly firm dough.

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    After rolling it into long strips, cut them into appropriately sized lengths, shape them into cylinders, and then press them slightly flat.

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    Wash the Ruoqiang gray jujubes.

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    Use the barrel of a pen to poke out the pit from the jujube, then cut it in half.

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    Press half of the Ruoqiang gray jujube firmly onto the glutinous rice strip.

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    When the water boils, put it in the pot and steam on high heat for 15 minutes.

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    Open the lid immediately after steaming, do not let it sit.

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    Very good-looking.

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    The whole house is filled with the fragrance of jujubes.

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    Try one while it's hot, it's sticky and chewy, the sweetness of the carrot and the sweetness of the gray dates together are just right, no need to add any more sugar, delicious without being greasy!

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    Tear one and have a try, QQ style, delicious when hot! Even when it cools down, it's not dry or hard, and the texture is still very good!

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Carrot
    1 stick
  • glutinous rice flour
    to taste
  • Tapioca flour
    to taste
  • Ruoqiang Gray Jujube
    5 piece