Hello everyone, I'm Tian Yuan
Last year, my Chinese New Year cake was very popular.
This year, I will be sharing my famous FuZhou Taro Chinese New Year cake
It has a very unique name called meat cake
First, you will clean your taro
Who knew I could find these in Windsor
These little ones can also be found in Western grocery markets
Everything is in the fridge
You mom,
She's making you Chinese New Year meat cake
Yeah, we know you love them, your mom remembers
Mm
No need to bring anything back
just bring yourself. Your mom is the happiest when you come back
Peel the skin, about 500 grams
Wash them clean, then shred into thin strings
Let's race
Your's is good, your's is good. As long it's thin, it's all good
Now mix with tapioca powder
Make sure you don't pour it all in at once
Pour it a bit at a time, then mix
You want to knead so that it's sticky
If it was me I'd pour it all in then knead slowly
Haha, don't do that. you won't be able to knead it
have you noticed that I'm not adding water?
If you add it, the powder will become liquid and flow around
Once you steam it, it will all fall apart
The tapioca powder will be separated from the taro
You have to knead the tapioca powder into the shredded taro
this is quite magical
I added about 1 cup of powder, about 150grams
You have to be patient
Just wait and see the magic. Right now it's all dry, but it will change
In Fuzhou, they use potato starch
Yes, that's the traditional way
but in North American,
Good potato starch is so hard to fun, and I find tapioca starch to be a good substitute
Look, it's very sticky
Do you see? The powder is completely kneaded in
Okay, now we will start adding in the other ingredients
Add in brown sugar
1 cup, 240ml type of cup
keep kneading
see? once you add the sugar, it changes.
It becomes sticky
if you're not wearing gloves, the taro will make your hands stick
If it's too thin, it will separate and all the powder will go to the bottom
add in the red date, about 1/4 cup
2 tablespoons of sesame seeds
there's one more secret ingredient, my grandma used to always add it
fatty meat!
It's here! all chopped up
1/4 cup will do
If you're scared of eating pork fat, just add a tiny bit. But QiaoFu loves it
This is totally healthy.
Bring your hand here, see it should be this long
Man hands
I didn't measure the size of the steamer
I found these in Windsor
in a Chinese grocery store. Banana leaves.
You can also use lily pad leaves
It's so good in North America
You can find everything
You have to make sure everything is covered, or else the liquid will seep out
Make sure it's sealed
Boil a pot of water
okay
Ahh in some red dates, Good luck to us this year!
Now steam for 45 minutes
let's check it
It's a bit thin, you can see some of the sugar seeped to the water
it could use a bit more powder, different taro have different water content
see, all clean
Nothing is seeping out, very easy
It's all done!
Careful, it's hot!Don't worry, I have chef's hands
Let it cool
I will cut off the sides
i will make a bowl of sugar water meat cake
red dates, sesame seeds and your favourite pork fat
We will save this one for our daughter
once they come to a boil, it's all good!
sugary meat cake bowl, come QiaoFu
Time for dessert
It smell so good, I've never had it like this
yes
It's very hot, let's wait a bit
When you go to friend's house during Chinese New Year
They would typically make a bowl of these for you , have you seen it?
I've never even eaten it.
Okay, pretend you're coming over to my house as a guest
For Chinese New Year
Happy New Year
Welcome Welcome!
Sit sit, wish you good luck and wealth
Enjoy some delicious snack.
Wa thank you, sit sit
I brought you a gift
No need to bring gifts
my pleasure.
What is this?
Legend has it, it's from the tang dynasty
Wa, this is too much
I wish you good health
Thank you thank you
It's too precious, no no, not at all.
my dessert can't compare
sit sit
I will give you some sugar
lots of sugar
so sweet
so funny, okay enough joking
Okay, try this
it's actually really good
So good. It's like the new year, so sweet
It's sweet yet still refreshing
After eating lots of meat and fish during the Chinese New Year feast, this is the perfect dessert
Especially when you're playing cards, it's perfect
It'll bring you good luck
That's it for today guys
Happy New year