Carrot Cake *not Cakes! as Char Tow Kueh

stir fry carrot cake




As we are mostly really being huge fans of our country special dishes and impossible take them away from our life, ever!, miss them so much especially to whom who stay abroad which hardly to get those craving mouth watering foods even which does not have demanding ingeredient of your desire one, then what you can do? You’ll do everything in your power to get them back! Cook it, dish up at our dining table--no matter how much you have to purchased and no matter how tough you have to bring them over--I believe you would do it.
Char Tow Kueh



Obliterating my hubby crave for his heavenly Singapore Char Tow Kueh is pretty easy to cook apart from brought them over across the country, ho ho!
With ready made “Carrot cake” which picked up from regularly supermarket in Singapore, I able turning over into his outstanding appetizer to be his company besides me, ha!
"Oh! Feels like at home, you pass babe, exellente! yeeaahh..."
ehemm! thanks anyway…

Please don’t get wrong idea with Singapore carrot cake, I know you might pictured it as cakes made of those carrots, oh no no…what I am talking about here is Singapore carrot cake made from fragrant rice flour, tapioca starch, carrot and some seasonings then produce the cakes.

Well, my carrot cake a.k.a Char Tow Kueh as “D” humbly request is followed by cooking instructions behind the packet and i did little bit modified to get more savoury.
Take him into unforgettable Chai Tow Kueh, hmmm it was my big intend, ha ha

stir ry carrot cake2




Carrot Cake ( stir fry) a.k.a Char Tow Kueh

Ingredients

1 packet ready made carrot cake, about 500gr-cut into small cubes
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon chilli paste (optional)
1 tablespoon tong chai-finely chopped
1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
Dash of fish sauce
Dark soy sauce to colour
Spring onions to garnish
Vegetable oil


Directions

Heat the oil, add garlic and tong chai until fragrants.
Add chilli paste keep stirring abot 30 seconds
Add small cubes carrot cake stir gently as carrot cake is too delicate
Seasons with dash fish sauce, sweet soy sauce and dark soy sauce to coloured
Stir frequently and gently until all ingredients are well bended.
Remove from the heats transfer into a serving plate then garnish with chopped spring onions
Serve hot

notes

  • I skip the egg for my special request fried char tow kueh
  • Chai poh (dried radish) commonly add to char tow kueh if unavailable tong jai being great alternative
  • Making it in slightly lighter colour is preferable choice

Comments

Anonymous said…
Looks so delish!
Just out of curiosity, the carrot cake you mentioned in the recipe; is it the same as (maybe) daikon cake? Thanks!
16 May, 2008 22:44
Ira Rodrigues said…
elra, it perhaps yes
as every place (country) called it in different way

does daikon is white radish?
if yes, that means your daikon cake is the same with my carrot cake, but my one is made from fragrant rice flour as mentioned among ingredients behind the packet.
17 May, 2008 00:50
Anonymous said…
If I'm not mistaken, they are from the same family of radish. Only (daikon) is longer and much bigger root. Daikon cake that I know of also using rice flour as one of the ingredient. They often serve as part of the dim sum, well at least here in my neighborhood (Palo Alto). Thanks for posting the recipe. I definitely willing to try this one. I do apologize for my long comment!
17 May, 2008 01:23
Elsye said…
yes..ira, daikon is radish...in here japan daikon mean radish :D

i have never had char tor kueh...:D..it look like sambal goreng kentang..right..:D..

look yummy...!!
17 May, 2008 04:18
Anonymous said…
Hi Elsye salam kenal ya,
About this radish discussion, in the U.S radish and daikon are completely different. I always have this tiny pretty thing (radish)in my fridge year round. I use them for my salad and for cudite too. Still curious? here is what radish look like, check out this link http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/radish1.html

By the way, it was Elra posted the second commend, I missed the "L"
Ira, thanks again for posting the recipe!
19 May, 2008 03:20
Ira Rodrigues said…
elra, your long comment is informatif to me, its ok
thx for the link

elsye, i prefer this than sambal goreng kentang, ha ha
19 May, 2008 16:06
Dwiana P said…
Ira, ini makanan singaporein delish kelihatannya. temen gw disini married ama singaporian and sekarang lagi pulkam.
Dia bilang barang2 banyak yg lucu2 and murah disana.
Coba yah nanti kalau dia dah pulang gw suruh bikin ini:)
21 May, 2008 00:53
Ira Rodrigues said…
iya ini makanan mrk dwi, yummy loh..

ask your friend to smuggle some! ha ha
28 May, 2008 13:58
Anonymous said…
eh gue suka loh carrot cake ini.. tapi tau nga bikin benernya? wow di goa bisa nemu ready made carrot cake?
08 June, 2008 11:51
Ira Rodrigues said…
Foni, if u read my story above, u will wonder that i was muggle them, ha ha

nggak tau cara buat benernya fon but u can read the ingredients in my story.
Good luck!
08 June, 2008 13:07
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