Put chai ko
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| Type | Cake |
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| Place of origin | Taishan, China |
| Main ingredients | sugar, rice flour |
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Hanyu Pinyin | bōzǎi gāo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | butjái gōu | |||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | little bowl cake | |||||||||||||||||||
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Put chai ko (
bowl.[2] The cake is made from white or brown sugar, long-grain rice flour with a little wheat starch or cornstarch. Sometimes red beans are also added. The batter is poured into porcelain bowls and steamed until cooked through. Then it is allowed to cool and served at room temperature. Traditionally, the hawker inserts two bamboo skewers into the cake to turn it out and the eater holds the skewers to consume. At present, most Put Chai Ko are sold in plastic bags.[clarification needed
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Names
The snack is also known by a number of English names, including Put chai pudding, Rice Pudding, Earthen bowl cake, Bootjaigo, Red bean pudding or Put chai ko.
History
The pudding is made like other traditional
Chinese pastry or snack shops, or from street hawkers. The pudding can also be served like an ice pop, held up by two bamboo
sticks.
Classic Hong Kong flavors
- Plain white sugar
- Brown sugar
- Plain white sugar with azuki beans
- Brown sugar with any one of the beans in the genus Vigna
See also
- Egg tart
- List of steamed foods
- Uirō - Japanese Wagashi
References
- ^ "Pudding time". wordpress.com. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ irenechanwai (11 April 2009). "砵仔糕-製作過程-1 (Cantonese)". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ oldfriend (9 June 2008). "美味砵仔糕 (Cantonese)". youtube.com. Retrieved 12 August 2012.[dead YouTube link]
External links
- Put chai ko recipe (in Chinese)
- Put chai ko recipe (in Chinese)
