DISH RESEARCH · Dish
Chwee Kueh
Also known as: Chwee Kway
Singaporean steamed rice cakes topped with savoury preserved radish cooked in pork lard and garlic.
About Chwee Kueh
Chwee kueh is a Singaporean Teochew hawker breakfast of small steamed rice cakes topped with preserved radish. This profile follows the long-running Ghim Moh stall's traditional savoury version, pairing rice-flour cakes with chye poh cooked in garlic and fresh pork lard.
The rice cake itself is mild and gently fragrant, providing a clean base for the salty, savoury preserved radish. Garlic deepens the topping and pork lard gives it a rounded roasted richness without adding the sugar or sesame found in sweeter variants.
Each cake is small, pale and saucer-shaped, with the characteristic shallow central dimple that can collect moisture. Its texture is soft, smooth and slightly yielding, contrasted by the finely chopped, oily brown radish topping.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Chwee Kueh
Ghim Moh Traditional Chwee Kueh with Savoury Chye Poh.
- Rice flourSoft steamed cake base
- WaterRice-cake batter liquid
- Chye poh salted preserved radishSavoury topping
- GarlicTopping aromatic
- Fresh pork lardTraditional topping cooking fat
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Rice flour:
- Water:
- Chye poh salted preserved radish: . Chye poh maps to the established pickled-radish route; the exact curing and commercial formula remain unresolved
- Garlic:
- Fresh pork lard:
Origins & food traditions
Singapore food writer Leslie Tay documents the Ghim Moh family's hand-poured stall method and records its traditional topping as garlic, pork lard and chye poh without sesame or sugar. Singapore's National Heritage Board independently identifies chwee kueh as a beloved Singapore breakfast of soft steamed rice cakes, fried preserved radish and chilli sauce, tracing it to the Teochew community.
Countries
- Singapore
- SingaporeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Singaporean Cuisine
- Teochew Cuisine
- Singaporean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.