DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Taro cake
Also known as: 芋頭糕
A savory Cantonese steamed cake made from diced taro and rice flour, often enriched with pork, dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, and green onion.
About Taro cake
A savory Cantonese steamed cake made from diced taro and rice flour, often enriched with pork, dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, and green onion.
Ingredients in Taro cake
Recorded ingredient connections, rather than a complete recipe. Explore an ingredient for more detail.
- Rice flourbinder
- Porkprotein
- Dried shrimpseasoning
- Green oniongarnish
- Soy Sauceseasoning
- Saltseasoning
- Vegetable Oilcooking medium
- Waterbinder
- Shiitake mushroomsother
- Shiitake mushroomseasoning
- Tarobase
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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