😋 Dad's Taro Cake (芋頭糕) - Chef's secrets for a dim sum classic

Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make Taro Cake. Taro Cake is one of the most popular dim sum dishes, and is also commonly made during Chinese holidays.

This home-style Taro Cake recipe is pretty easy to make for yourself and your loved ones at home.

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🍴 RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲

00:00 - Introduction
01:01 - Wash and rehydrate dried shrimp
01:20 - Chop ingredients
02:32 - Chop taro into peanut-sized cubes
04:21 - A tip for safer chopping
04:35 - Heat stove, prepare flour
05:18 - Start cooking ingredients
06:04 - Add taro to wok
06:25 - Add flavors to wok
06:42 - Add water, cover, bring to boil
06:54 - Coat plate with oil
07:22 - Uncover the wok, add flour mixture
08:19 - Transfer taro mix to plate
08:46 - Steam taro cake
09:37 - Garnish, and let taro cake cool down
10:03 - Optional - pan fry slices of taro cake
10:22 - Meal Time!
11:05 - Mommy + Daddy Lau growing up with Taro Cake
11:29 - Daddy Lau making his own rice flour
12:27 - Why we eat Taro Cake for Chinese New Year
13:51 - All about taro and choosing the right one
15:23 - Mommy Lau + Cam Cam say goodbye!

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