Steamed White Bean Cake 五香眉豆糕
I first saw Helena made this Steamed White Bean Cake (五香眉豆糕) late last year and Cass also posted hers before the Chinese New Year. Since both talented bloggers commented that this Chinese snack tasted like the steamed yam cake, I too can’t wait to follow lol! Totally agree with them, you can also feel the bite of the soft eye beans. Great to serve for family gathering or party.
You can also pan fried this Steamed White Eye Bean Cake 🙂
喜欢的话也可以将眉豆糕切片煎香
According to FITDAY, White (black-eyed) beans/peas are very good fiber sources, providing 4 grams or 16% of the recommended daily value. There are two types of dietary fiber: soluble and insoluble. Beans contain mostly soluble fiber, which can help decrease blood cholesterol levels and therefore may help reduce the risk of heart disease. Soluble fiber may also help patients with diabetes maintain improved blood sugar level because the fiber helps to slow the rate of absorption of carbohydrate.
SteamedWhite Bean Cake
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Author: Ann Low
Serves: 6-8 servings
Ingredients
- (A)
- 300g Rice flour
- 75g Tapioca flour
- 1120ml Water
- 1 tbsp Chicken powder
- 1 tsp Salt (or to taste)
- 2 tsp Fish sauce
- ¼ tsp Pepper
- ½ tsp Alkaline water
- (B)
- 4 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 tbsp Chopped garlic
- 4 tbsp Dried prawns (soaked for 10 minutes and grind coarsely)
- 5 Dried Mushroom (soaked and diced)
- 2 pcs Chinese sausage, cut to small pieces
- 1 tbsp Preserved Turnip (chai poh 菜脯)
- ½ tsp Five spice powder
- 300g Black eye beans (soak the beans for 4 hours and boil for 30 minutes until soft, drain)
Instructions
- Ingredients (A): Mix rice flour, tapioca flour with water. Mix well and add seasonings, set aside.
- Heat up 4 tbsp oil, saute chopped garlic until fragrant, add dried prawns and continue to fry until fragrant. Add in mushrooms and chai poh and five spice powder. Lastly mix in the eye beans.
- Reduce heat, pour in batter (Ingredients A) and continue to stir until the mixture thickened. Off heat and continue to stir till the mixture to smooth. Pour mixture into a oil greased 9 inch square pan and steam for 45 minutes to 1 hour (I steamed for 45 minutes) or until cooked. Cool completely and cut to serve.
- Garnish with fried shallots, cut spring onion and red chilli.
Notes
Leftover kuih shoud be kept in the fridge and shallow fried or re-heated in the microwave before serving
五香眉豆糕
材料 (A)
- 300克 粘米粉
- 75克 薯粉
- 1120毫升 水
- 1汤匙 鸡精粉
- 1茶匙 盐或适量
- 2茶匙 鱼露
- 1/4茶匙 胡椒粉
- 1/2茶匙 碱水
材料 (B)
- 4汤匙 油
- 1汤匙 蒜蓉
- 4汤匙 虾米 （浸软，切碎）
- 5朵 香菇 （浸软，切丁）
- 2条 腊肠 （切丁）
- 1汤匙 菜脯
- 1/2茶匙 五香粉
- 300克 眉豆（浸豆4小时，煮大概30分钟至软）
做法：
- 材料(A)：将粘米粉，薯粉加入水搅匀，过滤，加入鸡精粉，盐，胡椒粉和碱水。
- 烧热油4汤匙，暴香蒜蓉，虾米，加入香菇，腊肠，五香粉，最后加入眉豆炒均匀。
- 改用小火，加入(A)，煮至浓，倒入一个抹上油的9寸蒸盘里，蒸45分钟-1小时至熟 （我蒸了45分钟），取出，待完全冷却后才切片。
- 撒上一下炸葱片，葱花，红辣椒装饰，配上辣椒便可享用。
- 吃剩的糕刻意存入冰箱，隔天用少许油煎至香，或放入微波炉叮热也可。
- 五香眉豆糕 ~ 口感和芋头糕很相似, 有着豆子的香味。很适合一家大小和宴客食用
Enjoy!
What a healthy cake! This is probably my first time seeing steamed bean cake and I'm very fascinated by the idea. 🙂
Ann, the steamed black eye bean cake looks lovely! I hv not try eating any black eye bean it is really taste like yam cake?
I heard this is better than yam cake ler,,i already bookmarked too long , time to try it out!
Wow Ann! I really like the block of the steamed Black Eye Bean Cake in your photo. It talks to me… 😀
Thank you Alvin. My family really loves this a lot. Hava a try 🙂
白眉豆哦~没看仔细远看很像芋头糕呢;)Ann做得东西永远都那么可口
你太过奖啦!我近来有点懒散,连拍照片都随便拍。。。
Ann, I love savoury cake but never try black eye beans. Will try these healthy beans version next time. thanks for sharing 🙂
Esther, you're welcome. Good to have some healthy snack after the CNY.
Hi Ann, these beans are so healthy. Love this bean cake. Will try it sometime.
Hello Ann,I have made this too once upon a time…. but of course yours looks so much perfect looking than mine! This steamed black eye bean is really very healthy cake.
Mel, do you have any other recipe to share using black eye bean because I still have half packet of the bean left in my pantry.
Ann, I have been waiting for this post for long…… Your kuih looks so nice, still can see the beans clearly and looks very appetizing. Thanks for sharing the nutrition info abt the black eye bean….thanks for the "big hat- talented blogger" hehehe…
Thanks for the shout out too!
Li Shuan, thank you for sharing this yummy recipe. Sorry for the late post, make this after CNY for family gathering. I'm saying the truth and always inspired by you and Cass talent:D
I am on time for breakfast.
Yes, please come over! :DD
Ann, the steamed black eye bean cake looks lovely! I hv not try eating any black eye bean it is really taste like yam cake?
Hi Ann, do I use sweet or salty chye poh? Thanks!
Ai Li, 1 tablespoon of chye poh is not much. You can either use one of them. Can also soak the chye poh for 15 mins if you're afraid it is too salty or sweet.
Hi Ann, may i check whether can omit the alkaline water? Thanks.
Hi Jo, Yes you can omit the alkaline water but the texture will be a little different.
May I ask the difference in texture with and without alkaline. Thanks.
May I ask the preserved turnip I think there are 2 types salty or sweet. Which one is more ideal for this dish. Thank you.
Hi Adeline, I used the rabbit brand “chai po”, usually for the ‘sui kuehi’ topping.
Your dish reminds me of summer more exciting scenes. I was very happy to have full friends. Thank you. If you want to know about my country and the dishes, go to: vegetarianviet.blogspot.com.
Hi AnnCould u advise what is the amount of water to be added to ingredients A. I would love to try this . Certainly looked yummy & awesome. Thanks/irene
Hi Irene, Thank you for highlighting to me. The water is 1120ml.
Ann,I never try this but I know this will taste very good.Does it taste something like 芋头糕?mui
Hi Mui Mui,yes tasted like 芋头糕 and still feel the bite of the beans in it.
Ann, I wish I could eat that! Sobs!
Sure, this recipe is quite big. Can share half of it with you.
Interesting indeed! I've not seen these before. Do they sell outside? I wanna try!!
Shirley, I don't think so. Homemade is the best!
Ann , at first glance , I though it was taro cake 😀 I bet it taste as good as it looks !
That looks super delicious, I always like the yam version but yam is a very expensive ingredient and no guarantee can get the nice powdery type. This would make a good substitution!
Jeannie, the black eye bean is so much cheaper and very healthy too.
This looks amazing! 😉
感谢分享这个也在我的to do list了:)
可以试做半放,看好不好吃。
Ann,谢谢你的夸奖 :)这个我还想再吃呢,呵呵!
Cass, 我说的都是实话,每次看到你上的菜都会让我垂涎三尺,很赞!!
Cool! This is sometime interesting and delicious that I am sure my mum will like. Going to pass her this recipe to try out 🙂
WOW! Your mum is also a great cook! Hope she enjoys this snack too!
Oh, I will surely love it! Yummy!
This looks tempting, I like those beans!
Oh this looks so healthy and yummy Ann! I wonder if we change it to red beans and make it into a desert? Thanks for sharing another wonderful dish!
Bee, hahaa… I was thinking to add kidney beans 😀
这也在我的排行榜里,一定要试试了1
I am also going to copy cat and bake this soon! Looks delicious!!
Janine, hope to see yours soon 🙂
Yummy yummy!! Can I replace fish sauce with light sauce? Can I substitute the dried shrimps with something else? Thanks!
Sure Ai Li. Use the pumpkin kueh recipe and fry the Chinese sausage to fragrance.
Ann, do you think I can use the steamed pumpkin kueh recipe for this? I will replace the dried shrimps with chinese sausage. Thanks!
Xie xie ne! So happy!
Ai Li, I adapted this recipe exactly from Helena. You can try to use light sauce but I'm not sure about the taste. Most yam cake or radish cake are using dried shrimps too, not sure what other ingredients to replace…. sorry 🙁
No worries, Ann! Thanks!
Ann, such a clean cut of your steamed black eye bean cake! Also the tallest steamed cake that I've seen so far, yoh, your steamed cake looked so good there, can't bear anymore, I want to eat, haha!
Jessie, thank you thank you!!! The full recipe is really quite big, luckily I made this for a gathering, otherwise cannot finish them in short time. Will make for you when you're here.
Agree with others, ur post always make me drool and wanna try but no occasion thus do liao no one eat heeehee. My eyes having a good feast on ur blog ?
Hi Jazzlyne, thank you very much your compliments. You can make a smaller portion on this recipe and try the taste 🙂
Love how it is packed with beans! Love savoury cakes like the yam ones, hope to try it out soon!
May I ask the preserved turnip I think there are 2 types salty or sweet. Which one is more ideal for this dish. Thank you.
Hi Adeline, I used the rabbit brand “chai po”, usually for the ‘sui kuehi’ topping.
Hi Ann, may i check whether can omit the alkaline water? Thanks.
Hi Jo, Yes you can omit the alkaline water but the texture will be a little different.
May I ask the difference in texture with and without alkaline. Thanks.
Hi Ann, do I use sweet or salty chye poh? Thanks!
Ai Li, 1 tablespoon of chye poh is not much. You can either use one of them. Can also soak the chye poh for 15 mins if you're afraid it is too salty or sweet.
Your dish reminds me of summer more exciting scenes. I was very happy to have full friends. Thank you. If you want to know about my country and the dishes, go to: vegetarianviet.blogspot.com.
Ann,
I never try this but I know this will taste very good.
Does it taste something like 芋头糕？
mui
Hi Mui Mui,
yes tasted like 芋头糕 and still feel the bite of the beans in it.
Hi Ann
Could u advise what is the amount of water to be added to ingredients A. I would love to try this . Certainly looked yummy & awesome.
Thanks/irene
Hi Irene, Thank you for highlighting to me. The water is 1120ml.
I heard this is better than yam cake ler,,i already bookmarked too long , time to try it out!
Ann, the steamed black eye bean cake looks lovely! I hv not try eating any black eye bean it is really taste like yam cake?
Ann, the steamed black eye bean cake looks lovely! I hv not try eating any black eye bean it is really taste like yam cake?
Tze, yes tasted like yam cake. I'm sure you can get the black eye bean in Aust as this recipe is from Helena, Perth.
What a healthy cake! This is probably my first time seeing steamed bean cake and I'm very fascinated by the idea. 🙂
Interesting indeed! I've not seen these before. Do they sell outside? I wanna try!!
Shirley, I don't think so. Homemade is the best!
Ann , at first glance , I though it was taro cake 😀 I bet it taste as good as it looks !
This looks amazing! 😉
I am also going to copy cat and bake this soon! Looks delicious!!
Janine, hope to see yours soon 🙂
Ann, I wish I could eat that! Sobs!
Sure, this recipe is quite big. Can share half of it with you.
Ann, such a clean cut of your steamed black eye bean cake! Also the tallest steamed cake that I've seen so far, yoh, your steamed cake looked so good there, can't bear anymore, I want to eat, haha!
Jessie, thank you thank you!!! The full recipe is really quite big, luckily I made this for a gathering, otherwise cannot finish them in short time. Will make for you when you're here.