Chinese Radish Cake Recipe | Turnip Cake Recipe| Lo Bak Go Dim Sum (蘿蔔糕)

Chinese Radish Cake or Lo Bak Go, as it’s known in Cantonese, is a popular Dim Sum dish. In the West, it is often called Turnip cake. This is my super easy recipe for making this savoury treat in the comfort of your own home.
Ingredients
1. Radish/daikon/mooli
2. Dried shrimp
3. Chinese sausage
4. Shiitake mushrooms
5. Rice flour
6. Spring Onion/scallion
7. Cornstarch
8. Salt & White pepper
9. Sugar
Dipping Sauce
- Oyster sauce
- Sriracha Chilli Sauce
- Hoisin sauce
- Worcheshire sauce
Radish Cake is a traditional dish often served at Dim Sum houses but it is also made at home and eaten during Chinese New Year's Day when it is thought to bring good fortune. In some parts of the world, it is frequently eaten for breakfast and, for me, I would never dream of going to dim sum without ordering this delicious, savoury dish.
In the West, Lo Bak Go is often translated as "Turnip Cake" but this is misleading as the Chinese Radish is very different to the Western turnip. The correct translation would be "Radish Cake" and the Chinese radish is also known by various other names such as Daikon and Mooli. In Singapore, this dish is called carrot cake! Fortunately, they are widely available not only in Asian supermarkets but also from the major supermarket chains.
Much of the savoury flavour comes from the filling. I'll be using a Chinese Sausage and dried shrimp but, if you want to omit these ingredients and transform it into a vegetarian dish, you can. I would replace those filling ingredients with red chilli and garlic.
Indeed, most restaurants tend to skimp on the filling ingredients because they are comparatively more expensive than radish, rice flour and starch. So in many ways, the homemade dish will be superior to the restaurant version!
Having said that, don't overload the radish cake with filling because it affects the texture. More filling will make the cake less smooth so it is a careful balancing act.
The most important part of cooking this dish is getting the correct ratio between radish and rice flour and I will go into that in the video. Once you have decided which ratio works for you though, the dish is pretty easy to make. Although this radish cake is steamed and pan-fried, it is more like baking than cooking and most of the work is in the preparation. Once it is made, you can keep it in the fridge and have it for breakfast, lunch and as a starter for dinner.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Ingredients
1:34 Preparation
5:13 Cooking Method
6:47 Serving Suggestion
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[@SuperEasyRecipes]

As a kid, radish cake or lo bak go was definitely my favourite dim sum dish. So I'm pretty glad that it is super easy to make! If you guys are interested dim sum dishes that can easily be made at home then do check out my dim sum playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/govZdoSMnN1gpq8

[@AkoSiedz]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe 😊❤

[@holaiyoong884]

I also like the fact that U let us test our skill mixing no actual amt of water to flour 👍

[@Ani2023nipot]

I tried it to cook last night Sir, and it is much easier than the first one I learned in 1990's. It is easier and yummier , thank you Sir.

[@jojo_republic]

The only recipe I follow when I make this dish. Thank you very much, Peter.

[@Mika2LazyLah]

lovely recipe

[@choo-leekhor2900]

Great video & recipe but I steam for much less time!

[@limnancy5146]

Going to try this :-)

[@Marius-eu8dh]

What a lovely recipe, and delivered so concisely! Made this yesterday and it came out perfectly. Thank you, Peter.

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

Thank you very much. I'm glad it came out alright😀

[@holaiyoong884]

TQ very much for the resipe i made it your way & it turn out great not too soft At last my confidence is regained after too many failures (each time too soft tough to eat) syabas🙏

[@gabrielalukacova1603]

Great and healthy for ongoing summer. Thanks Peter.

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

Thank you for watching😀

[@AuntyMaryCooks]

My favourite. Perfect for breakfast. Liked

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

Many thanks for watching😀

[@nice9992]

Thank you 🙏🏼👍So much, I like your Receipe , Easy to Understand and The Portion not To Much, because Some People So so Hard to Understand also Portion To muccchh, not Necessary

[@MelisFoodLife]

😍👍

[@emkoh2746]

Thanks lots 🙏👍🌷

[@cadencepoetica8356]

This looks great, I love radish cake when I go to yum cha so will be sure to try this recipe at home!

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

4 part radish to 1 part flour gives a harder but easier to manage texture. 5 part radish to 1 part flour gives a softer but harder to manage texture. Please let me know how it goes.

[@holaiyoong884]

TQ for this easy to manage resipe For the first time the lo bak gao turns out great thus i m more confident too many tries too soft not your resipe And i like the fact you teach us to manage.the amt of water to flour bravo

[@kymyeo3157]

Hi thanks for the great recipe ☺️ could you advise how much water is added to the flour mixture paste?

[@oyuinggrid5617]

man, your English is liked native speaker👍

[@robinaadrian]

I love the way and all about ingrediens...may I said need more water on Rice flour dough...so that not to dry after stim🤩 Say hi from Indonesia...

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

Yes, you are right but more water (or less rice flour) makes it harder to keep together, especially if your doing it for the first time.

[@Ya-oy1bq]

Dint know how much gram for all ingredients very difficult

[@nirgunasuresh5353]

1 hr???

[@amandab3056]

Can I use coconut flour or some healthy flour

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

Well I'm not sure as I've never tried. But what I would say is that rice flour is very fine and cornstarch is very sticky. Coconut flour, on the other hand, is coarse and not very sticky. So I guess, if you can substitute it, the proportions will be very different. You would probably need a lot more liquid for example. And texture will be different as well I guess. If you decide to give it go, do let me know how you get on🙂

[@elfregis2312]

is corn flour the same as cornstarch?

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

There is a slight difference in the way they are made but they can both be used in the same way.

[@elfregis2312]

@@SuperEasyRecipes thank you for info

[@simplygame5530]

Is there a way to make this vegan ? Can i skip sausage and shrimp?

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

Absolutely!

[@aldarocha5371]

Peter,why don't you ask someone to teach you how to make Lo pak kou the right way?The ratio of daikon and flour must be at least 5:1 or 6:1.Never soke shitake mushrooms and dry shrimps in hot water.Don't you see the final product is too hard and dry?

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

Alda, interesting: you say lo pak kou and I say lo bak gou! In any case, do you think I would suggest a ratio of 4:1 in my video without considering a ratio of 5:1 first. A ratio of 4:1 gives a firmer texture and is easier to handle and more accessible. 5:1 and certainly 6:1 requires far more care and that is not what I want that to achieve. The idea is Super Easy Recipes!

[@MikeTrieu]

Ouch. The sibilance in your mic is causing some very painful whistling in my phone. Makes me want to end the video early, no matter how good the content. Perhaps you need to moderate your speech so that you don't make such a harsh sound through your teeth when you pronounce S'es.

[@SuperEasyRecipes]

Thank you very much for your comment.