How to make a thousand layers of horseshoe cake with a pack of 500g horseshoe powder? How many bowls of water?

Water chestnut cake is a common traditional dessert in Guangdong and Fujian. Just a few friends came here to play, and everyone went to the teahouse to eat water chestnut cakes. However, the traditional water chestnut cake is a little different from the "thousand-layer water chestnut cake" asked in the question. Let's share the method of making thousands of horseshoe cakes at home. Water chestnut cake, which tastes sweet, elastic and fresh, is quite suitable for this season.

-Melaleuca horseshoe cake.-Preparation materials

: horseshoe powder 500g, brown sugar 200g, coconut milk 800g, milk 300g, condensed milk 100g, clear water 1300g. This amount of water is related to the amount of milk and coconut milk, so there is no need to use "how many bowls" as the unit of measurement. )

Production steps:

Because we want to make a thousand layers of horseshoe cake, we divide the horseshoe powder into two parts, one is 300 grams to prepare the yellow part and the other is 200 grams to prepare the white part. Add 600 grams of water into 300 grams, stir evenly, and sieve to make fine slurry for later use. Pour the remaining 700g of clean water into a small pot, put the prepared yellow sugar into it, cook until it is completely melted, then adjust the fire to the minimum, slowly pour about 200g of slurry prepared in the previous step into the pot, stir while pouring, and cook until it becomes a thin paste, then pour the contents in the pot back into the slurry prepared in the previous step while it is hot, and after stirring evenly, we will get the raw and cooked slurry of the yellow part of the Melaleuca cake; Next, we make the slurry of the white part of the Melaleuca horseshoe cake. We mix 300 grams of milk, condensed milk 100 grams and 800 grams of coconut milk, and then mix the remaining 200 grams of horseshoe powder with it. No other steps are needed, just stir it evenly and sieve it to ensure that there are no particles. Finally, the steaming process, because 500 grams of horseshoe powder slurry is a little too much, it can be made in batches at home. The method is relatively simple. Put a steaming tray in the steamer, add enough water to boil it. After the water boils, scoop about 150g of yellow pulp into the steaming tray, cover it and steam it for about 5 minutes, then open the cover and add the same amount of white pulp, steam it again, and then repeat this process until the pulp is used up. (The amount of 500g horseshoe powder is recommended to steam at least two pots. Finally, take out the steamed water chestnut cake to cool, then take out the mold and cut it into pieces, and you can eat it. A little osmanthus will be great. But don't worry too much, don't cut it while it's hot, it will stick to the knife, which is not only difficult to cut, but also not good-looking. Summary of production points: 1, horseshoe cake, if this thing wants to be delicious, you must not use too cheap horseshoe powder. I didn't know the price when I first made it. I bought it around 10 yuan, but it was sticky and not delicious at all. Personally, I feel that this thing is still worth a penny, almost 30 yuan 1 kg is more reliable.

2. Add a little more horseshoe powder to prepare yellow slurry. This is because the yellow mud is raw and cooked, so it will be thicker. Moreover, for the sake of beauty, it is suggested that the upper and lower layers of Melaleuca horseshoe cake be steamed with yellow pulp, which is relatively flat and beautiful, so yellow pulp is used more, and the proportion of horseshoe powder is naturally higher when it is made.

3, the amount of sugar is a personal taste, you can try it once and adjust it according to your own sweetness preferences. So is the amount of water. If you steam too much, it will be slightly more Microsoft. Steamed less, it will be harder. You still have to do it yourself to adjust it according to your own preferences.

4. The steaming time of each layer is not fixed, depending on the thickness of each layer of slurry. Thin layer for 2 or 3 minutes, thick layer for about 5 minutes. The criterion of judgment is the surface solidification of slurry.

5, steaming this thing is still time-consuming, and it should be opened frequently, so pay attention to the amount of water in the steamer, don't burn it dry, you can prepare a pot of boiling water, and replenish it in time if it is not enough.

The above is how to share Melody's water chestnut cake. It seems a bit cumbersome. In fact, it is to mix the two kinds of horseshoe slurry separately, and then steam it layer by layer. You can try it if you are interested.