How to make Ma Te cake

Many people don’t know much about water chestnut cake. Water chestnut cake is a dessert made with water chestnut powder and some other ingredients. The main ingredients are water chestnut powder, brown sugar, coconut milk and water. Eating water chestnut cake in the hot summer has a good effect of cooling down and relieving heat. It also has certain health care effects. The method of making water chestnut cake is relatively simple. Let me learn about its method below.

How to make Ma Te cake

Ingredients : 250g water chestnut powder (I used Zhouxing brand) 2 sticks of brown sugar (if you like sweet, you can add half a stick) 400ml coconut milk (one can) 4 bowls of water (about 950g)

Method 1. Put 2 bowls of water in a pot and boil over high heat, then add brown sugar after the water boils. 2. Add water chestnut powder to another 2 bowls of water to make raw paste. Be sure to stir it evenly without any particles. 3. After the brown sugar water melts, turn to low heat, pour half a bowl of raw pulp into the brown sugar water, stir while pouring until it becomes a transparent paste, then turn off the heat. This is the cooked pulp. 4. After the cooked paste is ready, let it dry for about 10 minutes, then pour all the cooked paste into the raw paste and mix evenly. 5. Pour the coconut milk into another bowl, then fill a bowl with raw and cooked pulp and mix them together. 6. Put water in a pot and bring it to a boil. Brush a thin layer of oil on the basin for steaming the cake and place the basin in it. Then pour a layer of water chestnut powder paste until it covers the bottom of the basin. The thickness depends on personal preference. Steam the thin ones for about 2 minutes per layer. When the powder becomes transparent and solid, you can spread the second layer of coconut milk. And so on. The top layer should preferably be water chestnut powder, which will make it look better. 7. After it’s done, take it out and let it cool. It tastes better if you put it in the refrigerator. Make sure it's cool before cutting, otherwise it will become soft and stick to the knife, and it won't look good when you cut it. Tips and reminder: Do not steam each layer for too long. If you continue to steam it after it is cooked, a lot of water will accumulate on the surface, making it difficult to make the next layer.

Method 2

Ingredients: Coconut milk (half a can), water chestnut powder and brown sugar water. Method: 1. Use two and a half bowls of water to boil the powder (set aside). Use a large bowl to fill with coconut milk (set aside). 2. Use two and a half bowls of water to add and a half strips of brown sugar to dissolve. After dissolving, turn off the heat and pour in two and a half bowls of boiled powder with two and a half bowls of water and stir quickly until dissolved. Divide most of it evenly into a large bowl and the other half into the large bowl with coconut milk. 3. Then steam it layer by layer and let it cool.

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