砵仔糕Red Bean Pudding Cakes

Prep 15 min·Cook 1 h·Rest 4h 30m

1. 1You're here
   Step 1.

   Rinse the red beans and soak them in cold water.

   60 g Red beans (adzuki)1 l Water (for soaking and boiling the beans)

   4 h
2. 2
   Step 2.

   Drain, cover with fresh water and simmer until soft but still whole. Drain well.

   60 g Red beans (adzuki)1 l Water (for soaking and boiling the beans)

   35 minBoil / blanch

   Mum's tip媽媽小貼士

   Stop before the skins split; they keep cooking in the steamer.
3. 3
   Step 3.

   Whisk the rice flour and tapioca starch with the cold water to a smooth slurry.

   150 g Rice flour (not glutinous)25 g Tapioca starch200 ml Cold water

   Batter / coating
4. 4
   Step 4.

   Bring the syrup water and brown sugar to the boil, stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.

   150 g Brown slab sugar250 ml Water (for the syrup)

5. 5
   Step 5.

   While it is still boiling, pour the syrup into the slurry in a thin stream, whisking hard all the time. The batter should turn slightly thick and semi-translucent.

   150 g Brown slab sugar150 g Rice flour (not glutinous)

   Batter / coating

   Mum's tip媽媽小貼士

   This half-cooked batter (生熟漿) keeps the beans suspended and gives the cakes their soft, bouncy bite.
6. 6
   Step 6.

   Stir in the red beans.

   60 g Red beans (adzuki)

7. 7
   Step 7.

   Brush 10 small bowls with oil and heat them in the steamer for 2 minutes over boiling water.

   1 tsp Cooking oil (for the bowls)

8. 8
   Step 8.

   Stir the batter and ladle it into the hot bowls until about 80% full, sharing the beans evenly.

   150 g Rice flour (not glutinous)60 g Red beans (adzuki)

9. 9
   Step 9.

   Cover and steam on high heat until set and translucent; a chopstick pushed into the centre should come out clean.

   150 g Rice flour (not glutinous)

   20 minSteam
10. 10
    Step 10.

    Let the cakes cool until warm and firm, then run a knife around the edge, lift out and push two bamboo skewers into each.

    150 g Rice flour (not glutinous)

    30 min