Steamed Eight Treasure Taro Pudding

Name: Steamed Eight Treasure Taro Pudding (Pa pao yü ni)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 8 red dates; 4 candied winter melon; 1 candied orange peel; 5 cherries; 2 pounds taro (or sweet potato); 2 pounds taro (or sweet potato); ⅔ cup light syrup; 3 tablespoons lard or shortening; 3 tablespoons lard or shortening; 20 dried lotus seeds; 20 raisins

Pa pao yü ni

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

2 pounds taro (or sweet potato)
⅔ cup light syrup
3

Asia
Taiwan
Dinner
Gluten-free

Method

Clean the taro and pare off the skin. Cut it into ½ inch thick slices. Put in a steamer. Steam for about 20 minutes until very tender.
Soak the red dates in warm water for about one hour until soft. Cut each red date into 4 pieces and remove the seed. Soak the dried lotus seeds in warm water for about 3 hours until enlarged. Cut the candied orange peel and cand