Mashed Sweet Walnut and Green Peas Pudding

Name: Mashed Sweet Walnut and Green Peas Pudding (T’ai chi shuang ni)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 6 water chestnuts; 6 dates (red); ⅔ cups oil; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; ⅔ cups sugar; ⅔ cup sugar; 1 cup oil (lard is better); 4 egg yolks; 2 cherries; 2 tablespoons walnut halves; ⅔ cups water; 6 dates (red); 4 candied winter melon; 1-½ cups Green peas (cooked); 1 cup oil (lard is better)

T’ai chi shuang ni

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

Green Peas Paste

1-½ cups Green peas (cooked)
1 cup oil (lard is better)
⅔<

Asia
Taiwan
Chungking
Shengtu
Sichuan
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Mash green peas until very fine. Stir-fry peas over low heat with ½ cup oil and ⅔ cup sugar, continue to stir until very even and dry.
Beat egg yolks, add ⅔ cup water and mix evenly. Add chopped water chestnuts, chopped winter melon, chopped red dates (soaked), and 2 tablespoons cornstarch, then mix evenly, mashing the ingredients into a paste. Stir-fry in ⅔ cu