Taro Pudding with Red Dates

Name: Taro Pudding with Red Dates (Ma tsao yü ni)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ tablespoons white sesame seeds; 8 red dates (or raisins); ⅔ cup syrup; 2 pounds taro; 8 red dates (or raisins); 3 tablespoons lard

Ma tsao yü ni

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

2 pounds taro
⅔ cup syrup
3 tablespoons <

Asia
Taiwan
Fukien
Dessert
Gluten-free

Method

Scalp the taro, slice into pieces about 1 cm thick, steam for about 20 minutes until soft.
Smash steamed taro into paste when still hot. Put into big bowl, mix with syrup and lard.
Remove seeds of soaked dates (soak for 4 hours). Cut into 4 pieces, arrange on the surface of the taro into a flower design, seal with cellophane paper and steam for 1 hour