Water chestnut cake

Water chestnut cake

Course	dim sum
Place of origin	Guangdong, China
Region or state	Cantonese-speaking areas
Main ingredients	shredded Chinese water chestnut
Cookbook:Water chestnut cake Water chestnut cake

Water chestnut cake

馬蹄糕

马蹄糕

maa5 tai4 gou1

mǎtí gāo

Literal meaning

horsehoof cake

Transcriptions
Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	mǎtí gāo
Min
Hokkien POJ	bé-tê-koé or bé-tê-ké
Cantonese
Jyutping	maa5 tai4 gou1

Water chestnut cake (simplified Chinese: 马蹄糕; traditional Chinese: 馬蹄糕; Jyutping: maa5 tai4 gou1) is a sweet Cantonese dim sum dish made of shredded Chinese water chestnut.^[1] When served during dim sum the cake is usually cut into square-shaped slices and pan-fried before serving. The cake is soft, but holds its shape after the frying. Sometimes the cake is made with chopped water chestnuts embedded into each square piece with the vegetable being visible. One of the main trademark characteristics of the dish is its translucent appearance.

It is one of the standard dishes found in the dim sum cuisine of Hong Kong, and is also available in select overseas Chinatown restaurants.

References

↑ "Water Chestnut Cake for Chinese New Year and sometimes Valentine's Day". tastehongkong.com. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2007.

Cantonese cuisine

Main dishes	Bao yu Bird's nest soup Buddha's delight Cantonese seafood soup Chinese steamed eggs Congee Crispy fried chicken Dragon tiger phoenix Hot pot Seafood birdsnest Shark fin soup Snake bite chicken Soy sauce chicken Subgum Sweet and sour pork White boiled shrimp White cut chicken Wonton noodle Yeung Chow fried rice

Dim sum and yum cha	Almond jelly Beef tripe Cha siu baau Chicken feet Coconut bar Har gow Jau gok Jiaozi Jin deui Lo mai gai Nian gao Nuomici Ox-tongue pastry Rice noodle roll Shaomai Spring roll Steamed meatball Swiss Wing Taro cake Taro dumpling Tendon (meal) Tofu skin roll Turnip cake Water chestnut cake You tiao Zhaliang

Siu laap	Char siu Chinese sausage Lou mei Orange cuttlefish Roast goose Siu mei Siu yuk White cut chicken

Desserts and pastry	Almond biscuit Biscuit roll Deuk Deuk Tong Douhua Ginger milk curd Mooncake Red bean soup Sausage bun Tong sui White sugar sponge cake

Condiments and spices	Fermented bean curd Five-spice powder XO sauce

Ingredients	Beef ball Black bean paste Chenpi Fermented black beans Fish ball Fish slice Frog legs Garland chrysanthemum Kai-lan Mantis shrimp Pig's ear (food) Prawn ball Rapeseed Saang mein Sea cucumber (food) Shahe fen Shrimp roe noodles Spare ribs Suan cai Tofu skin Wonton Yi mein Zha cai

Others	Chinese herb tea Dried shredded squid

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Water chestnut cake

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References