Egg Dishes

Singapore Fried Radish Cake

菜头粿

Singapore, Malaysia

Steamed radish and rice-flour cake cut into cubes and fried hard with egg, garlic and preserved radish; served white, or black with sweet dark soy

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What it is

A closer look at Singapore Fried Radish Cake.

Steamed radish and rice-flour cake cut into cubes and fried hard with egg, garlic and preserved radish; served white, or black with sweet dark soy

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

There is no carrot in it. Ask for black if you want sweetness and caramel edges, white if you want the crusted egg and wok char to lead. Both should have crisp faces, not mush

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Singapore Fried Radish Cake.

Native to

Singapore, Singapore

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Traditional in

Malaysia

Country-wide tradition

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

Singapore Fried Radish Cakeprimary
Black Carrot Cakelocal · 🇸🇬
Carrot Cakelocal · 🇸🇬
Chai Tow Kwaylocal · 🇲🇾
White Carrot Cakelocal · 🇸🇬
菜头粿local · 🇸🇬
Carrot cakealias
Chai tow kuehalias
Fried Carrot Cakealias

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