Vegetable And Ham Rice Cake Recipe
Ingredients
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups cooked, cold rice
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 carrots, cut into matchstick size shreds
2 ounces mushrooms, sliced
1/2 unpeeled cucumber, sliced
3 scallions, sliced
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish sauce
2 tablespoons light cream
4 slices boiled ham, shredded
Directions
Combine vinegar, 1 tablespoon of the sugar, and salt together with the rice.
Toss well.
Heat oil in the wok.
Add carrots and stir fry 2 to 3 minutes.
Add mushrooms, cucumber, and scallions and continue to stir fryuntil all the vegetables are very tender.
Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar and the soy sauce.
Set aside.
Grease an 8 inch spring-form pan (or use an 8 inch square baking pan lined with plastic wrap extending well over the sides so the mixture can eventually be lifted out).
Pack half of the rice in the bottom.
Cover with 3/4 of the prepared vegetables, then the remain ing rice.
Combine the horseradish sauce and cream and spread over the rice.
Cover with the remaining 1/4 of the vegetables and the ham shreds.
Place a piece of waxed paper over the top and weight it down.
Chill for 30 minutes.
Remove weight and paper, then carefully remove cake from pan.
Use a wet knife to cut cake into slices and arrange on a platter.
Serve cold with a little soy sauce.
Toss well.
Heat oil in the wok.
Add carrots and stir fry 2 to 3 minutes.
Add mushrooms, cucumber, and scallions and continue to stir fryuntil all the vegetables are very tender.
Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar and the soy sauce.
Set aside.
Grease an 8 inch spring-form pan (or use an 8 inch square baking pan lined with plastic wrap extending well over the sides so the mixture can eventually be lifted out).
Pack half of the rice in the bottom.
Cover with 3/4 of the prepared vegetables, then the remain ing rice.
Combine the horseradish sauce and cream and spread over the rice.
Cover with the remaining 1/4 of the vegetables and the ham shreds.
Place a piece of waxed paper over the top and weight it down.
Chill for 30 minutes.
Remove weight and paper, then carefully remove cake from pan.
Use a wet knife to cut cake into slices and arrange on a platter.
Serve cold with a little soy sauce.