Fried Carrot
Cake or "Chai Tow Kway" (菜头粿) is a popular dish in Singapore and
Malaysia. People commonly eat it at hawker centre for breakfast or
supper. This "carrot cake" is steamed minced radish mixed with
flour. Radish is commonly known as white carrot in Malaysia and
Singapore, so it come the name “carrot cake”.
The carrot cake is cut into pieces and stir fried with eggs, diced
garlic, spring onion, preserved radish and occasionally dried
shrimp. It comes in two versions (black and white), one flavored
with sweet black soy sauce (black), and the other left white and
enhanced with extra egg. If you can take spicy food, you can ask the
hawker to add in chili paste and the chili flavor mix well with the
fried carrot cake.
This is a dish that no visitor should miss when you are in Malaysia
or Singapore. |
