Mashed taro is one of the specialties in South Fujian. It tastes delicate, sweet but not greasy. It's suitable for all ages. The mashed taro can be used as salty or sweet. The sweet one can be used as winter melon sticks, peanut chips and sesame seeds. The salty one can be used as horseshoe, shrimp, mushroom, etc.
Step1:Lard making - wash lard with warm water and cut into small piece
Step2:Put the cooking oil in the pot. Add a small half bowl of water. Boil over a small fire (the lard will be cleaner). Stir it occasionally. At first, the lard in the pot is milky white. After slowly drying the water, the lard will show a clear egg white colo
Step3:It's almost the same when the oil residue is all afloat and burnt yellow
Step4:Then remove the oil residue
Step5:When the oil is placed at a warm temperature, it shall be filtered through the strainer
Step6:Pour the filtered oil into a clean sealed tank
Step7:Refrigerate the cooled lard. It will turn milky white
Step8:Wash and shred the dried shiitake mushrooms, wash and soak the dried shrimps, drain the water for standby (fresh shrimps are also available
Step9:Put a little oil in the oil pan. When the oil is smoking, pour the mushroom, shrimp and other ingredients into the pan. Stir fry quickly in medium heat. Add a little salt. Stir fry. Dish out for use
Step10:Taro puree peeled and cleaned. Cut into small pieces for us
Step11:Steam the pot with a little oil. Spread taro on it. Steam it in high heat for 30 minutes until taro becomes soft (use chopsticks to poke taro. It can be soft and rotten
Step12:Take the steamed taro out while it is hot, put it into a large basin, crush it with a rice spoon, add sugar in several times, stir evenly, press it for a few minutes more with a rice spoon, and the taro will become delicate taro mud (if you are afraid that the taro mud is not delicate enough, you can sift it through the sieve to make it more delicate
Step13:Add a few tablespoons of lard or onion oil. Stir well with a spoon (the oil will make the taro more fragrant and delicate
Step14:Prepare a large basin, coat the inner wall with lard, put in half of taro, compact, spread a layer of stuffing, and then put in the remaining taro, and flatten with a spoo
Step15:Sprinkle the fried black sesame seeds on the surface of taro mud, pour a tablespoon of lard on it, seal the preservative film, put the taro mud into the steamer or the cooking mode of electric rice cooker can also be used. Steam in high heat for about 10 minutes
Step16:Steamed taro puree can be eaten.
Cooking tips:The amount of sugar can be increased or decreased according to personal taste. Taro paste can be used for sweet and salty dishes.