古法年糕 Traditional Sweet Rice Cake

究竟古法年糕是否能難做？在家能否做到呢？港姐也有很多第一次，這就是牛年初試古法年糕，究竟港姐能否一次成功呢？究竟要怎麼做年糕才“軟熟煙韌”（軟糯有嚼勁）呢？

Is traditional sweet rice cake difficult to make at home? There are so many things that Ms HK hasn’t tried and wanna try. Will she make it successful in her first trial? How to make the rice cake softly chewy?

古法年糕 Traditional Sweet Rice Cake

_份量 ^_Servings	_準備時間 ^{_{Prep Time}}	_烹調時間 ^{_{Cook Time}}	_難度 _^Difficulty
^{4inch pan}	^{20 mins}	^{60 mins}	^★★

材料 INGREDIENTS：

❑ 糯米粉 175克；175g Glutinous Flour

❑ 糖 100-120克；100-120g sugar (視乎自己喜歡的甜度 Depends on the sweetness you like)

❑ 水180毫升；180ml Water (可換成椰汁. Can be substituted with Coconut Milk)

❑ 油8克；8g Oil

做法 DIRECTIONS：

糖先用水（或椰汁）小火煮溶；Melt sugar with water (or coconut milk) in low heat
將熱的糖水加入糯米粉，先攪拌後，再用手揉成團，水的份量會超過一半，主要是能成麵團可以用手揉；Pour some hot sugar water into the glutinous flour. Stir well and then mix with hands. You will need more than half of the sugar water. Just add as much as you need to form a dough
成團後用手一直揉，大概10-15分鐘，揉的目的是讓糯米粉增加彈性；Knead the dough for about 10-15mins after a dough is formed. The purpose is to increase the flexibility of the dough and thus the rice cake will be soft but chewy
把剩餘的糖水，一點一點加，加一些用手繼續揉，一直到麵團變回粉漿，重點是粉漿不能油顆粒；Gradually add the rest of the sugar water in the dough and mix well. Add until the dough is back to a flour paste form. Key is mix it well until there is no crumbs.
加入油，攪拌均勻；Add oil and mix well
糕盤掃上油，倒入粉漿，用鋁箔紙包好，大火水燒開後，蒸1小時即可；Brush some oil in the pan. Pour in the flour paste. Wrap with aluminium foil. Boil water and steam for 1 hour

後記 Notes：

坊間有些食譜會加入一點粘米粉，甚至有1:1 比例的加澄麵，但根據這次經驗，我覺得完全不需要加任何其他的粉，麵團揉的時間夠，年糕非常的軟糯也有嚼勁，一點不會粘牙，也很容易煎，一點都不需要擔心，揉麵10-15分鐘也不難（我會一邊聽歌一邊揉，不知道能不能用stand mixer代替手揉），所以我覺得根本不需要混合其他粉。

There are recipes online which they would add rice flour or even add wheat starch in a 1:1 proportion. Yet, based on this first trial experience, I don’t think there is any need for adding other flours. The key is to knead the dough long enough long. 10-15mins kneading is not that difficult (I will listen to some music. I’m not sure if this can be done by stand mixer). So, I strongly recommend ONLY use glutinous flour.

口味的話，我覺得可以根據個人喜愛去加，譬如椰汁，或者是薑汁。As for flavour, you can add anything you like e.g. coconut milk or even ginger juice.