Water Chestnut Pudding

Ingredients:

Water chestnut flour – 250g

Fresh water chestnuts – 250g

Brown Sugar – 150g

Oil – 1 tbsp

Water – 2 cups + 5 cups

Cornstarch - 1 tbsp

1. Skin and wash water chestnuts.  Smash and chop roughly.
2. Mix water chestnut powder with 2 cups water.  Stir well and strain mixture.
3. Bring 5 cups water to a boil.  Add in the brown sugar and stir till sugar is dissolved. Pour 1/3 water chestnuts powder mixture solution into the sugar water and stir quickly.
4. Add 1 tbsp of oil to the mixture.  Cook over low heat, stir all the time, immediately turn off fire when mixture starts to thicken. Let it cool down. The mixture now is transparent brown colour.
5. Add the remaining mixture and stir till well combined. The mixture now is solid brown colour.
6. Pour into a greased round tin or any mold of your choice, steam over high heat for 30 minutes.  Cool thoroughly before cutting.  Chill before serving.