Air Fryer Pumpkin Rice Cakes
空气炸锅南瓜饼 · Nán guā bǐng
Steamed pumpkin is mixed with glutinous rice flour, shaped into small cakes and cooked in an air fryer.
Also known as Air fryer Chinese pumpkin cakes · Nan Gua Bing.
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About This Recipe
These air fryer pumpkin rice cakes combine steamed, mashed pumpkin with sugar and glutinous rice flour. The flour goes in gradually until the mixture can be kneaded into a smooth dough. Shape the dough into small cakes and turn them partway through cooking.
Ingredients
Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.
- pumpkin
- glutinous rice flour, added gradually
- 1 spoonfulsugar
- optionaloil for brushing
Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 01
Peel and cut the pumpkin into chunks. Steam until tender and mash.
- 02
Add sugar, then add glutinous rice flour in small amounts until the mixture can be kneaded into a smooth dough.
- 03
Shape into small cakes and put in the air fryer. Brush with oil if using the source's optional finish.
- 04
Cook at 180°C for 10 minutes. Turn over and cook for another 8–10 minutes, checking that the centers are cooked.
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Cooking Method
FAQ
What air fryer setting does this recipe use?
The supplied method uses 180°C for 10 minutes, then turns the cakes and cooks them for another 8–10 minutes, checking that the centers are cooked.
How is the pumpkin dough made?
Steam and mash the pumpkin, add sugar, then add glutinous rice flour in small amounts until you can knead a smooth dough. The source does not provide a fixed pumpkin-to-flour weight ratio.
Air Fryer Pumpkin Rice Cakes
Steamed pumpkin is mixed with glutinous rice flour, shaped into small cakes and cooked in an air fryer.
Ingredients
- pumpkin
- glutinous rice flour, added gradually
- 1 spoonfulsugar
- optionaloil for brushing
Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.
Method
- 01
Peel and cut the pumpkin into chunks. Steam until tender and mash.
- 02
Add sugar, then add glutinous rice flour in small amounts until the mixture can be kneaded into a smooth dough.
- 03
Shape into small cakes and put in the air fryer. Brush with oil if using the source's optional finish.
- 04
Cook at 180°C for 10 minutes. Turn over and cook for another 8–10 minutes, checking that the centers are cooked.
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