Cao Pun A Taiwanese Hakka rice cake
Glutinous rice dough mixed with fragrant "ai cao" herb.
A savoury filling of yam bean, salty radish and dried shrimp.
Soon Pun
My friend's mum used to make this traditional steamed pun to sell. Unlike the typical "soon kueh" of Hokkien extraction, Hakka "soon pun" is made with yam flour, hence it's greyish rather than white color. The filling is the product of your imagination and creativity : shredded yam bean, wood fungus, bamboo shoot, carrot, dried shrimp, peanut, ...
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