How many calories in chai tow kway
A plate of chai tow kway has about 560 kcal, with 60 g of carbs.
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Chai tow kway is Singapore's fried carrot cake, and there is no carrot in it. It's a steamed cake of rice flour and white radish, cut into cubes and fried in the wok with egg and chopped preserved radish.
A plate is 560 kcal, with 60 g of carbs, 30 g of fat and 12 g of protein. The cake is the carbs, the wok oil and the egg are most of the fat.
It comes white, crisp with egg, or black, tossed with sweet dark soy sauce. Black has a bit more sugar, the oil is the same.
Tips
- 1Ask the uncle for less oil, most stalls will do it.
- 2Share a plate and add a bowl of something with greens.
- 3Have it as the meal, not as a side to another plate.
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Questions
Why is it called carrot cake?
In Hokkien, chai tow means white radish, and the radish was translated as white carrot. The name stuck in English.
What is the difference between white and black carrot cake?
White is fried with egg until crisp. Black is fried with sweet dark soy sauce, so it's softer and a little sweeter.
How many calories in two plates?
About 1,120 kcal.
How much protein is in chai tow kway?
About 12 g a plate, mostly from the egg.
Is chai tow kway the same as Hong Kong turnip cake?
It starts as the same thing, a steamed cake of rice flour and radish. In Singapore it's cubed and fried with egg, in Hong Kong it's usually pan fried in slices.
