Bot chien (rice flour cake) with pickled vegetables

Bot chien (rice flour cake)

• 1 tsp vegetable oil plus extra for greasing
• 1120 g water
• 210 g rice flour
• 1 tbsp arrowroot flour
• ¼ tsp salt

Pickled vegetables

• 100 g white wine vinegar
• 70 g sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 50 g carrot peeled into ribbons
• 50 g daikon peeled into ribbons

Dipping sauce

• 1 fresh long red chilli trimmed, deseeded if preferred and cut into halves
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
• 1 tbsp caster sugar

Assembly

• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 2 spring onions/shallots trimmed and cut into thin slices