Put chai ko facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Put chai ko

Type	Cake
Place of origin	Taishan, China
Main ingredients	sugar, rice flour

This put chai ko is made with white sugar.

Put chai ko often includes red beans.

Put chai ko (Chinese: 缽仔糕 or 砵仔糕; Cantonese Yale: butjái gōu) is a yummy sweet snack from Hong Kong. It's a small, palm-sized pudding cake. This treat is soft but holds its shape well.

Put chai ko is made from white or brown sugar and rice flour. Sometimes a little wheat starch or cornstarch is added. Red beans are also a popular addition. The sweet batter is poured into small porcelain bowls. Then, it is steamed until it is fully cooked. After cooking, it cools down and is served at room temperature.

Traditionally, street sellers would use two bamboo skewers to take the cake out of its bowl. People would then hold the skewers to eat it. Today, most put chai ko are sold in plastic bags.

What are the names for Put chai ko?

This tasty snack has many English names. Some people call it Put chai pudding or Rice Pudding. Other names include Earthen bowl cake, Bootjaigo, or Red bean pudding.

The history of Put chai ko

Put chai ko is a type of traditional Cantonese steamed cake. It is believed to have started in Taishan, a county in China. Taishan is about 140 kilometers (87 miles) west of Hong Kong.

This pudding became very popular in the early to mid-1980s. Back then, hawkers (street sellers) sold it from their push carts all over the streets. At that time, there were only a few flavors available. A special thing about this dish is that it's served in a small porcelain bowl or an aluminium cup. You can still find put chai ko today in some Chinese pastry shops or from street hawkers. Sometimes, it's even served like an ice pop, held by two bamboo sticks.

Popular Put chai ko flavors

• Plain white sugar
• Brown sugar
• White sugar with azuki beans (red beans)
• Brown sugar with other types of beans from the Vigna plant family

See also

In Spanish: Put chai ko para niños