20/08/2026
in this household, carrot cake comes in black, white, or even both! 🥕⚫⚪
here’s how to make the hawker favourite right from your own home
ingredients:
350g steamed carrot cake
4 tbsp pork lard
3 tbsp minced garlic
2 tbsp chye poh (wash to get rid of excess salt)
2 eggs
1 tsp fish sauce
1.5 tbsp kecap manis, for black version (adjust amount to taste)
chopped spring onions
in a pan over medium heat, add pork lard, garlic, chye poh and stir fry until fragrant.
add steamed carrot cake, stir fry for a bit.
season with fish sauce, mix well. add eggs and leave to cook until bottom is nicely browned.
cut carrot cake into 4 sections flip them over and char the other side.
remove 2 pieces to serve as white carrot cake.
stir fry rest of carrot cake in pan, add kicap manis. mix evenly and serve as black carrot cake.
garnish both with spring onion.
