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{{Short description|Rice cake}}
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{{Infobox prepared food
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| country          = [[Taishan, Guangdong|Taishan]], [[China]]
| region           = [[East Asia]]
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| type             = [[Rice cake]]
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| main_ingredient  = [[Sugar]], [[rice flour]]
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'''''Put chai ko''''' ({{zh|c=缽仔糕 or 砵仔糕|cy=buht jái gōu}}) is a popular snack in [[Cuisine of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]].<ref name="wordpress">{{cite web
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}}</ref> It is a [[rice cake]] made from white or brown sugar, long-grain rice flour with a little wheat starch or cornstarch. Sometimes red beans are also added. The batter is poured into porcelain bowls and [[Steaming|steamed]] until cooked through. Then it is allowed to cool and served at room temperature. Traditionally, the hawker inserts two bamboo skewers into the cake to turn it out and the eater holds the skewers to consume. At present, most ''put chai ko'' are sold in plastic bags.{{clarify|date=May 2012}}

The pudding cake is [[hand|palm]] size and is sweet in taste. It is soft, but can hold its molded shape outside a [[bowl (vessel)|bowl]].<ref name="youtube1">
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==Names==
[[File:HK food 缽仔糕 Put chai ko 紅豆砵仔糕 Steamed Red Bean Rice Pudding cakes May 2017 IX1 05.jpg|thumb|''Put chai ko'' made with [[azuki beans]]]]
The snack is also known by a number of English names, including '''Put chai pudding''', '''Rice Pudding''', '''Earthen bowl cake''', '''Bootjaigo''', '''Red bean pudding''' or '''Put chai ko'''.

==History==
The pudding is made like other traditional [[Cantonese cuisine|Cantonese]] steamed cakes. It is said to have originated in the [[China|Chinese]] county of [[Taishan, Guangdong|Taishan]], which is {{convert|140|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Hong Kong]]. The pudding reached its popularity peak in the early to mid-1980s when [[Hawker (trade)|hawkers]] sold it all over the streets in their push [[cart]]s. At the time, there were only a small handful of flavors. One of the dish's cultural trademarks is that it is served in a [[porcelain]] bowl or an [[aluminium]] cup.<ref name="youtube2">
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|title=美味砵仔糕 (Cantonese)
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|date=9 June 2008
|access-date=12 August 2012
}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> The snack is still available today in select [[Chinese bakery|Chinese pastry]] or snack shops, or from street hawkers. The pudding can also be served like an [[ice pop]], held up by two [[bamboo]] sticks.

===Classic Hong Kong flavors===
* Plain white sugar
* Brown sugar
* Plain white sugar with [[azuki bean]]s
* Brown sugar with any one of the beans in the genus ''[[Vigna]]''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150px" heights="150px" mode="packed">
File:Sticky Rice Pudding.jpg
File:HK SKD TSO 將軍澳 Tseung Kwan O 唐俊街 Tong Chun Street 寶邑路 Po Yap Road 將軍澳廣場 TKO Plaza mall 永旺超級市場 AEON Supermarket cooked food January 2023 Px3 Steamed red bean rice pudding.jpg
File:Put chai ko from Chi Kee Congee Shop.jpg
White steamed red bean rice pudding 3.jpg|White ''put chai ko'' made with white sugar
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Egg tart]]
* [[Gan Guê To]]
* [[List of steamed foods]]
* [[Uirō]] - Japanese Wagashi

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171123/http://www.leisure-cat.com/frm_1198.htm ''Put chai ko'' recipe] {{in lang|zh}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110220222424/http://flk.hkcampus.net/~flk-cg/dessert03.htm ''Put chai ko'' recipe] {{in lang|zh}}
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[[Category:Snack foods]]
[[Category:Hong Kong cuisine]]
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[[Category:Chinese desserts]]
[[Category:Steamed foods]]
[[Category:Cantonese desserts]]
[[Category:Rice cakes]]