I saw these 3 things in the frozen section, they look really interesting and weird but I want to know what I’m getting myself into.
Any help would be appreciated so hopefully I can pick one or two before I leave the market!
The two on the left are taro cakes, and the one on the right is a sticky rice cake. I’d say they’d all be edible without being too weird if you’re into that kind of thing.
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The one on the right being the dark one?
Yes. It’s “purple rice” which is basically a smaller-grained type of sticky rice.
Is the taro one that looks simplistic (with the red and white stuff on top) apt to be some kind of sticky consistency?
Also since I can’t see cooking instructions in Engliah, do you know if it’s likely I can just microwave these or do they need to be baked?
It will probably be chewy with a bit of taro texture.
The usual prep method for these types of cake is heating them in a rice cooker. Yes. Just looked at the instructions. It says steam in a rice cooker with 200 cc of water.
Don’t have one of those. Do you think the sticky rice one whose supposed cooking instructions I posted just above would be ruined in the microwave?
Haven’t tried that before, but I think there’s a good chance it would come out weird. Probably too dry and chewy.
Put a small cup of water in your microwave and get its temp up (but not boiling). Then add a sticky rice one - to the microwave tray, not to the cup of hot water - and zap both for 30 secs. Check if heated through. If not, zap for another 30. Etc.
The water in the cup should provide a bit of steam and keep the sticky rice sticky.
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You two just saved Christmas. Thank you!
Don’t thank us until you’ve tried the cake. 
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