Australian Chinese New Year 2010

Chinese Traditional Food
- Onlne Recipes

Nian Gao with One Hundred Fruits - Sticky Rice Cake

Nian gao originated in southern China. This sticky rice cake evokes a successful career and prosperity down the road. When eating these cakes, you are supposed to exchange wishes for an continually higher standard of living (it's a play on words based on the name of the cake which in Chinese is pronounced "gao," which also means "high," and "nian" (sticky) which also means "year."
There are hundreds of varieties. Here we're giving a simple version made in a pan, though generally they are wrapped

Ingredients for 8 servings

100 g (3 1/2 oz.) sticky rice flour
150 g (5 oz.) rice flour
1 glass of water
100 g (1/2 cup) sugar
3 tbsp. lard
2 tbsp. cinnamon tree alcohol (or fruit alcohol)
100 g (3 1/2 oz.) dried fruit: jujube, candied orange peel, dates, dried litchis

Method


  1. Blanch ingredients A separately in hot water. Drain and set aside.
  2. Add MAGGI Crab and Tang Hoon Soup and MAGGI Crab and Tang Hoon Soup with 3 3/4 cups of water. Bring to boil.
  3. Reduce heat and add ingredients A, egg white and sharks' fins. Simmer till ingredients are cooked. Garnish with salted egg yolk.


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Nian Gao with One Hundred Fruits
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