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Nian Gao 年糕~ CNY 2012

Monday, January 30, 2012 2:38

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Nian Gao, Year Cake or Chinese New Year’s cake is a food prepared from glutinous rice and consumed in Chinese Cuisine. It is considered good luck to eat Nian Gao during Chinese New Year because ‘Nian Gao’ is a homonym for ‘higher year’. The Chinese word‘ 黏’(nian), meaning ‘sticky’, is identical in sound to 年,meaning ‘year’ and the word ‘糕’(gao)，meaning ‘cake’ is identical in sound to高,meaning ‘high’. As such eating nian gao has the symbolism of raising oneself in each year year(年年高升nian nian gao sheng).

Here I steamed the Nian Gao together with white grated coconut and serve them within 10 minutes. This method is healthier than pan fried and you can also dip them with ground peanut like Muah Chee.

Nian Gao 年糕

Pour half packet of white grated coconut on baking tray with a little bit of salt.
Cut nian gao into small slices and lay over it. Steam at high heat for 5-6 mins.

Let the nian gao to rest for a few minutes as the nian gao is very sticky after steaming.

Coat nian gao evenly with a pair of chopsticks.

Done!

I’m submitting this post to :
Aspiring Bakers #15: Auspicious Dishes for CNY (January 2012) hosted by Wen of Wen’s Delight

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