Chinese New Year Sticky Rice Cake

Also known as chinese sweet rice cake nian gao is a delicious sweet treat that is made and served throughout the chinese new year both to family and to visitors that drop by on their new year s visits.

Chinese new year sticky rice cake. Add coconut milk and glutinous flour and combine until very smooth. 1 banana leaf 3 4 round tins 8cm 10cm diameter 10cm height cotton string or rubber bands. Sweet sticky rice chinese new year cake symbolizes good luck and a higher year.

400g glutinous rice flour 400ml water 500g sugar. On the first day of the chinese new year people start eating nian gao it means that they re aiming at reaching highness every year. You see nian gao is a homonym for higher year.

Next mix everything together and gradually add water until a dough forms. The chinese word 粘 nián means sticky and it is identical in sound to 年 which means year. Preheat oven to 180c 350f.

I love nian gao it is so beautiful yummy and easy to make. Nian gao sometimes translated as year cake or chinese new year s cake is a food prepared from glutinous rice flour and consumed in chinese cuisine. Updated from a post originall published in january of 2009.

Mix to form a thick batter dough. To make chinese new year cake or nian gao start by mixing brown sugar into boiling water until it dissolves. It s often served warm as it is.

Published on january 18 2020 in food tales culture lunar new year. The word 糕 gāo which means cake is identical sound to 高 which means high or tall. In a large mixing bowl add rice flour and water.