Recipe: Nian Gao (Chinese Sticky Rice Cake)

Recipe: Nian Gao (Chinese Sticky Rice Cake)

Ingredients

Glutinous Rice Flour - 500gm
Gula Apong - 500gm
Water - 500gm
Pandan Leaves - few pieces
Banana Leaves - for wrapping

Method

  1. Boil 500gm water with Pandan Leaves, and slowly pour in 500gm Gula Apong, keep stirring till all ingredients are mixed. 
  2. Once the liquid is boiled, put it aside to cool.
  3. Clean the Banana Leaves. Be careful while cleaning as the leaves can be easily tear apart. 
  4. Prepare another bowl of boiling water and put in the banana leaves and boil them till dark green in color. 
  5. Cut the banana leaves according to the shape of the mould (can be a stainless steel cup or mould) and wrap the whole mould including the inner part. 
  6. Use rubber band to secure the banana leaves on the mould. 
  7. Sieve 500gm Glutinous Rice Flour. 
  8. Slowly add in some of the Gula Apong liquid into the flour. 
  9. Slowly knead the dough and then slowly add in another half of the Gula Apong liquid. 
  10. Stir till it is smooth and silky. 
  11. Pour into the mould and cover the top of the mould with Aluminium Foil to prevent vapor from dripping into the batter. 
  12. Steam for 3 hour


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