Sticky Rice cakes^^

For those in the know, well its a chinese tradition, that every Chinese New Year, Chinese families will make this treat; its like wishful thinking(being prosperous and having abundance) and a reminder of your roots(don't foget where you came from and family bonds)^^

I'm not sure of the spelling in english but its called the nian kao - I hope I got the spelling right hehe;p



How my family makes this is usally with a nice slice of yam stuck together with the rice cake and fried in batter; so I was extremely surprised when I saw another way of making it^^ See here on the Island, one of my friends actually took the time to wrap it in springroll pastry and the result as you can see from the above was very different both in texture and in tatse^^

It was sooo refreshing to see the rice cake oozing out of the pastry and moreover a crunch when you do bite into the treat^^

2 comments:

Broken Wings said...

I still have my glutinous cake inside the fridge. How do they do it the spring roll way? Interesting. Just wrap the glutinous cake inside is it? It looks like it has been deep fried. Any other alternative? Or we try it out at your place. I chip in the oil and the skin. I am not good at frying.

Hidden Passion said...

Cool, We should make some when I get back to Brunei^^ I was actually planning to try it out and give some to Madam J.
I still owe her alot and its the least I could do, since I've been busy since I've been on the Island hehe;p

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