New Year Chinese Cake

Next mix everything together and gradually add water until a dough forms.

New year chinese cake. See more ideas about new year s cake chinese new year cake chinese new year. Chinese new year cakes original content if reproduce please indicate the source and this post s link there is a very old tale about the origin of the chinese new year cake consumed by people during the chinese new year. A mooncake simplified chinese.

Nin gou in cantonese sometimes translated as year cake or chinese new year s cake is a food prepared from glutinous rice flour and consumed in chinese cuisine while it can be eaten all year round traditionally it is most popular during the chinese new year it is considered good luck to eat nian gao during this time because nian gao is a homonym for higher year. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival. Jan 29 2020 explore doreen s board chinese cupcake on pinterest.

Nian gao also niangao. Then in a separate bowl make a well in the center of some flour and pour milk and the brown sugar water into it. Chinese new year is just around the corner and people always ask me for cny recipes.

Nov 11 2018 explore shirley chan s board chinese new year cake on pinterest. For the more traditional recipe try our steamed chinese new year cake. During the ming dynasty 1368 1644 and the qing dynasty 1644 1911 niangao had already become a common folk snack and remains so today.

月餅 is a chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the mid autumn festival 中秋節. See more ideas about chinese new year cookies new year s cake cupcake cakes. Nian gao or nin gou in cantonese higher year is a sweet glutinous sticky rice cake that is enjoyed year round but often a must have during chinese new year as the name sheds light to give progress advancement higher or taller promising a better year ahead.

Chinese new year cake is known in mandarin as nian gao higher year and eating a piece of it is supposed to improve your luck in the coming year. The festival is about lunar appreciation and moon watching and mooncakes are regarded as an indispensable delicacy. Similar in texture to mochi our nontraditional version is a baked coconut cake that has a moist almost bouncy quality.