What is Nian Gao?
Nian Gao is a popular Chinese dessert that has sticky rice as the primary component. The same component is used to produce other known Chinese sticky rice dishes such as tang Yuan, Ba Bao fan and zongzi. Nian Gao is also known as the Chinese New Year cake. In English, words literally mean a "higher year", which means a sense of progress for the coming year. For this reason, this meal is usually given as a happy gift during the Chinese New Year and is similar to wish for happiness and prosperity to others.
There is no official way to prepare or serve Nian Gao. The final appearance of Nian Gao pieces may not be uniform. Nian Gao is commonly grounded into a paste and formed into cake shapes, although some people prefer it to different shapes and sizes. Some manufacturers add flavors and artificial colors to give consumers a wider selection from which you can choose.
The creation of Nian Gao from scratch is and the adulter and strenuous process and requires approximately 7 hours of steaming. PuddleThe complaints than not, consumers are able and prefer to buy packages ready for cooking, where they must be cut only into pieces and fried. In some cases, people may prefer to add eggs and sugar to make dessert tastier.
How best to serve this dish will also depend on the culture or land of man. In Cantonian culture or in countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, as well as in Hong Kong, this dessert is served as an appetizer or dessert rather than as a main course. This meal can be accompanied by other popular dim sums such as a cake with chestnut, turnip and tar cake. In Japan, a variant of the dessert called Mochi is served throughout the year, not only in the new years.
In China, the New Year or Spring Festival is considered the most important opportunity and Eating Nian Gao is just one of the many ways the Chinese celebrate this special event. Nian Gao is also called sticky riceCake, a traditional spring festival served in southern Chinese areas. Instead, those from the northern region ate Jiao Zi.