chinese food

type="html">Nian Gao is a Chinese New Year's Cake is prepared from glutinous rice. Though it is known as Chinese New Year's Cake but it can be eaten all year around. Nian Gao is mainly consumed in Chinese Cuisine. It is considered good luck to eat Nian Gao on New Year because Nian Gao means higher year. Eeating Nian Gao symbolises rising higher in life. It doesn't contain eggs usually found in other cakes. To make it :


All you need:

* 1 stick of butter or 3/4 cup of vegetable oil

* 1 to 1 3/4 cup sugar

* 3 eggs

* 16 oz. Mochiko sweet rice flour

* 2 1/2 cups milk

* One can of red azuki beans

* 1 Tb baking soda

How to make:

* Mix all the ingredients including beans , beat for 2 min is an electric mixer.

* Over a 9"x13" baking dish (oiled or sprayed with pam) sprinkle Mochiko flour.

* On the bottom of baking pan ,spread half of the batter along with azuki beans.

* Spread rest of the batter over the red azuki beans, bake at 350m degrees for about 50 min.

* To check whether it's been done or not ,insert chopstick.

* If it comes out clean, it is done.

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