For Chinese gourmands, a new year and winter ... through snow and ice with red-colored buds before turning green. "Sweet rice cake," or sweet New Year Cake, is made from glutinous rice.

Tweak the recipe to make different kinds of wontons like shrimp, veggie, or even sweet dessert wontons. These Chinese rice ...

We fry nian gao (a sweet Chinese glutinous rice cake), as well as bánh tét (savory, though sometimes sweet, Vietnamese glutinous rice rolled into log shapes with a banana leaf). My family has ...

Chinese rice cakes, or niangao, are made from pounded ... involves stir-frying flat rice cakes with sliced pork, leafy greens and a sweet-savoury sauce consisting of soy sauce and sugar.

Any variety of dried and candied fruits can decorate this lightly sweet sticky rice dessert, but using a lucky assortment of eight is traditional. The Chinese word for the number eight ...

Nian Gao, sticky Chinese New Year cake: Originally used for ritual ceremonies ... Many people associate the shape of the sweet rice balls as family unity and believe the different balls in ...

Note: My grandma uses Sho-Chiku-Bai brand sweet rice. The rice, light soy sauce, lop cheong and dried black mushrooms are available at Chinese markets. 1. Prepare the rice: In a large bowl ...