Nian Gao (年糕) Recipe
Feb 13, 2021
Ingredients (makes 3 small bowls)
- 105g water
- 100g Chinese brown sugar
- 60g coconut Milk
- 113g glutinous rice flour
- 19g rice flour
- 15g wheat starch
- 15g oil
Directions
- Melt the brown sugar and water together on medium heat until melted, remove from heat
- Pour coconut milk into brown sugar/water mixture- mix is now warm
- In a separate bowl, sift together flours
- Make sure the mixture is now lukewarm
- Pour in the dry flour mix into the wet mix and whisk together using an electric mixer or hand whisk
- Strain mixture to ensure no clumps in the mixture
- Oil the container you’re steaming the nian gao in
- Steam for about 28 mins- test using a wooden stick until it is no longer sticks to the wood
