I was absolutely impressed and she was kind enough to share the recipe with us. It's the perfect way to make nin gou (Chinese sweet and sticky cake, which I normally despise) a billion times more delicious.
Sweet, sticky, wonderfully chewy yet soft nin gou, with rich, creamy and slightly savory coconut milk, topped off with super fragrant aroma from pandan leaves and banana leaves. Delicious to the max! I think I ate about 5 packets of this goodness. Yum!
Recipe
- As much nin gou as desired (hopefully available in Asian/Chinese stores during Chinese new year), cut into 1 cm thick rectangle)
- pandan leaves (2 small piece per serving)
- add a bit of salt into a can/box of coconut milk
- Banana leaves (boiled or submerged into hot water until softened) to wrap, tooth picks to seal
Add one piece of nin gou, 2 pieces of pandan leaves, and a bit of coconut milk into banana leaves, wrap and seal with tooth pick. Steam for 15 minutes, and serve warm.
What else did we have that day? Nothing new and pretty much nothing Chinese. Hahah.
Soto Betawi (Indonesian Creamy Beef Soup), recipe here
Grilled Chicken in Shrimp Sauce (Ayam Panggang Terasi), pretty much the same recipe as this one
This time I managed to photograph the chicken without showing its butt! Major improvement!
And more goodies brought by Ieie...
...these yummy Japanese white chocolate sandwich cookies.
And these delicious Japanese apple juice from Steve.
What a great day of good food!
We also had fun photographing the Chinese New Year fireworks that day.
Heheheh.
PS. In Chinese tradition, today is everybody's birthday, so...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!
Have a fantastic year!
Everything looks great! Hope your New Year's was good. Did you get any lucky money? :o)
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-Samantha
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What a fantastic idea! I normally don't like nin goh unless it's fried crispy but adding coconut milk and pandan is genius! I tried your shrimp paste duck last week too and it was delicious alas I also discovered I can't carve but we made congee out of the bones afterwards, double yum! thank you
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a new way to eat nian gao for me and I know it's delicious.
ReplyDeleteCould I be any more jealous of your Chinese new year eating habits?
ReplyDeleteHahaha everytime I try to take photos of whole chicken, it always ends up looking too.. gross. My husband said it looks like the chicken is spreading its legs (GROSS!)
ReplyDeleteLove soto betawi! Haven't cooked that in a while.
hhehe, it's about having fun with ppl that we care for too!! sounds like u did that ;)
ReplyDeleteThis Nin Gou is very special, with the wrap and coconut milk!
ReplyDeleteSo many delicious and wonderful food.
ReplyDeleteThe nin gou idea is so brilliant!!! Thank you and Xin Nian Kuai Ler!
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