in all Chinese festivals, food plays a very important. For example, New Year's meals are prepared. They are composed of dishes meant to bring happiness, peace and above all the good fortune at home.
The New Year's cake, "Kao Nien" in part.
Indeed, this cake evokes career success because it literally means "a promotion every year."
In the past, make the "Kao Nien" was a strictly family affair as a "Kao Nien" successful is a harbinger of a particularly lucky. Also, a few days before New Year, all mothers apply to prepare the "Kao Nien" hoping to bring their spouses and their children training in their career, which would lead to greater social and financial .
Today, due to time, people buy the "Kao Nien" in supermarkets. But it is still a widespread custom of gift giving the "Kao Nien" because it is a cake of good omen.
There are several kinds of "Kao Nien.
Today we'll show you a recipe Traditional Hakka our village. It is to slowly mix glutinous rice flour with sugar water.
The secret to this recipe is to stir the dough until it becomes "gnieune", that is to say, very sticky and cook in steam for 2 hours minimum. More dough is thicker, the cooking time is long.
In large wealthy families, sometimes you should cook for 6 hours, both the amount of dough is immense and it must be moved from time to time for cooking is homogeneous.
4.5 cup water 500 g sugar 250 g red
candy (1 / 2 package)
few dates
red sesame
3 tbsp oil 2 packets
of glutinous rice flour (green package)
Boil water with brown sugar and candy. Add the dried red dates and let cool.
In a bowl, combine the flour and pour the liquid sugar gradually.
Mix gently to avoid lumps.
Mix until dough is singing.
Add oil and mix well.
Pour the mixture into a greased pan and bake for 3 hours in a water bath.
In a skillet, brown sesame seeds and sprinkle over the cake and put the dates in decoration.
can eat as is or fry in a pan with a little oil, it gives a little crispy.
Another recipe:
3 1 / 2 cup glutinous rice flour (green package)
1 1 / 2 cup white sugar 3 eggs
1 cup candied fruit (candied fruits, pineapple, dates, almonds)
1 tablespoon of baking powder
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar and baking powder. Mix well.
Mix candied fruit with a little flour.
In another bowl, beat eggs with water and oil.
Pour liquid into flour mixture.
Mix gently until the dough is smooth.
Pour the mixture into a greased pan and sprinkle the fruit mixture.
Bake in water bath for 1:30 th.7 or oven (210 ° C) for 1h.
0 comments:
Post a Comment