Eat New Year’s Rice Cake,get higher year after year
2 min readNiangao,a kind of Chinese New Year’s Rice Cake,is a traditional Chinese food made from glutinous rice.Niangao is a popular food eaten during the Chinese New Year.
The pronunciation of niangao sounds like year and high, which symbolizes a higher income, a higher position,the growth of children,and generally the promise of a better year.
Niangao is usually made from glutinous rice flour,wheat starch ,salt,water and sugar.It is delicious when steamed,fried,or even eaten cold.The flavors be divided into two major kinds:sweet rice cake in northern China,while,sweet or savory in the south.
In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas you have different choices of New Year’s Rice Cake fillings,such as sweet-scented osmanthus flower sugar,lard oil,and sweet red beans.
The preparation methods of New Year’s Rice Cake include braise,stir-fry,deep-fry,sliced-fry,soup cooks and so on.Savory or sweet flavors are all fantastic.For example,Stir-fried Rice Cake with Sugar is quite popular.There is a saying that frying with sugar,frying with hot cooking oil,the New Year’s Rice Cake is so hot and tasty that it burns your mouth.Stir-fried Rice Cake with Shepherd’s Purse is also very delicious,and the saying is that Stir-fried rice cake with shepherd’s purse and meat,even the kitchen god give it a big bite. And Chicken Soup Rice Cake is a must in every family on the New Year’s Eve.
