Nian Gao – Chinese New Year Sweet Rice Cake Recipe (黃金年糕…步步高陞 )

This is by far my favourite dish for Chinese New Year. I look forward to it every year. Normally, this is a “reddish” colour made of brown sugar, but my mom saw somewhere on the internet that there’s an egg yolk version of this annual sweet rice cake so here is our version!

INGREDIENTS:

• 600g glutinous rice flour
• 50g rice flour
• 600g coconut cream
• 6 tbsp custard powder
• 6 salted duck egg yolk
• 200g water
• 230g sugar

LUCKY MEANING “黃金年糕…步步高陞”

“步步高陞” is a lucky saying where people like to wish each other “growth” in all aspects of life. Most of the time they refer to promotion in a job ,but it technically applies all aspects of life. Today I wish you all of our readers growth in every a part of life whether that’s school, job, or personal goals.

INSTRUCTIONS:

First, steam duck egg yolk for about 15 minutes and then crush them.

Boil sugar with water with low heat until sugar melts and turn off heat.. After that, add coconut cream and stir evenly.

Put half cup of mixture (from step 2) into egg yolk and stir evenly.

Mix glutinous rice flour, rice flour and custard powder together with a separator. Add the rest of the mixture from step 2 and stir evenly. Use the separator to separate the powder in the mixture.

Mix the egg yolk mixture from step 3 with mixture from step 4 and stir evenly.

Put the oil inside the steam container. Pour the mixture from step 5 into the container. Steam for about one hour.

Let it cool down and put it inside the fridge.

When you eat, cut it into pieces and fry with medium heat.

TIPS

Use the separator to separate the mixture from step 4 then the mixture will become more smooth. After the separation , add the mixture of egg yolk. The order cannot be mixed up.

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Make sure to check out the other Chinese New Year Recipes 2023 in our series !

Nian Gao (黃金年糕…步步高陞 )

Recipe for two 7 inch baking containers

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Ingredients

  

• 600 g glutinous rice flour
• 50 g rice flour
• 600 g coconut cream
• 6 tbsp custard powder
• 6 salted duck egg yolk
• 200 g water
• 230 g sugar

Instructions

 

• Steam duck egg yolk for about 15 minutes and then crush them.
• Boil sugar with water with low heat until sugar melts and turn off heat.. After that, add coconut cream and stir evenly.
• put half cup of mixture (from step 2) into egg yolk and stir evenly.
• Mix glutinous rice flour, rice flour and custard powder together with a separator. Add the rest of the mixture from step 2 and stir evenly. Use the separator to separate the powder in the mixture.
• Mix the egg yolk mixture from step 3 with mixture from step 4 and stir evenly.
• Put the oil inside the steam container. Pour the mixture from step 5 into the container.
• Steam for about one hour.
• Let it cool down and put it inside the fridge.
• When you eat, cut it into pieces and fry with medium heat.

Notes

1. Use the separator to separate the mixture from step 4 then the mixture will become more smooth. After the separation , add the mixture of egg yolk. The order cannot be mixed up.

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