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上海桂花年糕 (Shang Hai Gui Hua Nian Gao) Nothing is more traditional than the steamed rice cake to celebrate Chinese new year in southern provinces of China. The pronunciation of rice cake (Nian Gao) is similar to "growing every year", which is a lucky word during the spring festival. This could mean your business, your fortune, your wisdom, your health, your luck, your relationship, etc. I still remember the lovely warm atmosphere when the family gathered together and steamed the huge rice cake in a old fashioned oven in the country side of Shanghai. The wok to steam the cake is usually 2-3 feet wide. Rice cake cab be made as dessert like this recipe, or they can be savory, such as stir fried or made as soup. Checkout more rice cake recipes . Or find traditional Chinese noodle dishe s, delicious dumplings and wonton recipes . Looking for more inspirations? Find more ideas in Recipes by Category . Ingredients 1 lb. rice flour 1 lb. sticky rice flour 1/2 lb. sugar 18 Chinese d...

八宝饭 (Ba Bao Fan) Chinese dessert has many varieties that are so unique and special to its own tradition. I still have the vivid memory of my parents making a special dessert to celebrate Chinese new year, i.e., the steamed sticky rice with 8 treasures. 8 is just a number, it means numerous sweet ingredients used in the recipe, mostly dried fruits and red bean paste. In the old days, making this dessert required lots of effort, it was only made during the spring festival when people had plenty spare time. The hardest part of making this dessert in a traditional way is to make the red bean paste, which took a few hours. It started with simmering the red bean for a couple of hours, then removing the bean skin, consolidating the bean starch, then boiling the bean starch with sugar and pork fat. It was quite a lengthy process. Fortunately these days, we can purchase the ready to use red bean paste from the Chinese grocery stores. Dried fruits can be purchased from stores as well. It c...

糖山芋 (Tang Shan Yu) Some winter nights around 8, 9 pm, I craved some disserts. This yam dessert is so easy to make and the warm orange color is such pleasant for cold winter night. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category Ingredients 1 lb. Yam 2 tablespoon canola oil 3 tablespoon sugar Preparation Time:  5 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Servings: 4 Cooking Steps 1. Get 1 yam about 1 lb., rinse clean, use a knife to remove the skin, cut into 3/4 inch wide 2 inch long slices. This takes about 5 minutes. 2 Add 2 tablespoon canola oil to a non sticky flat pan, place the yam slices evenly, cover the pan. Use median heat to pan fry for about 10 minutes or until the bottom side turns light golden brown. 3. Flip the yam slices, cover to pan fry for another 6 minutes or so. 4. Take out the yam slices. Add 3 tablespoon sugar, 1/8 cup water to the pan. Use medium heat to boil for about 3 minutes or until the water evaporates and the sauce becomes thick and sticky. 5. Put the yam...