Instructions: Well since it is almost Chinese New Years (and Vietnamese New Years)

Day, Ill give a recipe for Nian Gao, a sweet sticky rice cake with a texture slightly denser than Knox Blox.

Add sugar to water, stir and let cool to room temp. Add the rice flour a little at a time. Here comes the hard part. Pour the batter into metal/glass/ceramic bowls or pans lined with plastic wrap for easy removal. Steam them in a rice cooker or in a bamboo steamer. Time varies depending on how much batter is being steamed each time. Since I have a small rice cooker/steamer, it took about 6 hours total to steam the whole batch a little at a time.

After its done, let cool and cut into smaller pieces. You can also add cooked small red beans to the mixture.

Yentsun Tseng

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