Nian Kau

made this on Chinese New Year

Ingredients

Glutinous Rice flour 400g

Brown Sugar 400g

Coconut Cream 400g

Method

caramelise some of the sugar. (yes I know there is caster sugar there ran out of brown). When caramelise add in coconut cream and the rest of the sugar. mix till all the sugar has desolved.

Add the Coconut mixture to the G. Rice Flour in a bowl and mix well.

as you can see its lumpy, mix it all the lumps are gone.

Heat up some banana leaves over the flames so that it will be easier to work with. Line the steamer or mould with the banana leafs and pour in the batter about 3/4 full. steam on High for 3- 4 hrs or till its cooked. (if you find its not cooked you can re-steam it)

if your not using a bamboo steamer make sure you have a tea towel wrapping the cover to catch the water drips.

How to consume this Cake. Well there are many ways, first slice it as above then the variation starts. you can sandwich it between Yam/ taro or sweet potato and dip it in to a fritter batter and deep fry, or you could just dip in to lightly beaten eggs and pan fry or just re steam it till just soft.

wishing you all the best whit this one :)