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Posted by
yanti on Monday, January 30, 2012
A late Chinese New Year to all! This is the year of the dragon.
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?? 'nian gao' or rice cake is eaten by many during this festive season. Nian gao is auspicious because it rhymes with the lucky phrase ?? (also read as 'nian gao') or ???? 'nian nian gao sheng', roughly translated to English as 'achieving advancements/promotions year after year'.
There are mainly two
More about → Stir fried rice cake ???
Posted by
yanti on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Chinese New Year is just a week away. In Chinese tradition, fish is always a must have for the festive meal. Fish is auspicious to symbolise there will always be plenty year after year. In Chinese phrase it is called 'nian nian you yu' ???? or ????. Here the word fish ? sounds the same as ? which means plenty left.
Steamed fish is very popular for any Chinese festive meals. Fish for steaming
More about → Steamed fish with black bean sauce and tomato
Posted by
yanti on Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tang Yuan ?? are boiled soft chewy balls normally made with glutinous rice flour.
Today is the last day (day 15) of Chinese New Year called Yuan Xiao Festival ???. It's also a full moon day today. CNY starts on the 1st day of lunar month and end on full moon. To end this festive season, many Chinese will eat soft chewy tang yuan. Most people will have the sweet type but savoury ones are also
More about → Tang yuan, fermented rice and egg drop sweet soup ??????
Posted by
yanti on Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Happy Birthday to all!
It's the 7th day of CNY again. In Chinese tradition it's everybody's birthday. We called today ??, reads as 'Ren le' in Mandarin or 'Yan Yak' in Cantonese, literally means 'people's day'.
See previous post and some recipes related to today celebration like yu san and 7 ingredients soup and the reasons why they are selected as special for Ren le.
For a change I am going
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Posted by
yanti on Monday, February 7, 2011
Golden Pumpkin Cake ?????
One of Cantonese favourite Chinese New Year's cake is lo bak goh (turnip or mooli cake). This year I subbed mooli with pumpkin. The cake has a mild sweetness and lovely pumpkin flavour. It has a nice golden colour. Gold or golden colour is auspicious during CNY to symbolise wealth and prosperity. So why not try this to celebrate with friends and family. I know it's a
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Posted by
yanti on Monday, January 31, 2011
Chinese New Year 2011, 3rd - 17th Feb
Happy New Year to all who celebrate the year of the Rabbit.
????????????: In the year of the Rabbit, wish you and your family:
???? All wishes come true???? No end of good lucks???? Feeling young and healthy???? Love is sweet???? Blissful and happy
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Posted by
yanti on Sunday, February 21, 2010
Most Chinese are very superstitious, I know we are a weird bunch, many of the things we do and eat around CNY can all relate to some meanings, mostly something to bring auspicious lucks. Any thing bad is usually avoided or not permitted like no sweeping around the house during the first few days of CNY, this will sweep away any lucks!. Bad luck food is stir fried squid ?? because another meaning
More about → CNY Day Seven Auspicious food (?? ???)
Posted by
yanti on Tuesday, February 16, 2010
On the first day of CNY many Chinese. especially Cantonese, will go meat free. Many will cook an assorted vegetarian dish using dried vegetables, edible fungi, tofu products and fresh vegetables. This dish is normally referred to as Buddha Delight or Monk's Vegetable, in Chinese is ??? (lo han zai) or simply ?? (zai choi).This dish is the custom in my family for this day every year. My mum would
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Posted by
yanti on Saturday, February 13, 2010
Our New Year's Eve dinner highlight was a Fu Gui Ji ???, commonly known as beggar chicken (??? chi gai zi) or (??? jiao hua zi). I preferred to called it Fu Gui Ji ??? for this occasion because fu gui ?? means fortune and prosperity.This beggar chicken recipe started a long time ago in Hangzhou ??, China. The story was a beggar stole a live chicken from a village. He was found out and the owner
More about → Celebrate CNY Eve with Fu gui Ji ???, aka Beggar Chicken
Posted by
yanti
????!Happy New Year!??????!Greetings from Lucky Tiger!The following phrases are Tiger greetings. May sound a bit stupid translated to English, but quite sweet in Chinese. ????????? Lucky Tiger wishing you rolling in with money in the coming year ????? Properous like a fat tiger ??????? Strong as a tiger ??????? Love life sweet as tiger�s milk ??????? Good lucks many as
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Posted by
yanti on Friday, February 12, 2010
This coconut flavoured sticky cake/pudding with cooked red beans is another Cantonese favourite for CNY. I made some the other day but I have to say I much preferred the old fashioned plain brownish rice cake. Here is a recipe if anyone is interested.This recipe will make 2 puddings using 1/2 pint (about 250ml) pudding basins (metal or plastic) or other containers.Ingredients:1/2 cup red beans
More about → Red bean and coconut sticky rice cake ??????
Posted by
yanti
Yau kok zai ??? are crunchy peanut crescents, a very popular snack for CNY especially Cantonese. I have been making these since I was a kid, it's a must have this time of the year. I like to make mine really tiny, it's labour intensive I quite enjoyed making them.
They are crunchy inside out, so can keep for several weeks in airtight container.
For this recipe, this will make about 75 tiny
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Posted by
yanti on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Rice cake or nian gao ?? is something nearly every Chinese family will have for CNY. The two words ? nian and ? gao rhyme with the Chinese greeting phrase ???? nian nian gao sheng, literally translated as higher year after year or simply you will prosper year after year. So eating nian gao is considered lucky for the coming year.There are different nian gao, the Northerners have white plain rice
More about → New Year Rice Cake ??
Posted by
yanti on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
During CNY many Chinese will have a box of candied fruits and nuts at home to welcome friends and families when they visit and also given them as gifts. Popular candied stuff like candied lotus root slices, lotus seeds, red dates (jujube), kumquats and winter melon.Candied lotus seeds (tang lan zi ???) are popular especially for any family wishing to have kids because the word lotus seeds in
More about → Candied lotus seeds ???
