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Nian Gao With Sweet Potato

Ingredients:

20 pieces nian gao

10 pieces sweet potatoes

oil for deep frying

Batter:

50g plain flour

50g cornflour

1 egg

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp baking powder

water (about 1 cup)

Method:

1.  Cut nian gao into 1/2 cm thick slices.  (If the cake is too hard, steam whole cake for 5 minutes before cutting).

2.  Wash and skin sweet potato.  Cut into halves and then cut into 1/2 cm thick slices as for nian gao.

3.  Sift the plain flour, cornflour and baking powder into a mixing bowl.   Beat the egg with the sugar for 3 minutes and add to the flour.  Blend in the water, a little at a time till  enough to form a thick-dripping consistency.

4.  Heat wok with 3 rice bowls oil until very hot.  Lower flame to medium.

5.  Sandwich a piece of  sweet potato in between two pieces of nian gao.

6.  Dip into the thick batter and carefully drop into hot oil.  Deep fry on each side for about 5 minutes or until golden brown.

7.   Remove and drain off excess oil.

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February 24th, 2007 Posted by rose | Desserts and Snacks | 4 comments

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  1. Auntie Rose,
    I have been looking for a good Nian Gao recipe. I’m wondering if you have one. The good old traditional new year cake. Thank you.

    Comment by Sky | February 1, 2008

  2. I remembered my mum used to make very good nian gao. She would pile up the tins of white dough into a huge kwali and steam them overnight. The nian gao came out brown and fragrant. We love it tossed with fresh grated coconut. I will post the recipe.
    Have a Blessed New Year!
    Rose

    Comment by rose | February 15, 2008

  3. Auntie Rose,
    I’m looking for a nian gao recipe that churns out crispy nian gao as shown in the picture, instead of other nian gaos which comes out (after frying) looking like a fried fish type (no offence to other chefs here). (website) If you do have a recipe, could i have it? Thanks.

    Comment by Nick | December 22, 2008

  4. Hello Auntie Rose,

    I was wondering if you do make your own nian gao as you love baking and cooking.

    I am currently working with ASTRO AWANI, 24-hours news channel on Astro and we have this programme called WW (on women’s lifestyle, health, beauty, interests etc).

    We are planning for CNY recording next week and would like to highlight nian gao as one of the topics. We would like to ivite you as our guest to share more info about nian gao.
    Should you require more info, please feel free to email me. Thanks, Auntie Rose :)

    Comment by Catherine Foong | January 6, 2009

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