"Nian Gao" - 年糕 (chinese new year sticky cake) is made from glutinous rice flour and brown sugar. It is usually eaten during chinese new year but deep fried nian gao can be found sold in hawker stalls all year round.
I bought a piece of deep fried nian gao (MYR1) from a hawker stall that I frequent once a month. The hardened nian gao is cut into slices and one slice is sandwiched between a slice of sweet potato and a slice of taro before being dipped into batter and deep fried.
The size of the deep fried nian gao compared to a teaspoon.
I expect to see the nian gao between a slice of sweet potatoes and a slice of taro but instead I think both slices are cassava (ubi kayu). I must remember to find out why it has changed when I visit the stall again next month.
I managed to find a photo of the previous month - as can be seen, the two slices are different - the top slice is taro and the other one sweet potato.
Yummy!! I love this snack! I'll prefer to buy just the nian kao type, I don't really the one with the ubi kayu~
ReplyDeleteThe stalls here I don't see them selling only fried nian kao without ubi.
DeleteI love fried nin ko..I still hv some in the fridge..
ReplyDeleteCan fry whenever you feel like eating. Yum yum!
DeleteIf see it, i will buy it too...
ReplyDeleteDo you often see it?
DeleteI like fried stuff, but not fried nian gao.. Weird.. Those sandwiched with egg, yam and nian gao.. When colleagues tapao-ed back to office, I never touch ger wor.. But I love other fried stuffs tho', like yau char kueh, ma keok, ham chin peang, kap chung, farn shue lapp, keropok lekor, cekodok, fried cempedak, the list goes on, teehee..
ReplyDeleteGot egg with nian gao fried? Then I must try but I don't know where they sell this type. Normal steamed nian gao - do you eat?
DeleteUnique . Usually I had is yam and keledek. This stall put ubi kayu is special la
ReplyDeleteOnce in a blue moon they use ubi kayu. Ran out of yam and keledek gua.
DeleteI eat nian ago when I was young but now no more, hehe!!!
ReplyDeleteWhy not?
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