Nian gao, the traditional Chinese New Year's cake, is usually steamed, but we worked out a baked version featuring crunchy topping of coconut, almonds, and sesame seeds.

SINGAPORE – Rounds of nian gao are everywhere in the lead-up to Chinese New Year. For some, it is a festive must-have, the way mandarin oranges are, because of its auspicious meaning. The ...

Sweet, sticky, and full of meaning—nian gao is so much more than just a dessert. In Chinese culture, it symbolises growth and aiming higher in the year ahead🏮 For me, it’s a reminder of how ...

Stir-fried nian gao is a noodle dish rooted in Shanghainese cuisine. It is made of glutinous rice flour compressed into a long stick, then sliced and dried. This dish is also known in Malaysia as ...

Nian gao translates to “sticky cake” and, to the untrained eye, this squishy, mildly sweet, rice flour treat may look unassuming. But its simplicity makes it one of a kind.

Nian gao is a traditional steamed sticky rice cake used to celebrate Lunar New Year, symbolizing growth and advancement.

Deep-fried nian gao is the ultimate festive leftover Nian gao is a classic Lunar New Year dessert, but it has a short shelf life. Michelle Tchea reveals how to prolong it and make it even tastier ...

Nian gao (sweet rice cake) is an auspicious food like many other foods eaten during Lunar New Year. Nian means year. While gao means cake in Cantonese, it’s also a homonym for tall or high; thus ...

The history of nian gao according to Chinese legend, and how the rice cakes are eaten to mark new year in Hong Kong, mainland China, Korea and Japan.

Nian gao, which translates literally to “year cake”, is typically made by steaming a mixture of glutinous rice flour, wheat starch, sugar, salt and water.