How to Make Tangyuan Dumplings

TangyuanYou can buy sticky rice powder from any Chinese grocery or you can make it yourself by using raw sticky rice. Ingredients: sticky rice, rice, white sugar, sesame paste, peach seed (crushed), sesame,melted lard. Steps:1. Mix sticky rice with rice (5000 g sticky rice with 1000 g rice), soaked in water for 1-2 days, mill with mill, put into cloth bag, hang and make to powder....

How to Make New Year Cake as Spring Festival Cuisine

New Year cake Niangao, a sweet, sticky and brown cake, is made of glutinous rice or millet flour and garnished with anything from bean to jujube paste, assorted fruits and preserves. Often given as a gift, it is delicious when steamed, fried, fried with eggs or even eaten cold. By tradition, it is believed eating niangao will bring good luck. Ingredients: 2-1/2 cups packed d...

How to Make Jiaozi as Spring Festival Cuisine

Jiaozi Ingredients: · Jiaozi dough: · 3 cups all-purpose flour · up to 1 1/4 cups cold water · 1/4 teaspoon salt · Filling: · 1 cup ground pork or beef · 1 TB soy sauce · 1 teaspoon salt · 1 TB Chinese rice wine or dry sherry · 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper, or to ta...

There Appears Novel Types of New Year Food

New Year food shopping Gift boxes with speciality foods that have become time honored brands are popular this year in Beijing. Vacuum-packed cooked meat and snacks are in a wider varieties than previous years. The varieties include snacks that are ready to eat, along with dishes that require some preparation. After a little work in the kitchen, consumers can enjoy at hom...

How to Make West Lake Sweet and Sour Fish

Ingredients: 1 carp (about 750 grams or 1.65 lb), 75 grams (5 1/2 tbsp) cooking oil, 25 grams (1 3/4 tbsp) cooking wine, 5 grams (1/6 oz) ginger finely chopped, 50 grams (0.11 1b) sugar, 75 grams 94 tbsp) brown vinegar and 50 grams (2 2/3 tbsp) mixture of cornstarch and water. West Lake sweet and sour fish Directions: 1. Gut fish, wash clean and cut into two halves from ...

How to Cook Deep Fried Tofu

Deep fried Tofu Deep fried tofu is very popular among the Chinese, because both raw materials and cooking costs are low, and it tastes delicious. It is one type of Chinese snacks, and is easy to cook. Deep-frying gives the tofu a golden color and a crispy texture. Cooking time lasts about 10 minutes. Ingredients: 1 pound medium or firm tofu 3 - 4 tablespoons cor...

How to Make Taiwan Hot and Sour Soup

Taiwan Hot and Sour Soup Ingredients4 dried shiitake (black) mushroomsI dried wood ear120 grams lean pork, julienned2 teaspoons cornstarch300 grams regular tofu, cut into 1 cm cubes150 grams congealed pig's blood, cut into 1 cm cubes7 cups chicken stock 3 large slices of ginger 1/2 cup carrots, julienned1/2 cup bamboo shoots, julienned1/2 cup white rice vinegar3 tablespoons s...

Basic Knowledge about Chinese Food Culture

As is known to all, China is noted for its delicious and aboundant food. However, it is not easy to give a thorough description, thanks to the long history and related food culture. Many factors matter in relation to the food diversity. A quick view may help us have a basic understanding of Chinese food. A set of dining toolsDifferent from western people, Chinese is used to ...

Taiwanese Cuisine Increases Your Appetite

Taiwan lies hundred miles away from the Chinese mainland. The cuisine of this mountainous island on the edge of the Pacific is of Chinese character. Apart from the staple, rice, Taiwan abounds in snacks, fruit, vegetables, and seafood. Taiwan Snacks (xiao chi) Pineapple bun A visit to one of the island's ubiquitous seven to eleven convenience stores finds Taiwanese are gre...

Organic Foods Tend to be Growing in Shanghai

Different organic foods are of big nutrition. Now there are over 30 organic farms in Shanghai. Organic vegetables, fruit, rice, barley, soybeans etc. are available at many local supermarkets and are being exported to other countries and regions. Now large-scale farms with 1,000 mu or 2,000 mu are on the increase from previous small scales like 100 mu before the year 2005. It w...