Month: February 2017

Kueh Bakul (Nian Gao) with Coconut Milk

Kueh Bakul (Nian Gao) with Coconut Milk

Kueh Bakul or Nian Gao is popular during the Lunar New Year. It’s a sweet and sticky steamed cake made of glutinous rice flour, water and sugar. In my search for nian gao recipes, I have found that in the Philippines, there is a sticky rice cake called Kalamay Hati. It is cooked over the […]

Kueh Bakul (Nian Gao) with Gula Melaka

Kueh Bakul (Nian Gao) with Gula Melaka

Kueh Bakul (Nian Gao) is popular during the Lunar New Year. It’s a sweet and sticky steamed cake made of glutinous rice flour, water and sugar. However, as I love experimenting with gula melaka (palm sugar), I have replaced most of the sugar with gula melaka, which not only gives a unique flavour to this […]

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