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CHINESE New Year is one of the world’s most colourful and exuberant events, with colourful celebrations kicking off tomorrow – February 5, 2019.

If you’re taking part in the festivities, why not whip up some traditional dishes for the occasion? Here are some delicious ideas to celebrate the Year of the Pig…

Why not celebrate CNY with some traditional food

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Chinese New Year 2019 traditional food and recipe ideas

Although celebratory meals vary by region in China, they often consist of eight courses (a lucky Chinese number) ending with a whole fish.

Tangyuan

Tangyuan are sticky rice balls that are usually filled with sweet black sesame or red bean paste and served in syrup.

The dish represents family unity.

According to a All Recipes, the dish can be knocked up within an hour.

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Tangyuan are sticky rice balls[/caption]

Here’s how:

You will need:

• 150g glutinous rice flour


• 150ml water


• food colouring


• 200g granulated sugar


• 500ml water


• 1 pandan leaf, torn lengthways and knotted

Method

1. Prepare the dough: mix the rice flour and water till a smooth, pliable dough forms. Divide into three portions.


2. Leave one portion uncoloured. Add a few drops of the pink (or red) food colouring to one portion and mix well. Repeat with the third portion, using green food colouring.


3. Take one portion of the dough. Roll it and pinch small pieces to make the balls. Roll a piece between your palms to get a smooth round ball. Place on a plate. Repeat with the rest of the dough and then set aside.


4. Prepare the syrup: put the sugar, water and pandan leaf in a pot. Bring to the boil and simmer for five minutes, remove the pandan leaf. Set aside.


5. To cook the balls: Bring a pot of water to the boil. Tip in the white balls and let it boil. Once the balls float to the top, remove with a strainer and add to the syrup.


6. Repeat the process for the rest of the balls. Dish out and serve.

Faat choi jai

This dish is a simmered vegetable dish that is eaten on the first day of Chinese New Year.

It contains dried oysters, faat choy (a type of bacteria that obtains energy through photosynthesis and is often used as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine), bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, lotus root, dried bean curd skin, mushrooms, ginkgo nuts, lettuce and golden noodles.

Dumplings

Depending how they’re shaped and cooked the dumplings can resemble gold bars – a symbol of bringing wealth into the household.

Clams and scallops

Because of their resemblance to old Chinese coins, both of these are said to attract wealth.

Longevity noodles

Traditionally, rating noodles represents hope for a long life –  the longer the noodles are, the luckier.

If you’re eating noodles this CNY, make sure not to cut or break them during the cooking process — it’s bad luck and symbolises cutting a life short.

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Niangao can be steamed and served as it is or cut into slices and pan-fried after steaming[/caption]

Niangao

Niangao are glutinous rice cakes served at CNY.

The cakes can be steamed and served as it is or cut into slices and pan-fried after steaming.

Here’s how to make them:

You will need:

• 1 1/2 cup dark brown sugar


• 1 1/2 cup water (divided)


• 1 box sweet rice flour (I use Koda Farms)


• 2 tablespoons canola oil (or other mild flavored vegetable oil) plus 1/2 teaspoon to oil a pie plate or a round cake pan


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method:

• Oil a plate or round cake pan with 1/2 teaspoon of oil.


• Add 1 1/2 inch of water to a large pot with a tight fitting lid and a steamer rack and bring water to boil.


• Measure 3/4 cup water in a glass measuring cup, add brown sugar, and microwave for 1 minute until the sugar is dissolved.


• Pour sweet rice flour into a large bowl, add the brown sugar water, 3/4 cup of water, oil and vanilla extract.


• Stir to combine until the rice mixture is smooth and free of lumps.


• Transfer the rice mixture into the prepared pie plate and smooth out the top.


• Set the cake inside the pot and steam for 1 1/2 hours.


• Check the water level of the pot periodically (avoid letting the condensation from the lid drip on the cake when lifting the lid) and replenish with hot water as necessary.


• Allow the cake to cool completely, cover with plastic wrap, and the cake will be ready to serve the next day.

Tangerines, mandarins and kumquats

The small, round, orange fruits are said to resemble gold – so having these is supposed to bring in wealth.

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