Take a rectangular vessel and coat the bottom with olive oil.

You could also fill some extra buns with bean paste for fun.

Apparently Chinese milk demand usually isn’t very high. Spread a layer of red bean paste on the steamed powder and steam for 5 minutes.

If you’re allergic to raspberries, it works just as well with strawberries, mango, or blueberries. 5. It’s exactly what it sounds like. I know it feels like I’m saying that for everything, but I am looking up the history behind each dish, I promise. You must return home immediately. The special food of Chongyang Festival is a popular delicacy called Chongyang cake, chrysanthemum cake, or flower cake.

These are the sweet cousin to that savory deliciousness. (Jane Ku/Epoch Times), Ascending to great heights on Double Ninth Day, Trump Accuses Democrats of Anti-Catholic Prejudice, Trump, Melania in Quarantine After White House Aide Hope Hicks Tests Positive for COVID-19, House Passes $2.2 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Bill, FISA Transparency Reports Skip Unmasking Data for Crucial Time Around 2016 Election, 150 Human Rights Groups Rally to Oppose Chinese Communist Party’s Ruling. Join the discussion today. Zhuyu is a plant with a strong fragrance and both its leaves and flowers are often used today as a Chinese medicinal herb. Mai Lai Go originated in Malaysia, hence the name which means “Malaysian Cake.” However, the cake made its way to Hong Kong and is now a favorite at dim sum places in Hong Kong as well as Southern China. The recipe also mentions you can substitute canned pumpkin if you prefer. Serve your walnut cookies with tea or coffee as a tasty biscuit for your guests. So, imagine an egg drop soup, but the broth is sweet instead of slightly savory. Unlike nian gao, this cake uses regular flour instead of rice flour. Eight treasure rice congee is eaten on the Laba Festival. That’s right, I’m a huge cashew fan. Mochi was originally only eaten by the emperor. Candied orange slices even has the word candy in the name. [1] Made to appeal to the younger crowd (and it’s definitely working), these piggies are ready to go all the way home (your tummy).

On this day, going on a hike on a mountain is a very pleasant outdoor activity, letting everyone enjoy the golden season of autumn and the final burst of colour before winter arrives. If you like them at a buffet, imagine a warm egg tart freshly out of an oven. Personally, I’m very intrigued by mooncake. I believe you can follow the same recipe and substitute lemons if you would like candied lemon slices instead. I also love the red bean too. The coloring of this mung bean soup kind of reminds me of mashed peas. Why put in all this hard work? However, it can be substituted with soy milk or almond milk if you need a vegan version. The Double Ninth Festival is also a Climbing Festival, but there are not mountains everywhere to climb. If you own the bamboo steamers, you can stack them and make a big batch at once. Crispy on the outside, and light and puffy on the inside.

First, you cut the top off of a pear. This melon salad is crying out to me. If you want to try one before you make it, they can be found in Chinatown. The name alone is strange enough to interest you.

Where do you get that? These rice-cakes … A great place to start for a beginner!

According to theories of Chinese medicine, zhuyu can help people avoid disasters and illness in late autumn. If I hit it all, just tell me which Chinese dessert is your favorite.

Serve when the melons are ripe, nothing makes me sadder than an under ripe melon. The just the name sounds perfect. The custom of enjoying the chrysanthemum became popular during the Song Dynasty (A.D. 960–1279).

As early as the Southern Dynasty.

Hmmm. In ancient times, there was a saying that "steam Chongyang cake to honor the elderly". I challenge you to make every dessert on the list Dennis!

These cookies use 2 different kinds of sugar, one for the batter and one for the icing. I believe they are called tortoise cakes for their appearance, but I don’t really see it. Many companies will organize group activities for retirees on this day, such as hikes in the mountains or other outings, and younger generations will honour their elderly family members by taking them on trips to the countryside or sending them gifts. Exciting! Can’t say I have eaten red bean soup, but it sounds interesting. It’s fantastic. Show up with this at your next potluck and let everyone admire how cultured you are. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a day when the two Yang numbers meet. I would have needed like a 3 month trip to China to find all the modern takes on them though. Butter cookies are commonly eaten around Chinese New Year. Wow.

Does a bun count as a cake? As September has the clear sky and fresh air, it is a very good time to climb the mountain. It is called eight treasures for the eight fruits and nuts in it.

Possible fillings include red bean paste, black sesame, or anything you want really. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Why didn’t Americans deep fry milk first? Little strips of dough are fried, then mixed with melted sugar and sesame seed. Enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum has also become an important pastime during the Chongyang Festival, which occurs in the season of bloom for these elegant flowers.

Maybe that’s just because they are both rectangular.

Bing tanghulu are a traditional Chinese street food offering. I mean, I’m sure there’s sugar in the condensed milk, but I thought there would be more. Chongyang cake mostly uses rice flour and fruit as raw materials, and its making methods vary from place to place. A lady from ancient China picks leaves from the zhuyu (dogwood) for the Chongyang Festival, also known as the Double Ninth Festival. Sachima is from Northern China. This fried mantou recipe is fairly easy to make. I believe these used a mooncake mold to achieve the pretty finish, but I’m not sure if it is a mooncake or not. Showing respect to the seniors, climbing mountains, eating Chongyang cakes, drinking wine, enjoying chrysanthemum, sticking chrysanthemum and inserting Zhuyu are main customs of the double ninth festival. Surprise, I saved the GOAT of nuts for last. Double skin milk is a traditional Cantonese dessert. I have even started seeing them in the U.S. It’s only a matter of time before they make your way to your city. Pineapple tarts were introduced by the Portuguese, and due to a pun with its Chinese name, is now a popular offering during Chinese New Year. Candied sweet potato is popular during the winter. Now that is the better question. Today's Chongyang cake also needs to add dates and chestnuts as stuffing, mainly including two kinds of cooking and steaming. There is a lot of history behind eight treasure rice congee. The Japanese alphabet came from China! Nutella isn’t exactly Chinese, but milk bread definitely is. There’s not a lot I can say about this almond cake that the picture doesn’t already tell you, but here I go. Wow, what a perfect cookie. Oh well, too late now. This recipe also has ginger in it, which I believe helps curdle the milk. The history of eating zongzi in Dragon Boat Festival, How many colors are there in Xiaomi 6x? They celebrate family reunion day, and many families like to make them together. How much is Xiaomi 6x for one set, Want to buy a house? On that day, there are not only the traditional customs of climbing mountains, drinking chrysanthemum wine and inserting dogwood, but also the necessary festival food. The Double Ninth Festival is also called the respect for the aged. Bar form makes everything better, right?

This is a really simple recipe. A coconut gluttonous rice dumpling.

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Lotus seed paste is actually very important.

Pumpkin buns could be the perfect accompaniment to your Thanksgiving dinner. Only 3 ingredients: sweet potato, rock sugar, and oil.

Even numbers belong to Yin and odd numbers to Yang. This recipe uses coconut as well as crushed peanuts to create a sweet, light and nutty filling. Grass jelly gets its name from the cincau plant, which is a member of the mint family.

The crust is different as well. However, coconut pudding uses coconut milk and dried coconut. How to treat it best, Why do you eat Zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival? Huan Jing and his family members did not perish only because they had followed Fei Changfang’s warning and instructions. Translated literally, tangyuan means “round balls in soup.” Black sesame is the classic filling, but peanuts, beans, lotus root, and meat all exist as well.

This year it falls on Sunday, Oct. 13, of the Gregorian calendar. I know some people can’t stand that durian stink, but if you’re a durian fan like me, I bet frying it will make it even better. So it is called Chong Yang. There’s no flour in this recipe, but it has the word cake in it, so I’m putting it in the cake category. Or if you wanted it for anything else, I’ve still got your back. These tiny cakes are made in a muffin tin, the perfect size for snacking if you ask me. Actually, I just checked.

Chongyang cake, as an indispensable classic cake of Chongyang Festival, has not only played the role of food for a long time. Either way, these green mung bean cakes look delicious and beautiful, elegant in a way. Of course, there was a lot of cultural exchange between China and Japan. What is that? This is a tong sui, a Cantonese term for a sweet soup. You can use any color dye you want to make the most Instagram worthy mooncake possible. The recipe does call for milk. Recipe: Chongyang Cake. These might look like normal pieces of bread, but the inside filling is molten brown sugar. In ancient times, it was a tradition for people to carry sprigs of the zhuyu plant as a way of preventing disease and protecting their health and prosperity. Chinese New Year sounds way better than my New Year. It reminds me of an Almond Joy, which I actually used to hate as a kid, go figure. (Insert thinking emoji here). This method results in a lighter end product that stays more true to the original banana flavor. Sweet and a little acidic.

Fixed with a bamboo stick and inserted in the double ninth cake, the small shape is cute, which also means replacing the huge dogwood. Luckily, someone else already did the work for me. Surprising, right? This recipe also has kiwis inside! The sachima is then pressed into a dish until the sugar hardens, keeping the strips of dough together. The method of steaming Chongyang cake is similar to that of steaming rice cake, but it should be smaller and thinner. Also called Chinese Honeycomb Cake, due to vertical lines that run through the inside of the cake.