Description
A traditional dish served during the Chinese New Year celebrations in the Philippines, symbolizing luck and prosperity.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 kg of sticky rice
- 500 g of mung beans
- 300 g of pork belly, diced
- 100 g of dried shrimp
- 2 cups of coconut milk
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 tsp of salt
- Banana leaves for wrapping
Instructions
- Soak sticky rice and mung beans overnight.
- Steam the soaked sticky rice for 30 minutes.
- In a pan, sauté pork belly and dried shrimp until cooked.
- Add mung beans, coconut milk, sugar, and salt, and mix well.
- Combine the mixture with steamed sticky rice.
- Wrap the mixture in banana leaves.
- Steam the wrapped mixture for another 30 minutes.
- Let it cool before serving.
Notes
- Use fresh banana leaves for better flavor.
- Adjust sugar according to your taste.
- Can be made a day ahead and reheated before serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Steaming
- Cuisine: Filipino-Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 150 g
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
Keywords: Chinese New Year food Philippines, sticky rice, traditional dishes