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| Chinese Recipes for Desserts |
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Jamie Hanson |
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When you talk about China, you often think about Chinese food and this is because of its strong bonding with food which is famous worldwide. Lesser known in the West are the Chinese desserts that is generally a variety of sweets and snacks, possibly fruit, soup, pastry or rice based, to complement a tea break. You can eat this either as snacks or after a meal. Chinese desserts include simple ones like lcyhees fruits, coconut balls and candied walnuts, to those often made during special occasions such as Fa Gao or Nian Gao, to exotic tong sui such as bird's nest soup, red bean soup or black glutinous rice soup, enjoyed chilled or hot with, probably, some 'bings'.
Let us take a look at the various classification of Chinese desserts.
Gao is a tasty snacks made from rice. They are different from region to region and depending on the type of preparation, the end result may be rather firm or jelly-like, fluffy or chewy in all kinds of shapes and textures. Fa-Gao (Huat Kuih), Tang Yuan, Bai Tang Gao and Nian Gao are different types of popular Gaos.
Bing are baked confections made of wheat flour. They are similar to either the flaky kind of puff pastry (known as 'su' in Chinese) or the short-pastry crust found in Western cuisine. Lard is usually used to make bing for a more tasty flavor. Mooncake Red bean paste pancake and Wife cake are the most popular bings. Similarly, Marry Girl Cake and Sun Cake are equally well-liked too.
In Chinese cuisine, Tong Sui, commonly named as 'Tim tong' is a sweet Chinese soup in either watery or thick consistency. There are endless varieties of types of this form of Chinese desserts and one can often find a shop in Hong Kong especially, selling exclusively sweet soups. Most of the soups can be easily prepared which entails boiling (slow, fast or double boil) the ingredients together and are served hot or cold. Some Tong Sui possess medicinal property depending on the ingredients used. Candied winter melon, honey or rock sugar are often used to sweeten the soup. Douhua (beancurd pudding in sweet soup), sweet red bean soup, bird's nest soup, mung bean soup, gingko with white fungi soup, peanut soup, sweet potato soup, almond soup and gingko barley soup are some of the famous Chinese tong sui desserts.
For a large selection of Chinese recipes and Chinese desserts recipes, visit ChineseFood-Recipes.com. |
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