Methods To Fry Chinese Glutinous Rice Cake - Yam/Potato Balls

Yam ball with diced nian gao filling.

That's how the inside looks like when the yam ball is cut into half.

That's some different ways of wrapping. As long as the nian gao is nicely wrapped inside, dont be too persistant about the outlook. The big one is half potatoes, half yam with diced nian gao inside. The 2 square ones are yam wrapped around a rectangle piece of nian gao. Both ways are yummy.



I am sure seeing the picture is enought to tell whether its yummy or not. (Agree?)



If u prefer the stickiness of the nian gao, then this kind of frying should be the best choice. Wrapped a thick rectangle piece with either yam/potatoes only or a mixture of both, shape it nicely and and just coat with some corn flour and fry on medium flames. The richness of the sticky nian gao is simply hmm.... yummy!

As the glutinous rice cake is very rich and sweet, the natural sweetness of the sweet potatoes and yam will blend well together & there is no need to add extra sugar. Simply just shape the thing & coat with some corn flour & pat off excess flour before u put it to fry at medium heat.

Enjoy!