Have you ever try Nyonya Rice Dumpling before? Nyonya Rice Dumpling is an aunthetic food for the Nyonya Baba. Nyonya Rice Dumpling is not only tasty to eat but also let others to know that eating Nyonya Rice Dumpling is a special traditional Nyonya food. I had stood beside the table for almost half an hour just to “steal” some secret in wrapping a Nyonya Rice Dumpling. I think I can’t do that in my future because it’s really a hard job. In this modern era, can you see young adult who know to cook a Nyonya Rice Dumpling? Let me tell you a secret, even my mom also don’t know how to wrap a Rice Dumpling.
According to an aunty ( a Nyonya Rice Dumpling maker), she said it’s not easy to cook this Nyonya Rice Dumpling. It needs a lot of work and time. It’s fast for us to finish a Nyonya Rice Dumpling but it needs to take a long time to prepare the ingredients till it’s ready to eat.
First, we need to wash the bamboo leaves in hot water to get rid the dirt. Cut the lean meat, Chinese mushroom, chestnut, winter melon into small cubes. Fried it by mix in some of the spice which is their secret recipe. The aunty is quite creative because she prepares the ingredients into a ball shape. She said it’s easier and faster for her to cook the Nyonya Rice Dumpling. Dye some of the rice with blue colour. This is not an artificial colouring, the colouring is special cook by using a type of flower called “Lan Hua”. Besides, it’s not easy to wrap the Nyonya Rice Dumpling into the shape. Probably, it needs skill and talent. After tied it up, cook the Nyonya Rice Dumpling in the boiling water for 3 hours with some “pandan” leaves.
I,myself love to eat Nyonya Rice Dumpling if compare to “Bak Chang” which contains fat meat, Chinese mushroom and others. Some even add in an egg yolk inside. This is really a high cholesterol food which we can only eat once in a blue moon.
What to do if you have eaten many pieces of Nyonya Rice Dumpling? We can drink some hot ginger tea to get rid the “wind” in our stomach. We can also drink some hot Chinese tea to reduce the fat.
So, if you wish to eat some real Nyonya Rice Dumpling, don’t forget to order from me but in bulk. I can help you to contact this Nyonya Aunty. Sure, the price is reasonable. Don’t be worry, I am not the “orang tengah” who earn your money.
