https://thequirinokitchen.com/tag/chinese-tikoy/ Asian cooking, culture and stories of recipes Sat, 17 Feb 2024 21:51:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://thequirinokitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-favicon-32x32.png https://thequirinokitchen.com/tag/chinese-tikoy/ 32 32 https://thequirinokitchen.com/make-tikoy-ube-purple-yam-chinese-lunar-new-year/ https://thequirinokitchen.com/make-tikoy-ube-purple-yam-chinese-lunar-new-year/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2018 21:03:33 +0000 https://www.asianinamericamag.com/?p=6960 Tikoy (say 'tee-koy') is a steamed Chinese rice cake traditionally made with brown sugar and molasses. I added ube (purple yam) to my homemade tikoy to give it a sweet flavor and aroma. In the Philippines, steamed cakes are gifted for the Lunar New Year for prosperity and good luck. We cooked it by pan-frying. Each warm slice gets crisp on the outside while sticky soft inside. The yellow coating of the eggs are close in color to 'gold', a symbol of prosperity.]]> https://thequirinokitchen.com/make-tikoy-ube-purple-yam-chinese-lunar-new-year/feed/ 3 6960