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Original recipe from Holidays of the World Cookbook for Students: Updated and Revised By Lois Sinaiko Webb, Lindsay Grace Roten

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Notes:

Classic Nian Gao is usually a steamed cake with two main ingredients: red azuki beans (sweet red beans) and glutinous flour (stick flour). This recipe shows how to prepare and bake Nian Gao giving a more cake-like texture.
As legend has it people believe a Kitchen God visits the Chinese homes one week prior to the Chinese New Year (also known as the Spring Festival). Nian Gao is offered as a means to appease the Kitchen God.
Yield: serves 4 to 6

Categories:
- Cake
- Chinese
- Dessert

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Ingredients:

4 1/2 cups glutinous rice flour (sticky flour, available at international or Asian food markets)
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
2 1/2 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon baking soda
16-ounce canned red azuki or adzuki beans, mashed (available at international or Asian food markets)
Equipment: medium mixing bowl with wooden spoon or electric mixer, greased baking pan, rubber spatula or spoon, oven mitts, toothpick