Chinese Desserts Recipes

If Chinese food is famous throughout the world, it is because they have developed a cultural bond with their food. Less popular in the West are the Chinese desserts which is generally a variety of sweets and snacks, possibly fruit, soup, pastry or rice based, to complement a tea break. These can also be eaten following the main course or as a snack. Chinese desserts range from simple ones like lcyhees fruits, coconut balls and candied walnuts, to those often made during festivities such as Nian Gao or Fa Gao, to unique tong sui like bird's nest soup, red bean soup or black glutinous rice soup, enjoyed hot or cold or hot with, probably, some 'bings'.

Let us take a look at the various categories of Chinese desserts.

Gao is a tasty snacks made from rice. They are different from province to province and depending upon the type of preparation, the end result may be rather firm or jelly-like, fluffy or chewy in all kinds of textures and shapes. Some of the Gao types include Fa-Gao (Huat Kueh), Nian Gao, Tangyuan and Bai Tang Gao.

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 pastries. 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. Sun cake and Marry Girl Cake are also equally popular.

In Chinese cuisine, Tong Sui, commonly named as 'Tim tong' is a sweet Chinese soup in either watery or thick consistency. There are extensive range of this form of Chinese desserts and one can often come across a shop in Hong Kong especially, selling exclusively Tong Sui. Most Chinese Tong sui are easy to prepare which entails boiling (slow, fast or double boil) the ingredients together and can be served hot or iced. Some Tong Sui possess medicinal properties depending on the ingredients used. Candied winter melon, honey or rock sugar are often used as the sweetener. Douhua (beancurd pudding in sweet soup), bird's nest soup, sweet red bean soup, gingko with white fungus soup, mung bean soup, peanut soup, sweet potato soup, beancurd skin gingko barley soup and almond soup are some of the popular Chinese sweet soup desserts.

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