Monday, January 19, 2009

Microwave Gau Recipe

This is for coworker Susan. Photos can be found here. Gau purists might be able to tell the difference between this gau and the real thing, but I can't. It tastes the same to me, and it's easy.

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1 lb. wong tong (block brown sugar, you can find it in the Asian section)
1 lb. mochi flour
2 3/4 c. water
1/4 c. vegetable oil


Heat sugar and water on stove until sugar is dissolved. Cool.
Mix in flour.
Mix in oil until smooth.
Use ring mold (I don't have one so I just use a regular microwavable bowl)
Microwave 6 minutes on high, 6 minutes on 75% and 6 minutes on 50%
Cool; sprinkle with sesame seeds

4 comments:

Betty Townsend said...

ok, excuse my ignorance, but what is gau? For being part Chinese I don't know alot of Chinese food stuff.

jalna said...

Ahahaha. I searched and searched online for a picture to show you, but I couldn't find one. It's kinda like Japanese mochi but brown in color. They usually make it at Chinese New Year time. If I get the chance, I'll try to make some soon.

Betty Townsend said...

ok, I think I know what it is. And if it is what I think it is, I never liked it. But then again, I'm not sure. Because it was probably small kid time when I last had it.

jalna said...

I agree, Betty, there's really not much to it. It's kinda just sticky and sweet, but when I was looking for pictures for this post I saw recipes for variations of it, some with coconut milk or even fried . . . sounded interesting.