One of my favorite desserts. This one is made with sticky rice, dates, red bean and banana leaves. Every year at the Chinese autumn festival, everyone celebrates by making these delicious desserts. Here in North America though, this is probably one of those exotic desserts that you can purchase for $5 a piece.
While some people think the procedures to make them is quite complicated, Chef Jiang is actually a super expert at making this special dessert and has invented her very own method for preparing the sticky rice stuffing and wrapping the banana leaves.
Do you have the courage the give this recipe a try?
Below is a list of ingredients you will need:
-Sticky rice (they come in bags and are available in most Asian supermarkets)
-Dates (Dried ones come in bags, again, easily found in Asian supermarkets)
-Red Bean Paste (I've seen prepared red bean paste in supermarkets before, although the Chef makes them from dried beans, take a look in the Dessert section for the recipe on Sweet Red Bean Paste)
-Banana Leaves (Dried banana leaves come in batches, they may be hard to get and may be available only during certain seasons)
Good luck gathering the ingredients, Chef Jiang will be posting up the recipe procedures here shortly. Stay tuned!