HOW TO MAKE BUNUN MILLET CAKE (XIAOMI GAO)

How to Make Bunun Millet Cake (Xiaomi Gao) –this food is one of the staple food in some parts of Asia most especially in Taiwan that is where this Millet cake originated, specifically in the Bunun province and that is why it is named after that province. This is a traditional food of the Chinese as well since Taiwanese people came from China. Millet cake or Xiaomi Gao is similar to a traditional food in the Philippines- the Suman. They are both made from grains and also they are both wrapped in the banana leaves. This millet is like the glutinous rice, it is sticky and rich in calories and that is what this food is good for breakfast because it can help a worker through the morning because of the energy it gives. Here is how to make Bunun Millet Cake (Xiaomi Gao): 

INGREDIENTS

5 cups millet grits

Honey

Banana leaves (enough to wrap all the millet dough)

COOKING PROCEDURE

1. Soak Millet grits in the water for 1 hour.

2. In a pot, transfer the millet but not the water.

3. Add 3 ½ to 4 ½ cups of water depending on the texture of Millet. To make sure, just put 3 ½ cups of water at first then add little by little if needed.

4. Bring to a boil, lower the heat when boiling then check the water from time to time, add some water if needed until almost cooked.  

5. When almost cooked, remove excess water then cover the pot and let cook for 8 minutes in a low heat.

6. When cooked, let rest to cool down.

7. Using the mortar and pessel, pound the cooked millet until become dough.

8. Heat the banana leaves in an open flame to harden it so that it won’t break when wrapping the millet dough. Just be careful not to burn it.

9. Wrap the millet dough with leaves to form like a log.  

10. Fold both ends of the leaves to seal it.

11. Steam the millet logs for 10 minutes.

12. And serve with honey

HOW TO MAKE BUNUN MILLET CAKE (XIAOMI GAO)

HOW TO MAKE BIG SAUSAGE WRAPPING SMALL SAUSAGE (DACHANG BAO XIAOCHANG)

How to Make Big Sausage Wrapping Small Sausage (Dachang Bao Xiaochang) –this street food is very popular in the Asian cities like Shanghai, Bangkok and especially in Taipei. It is not actually pure sausage because the big sausage mentioned in the title is glutinous rice dough formed to look like a sausage. I have eaten many versions of this food and I liked them all. This street food is good for breakfast and for snack as well because it is packed with carbohydrates which can help us energize to have strength for the morning work and also to keep us up for extra activities. There are many ways to prepare it so I picked one that is easy to cook without losing the taste of glutinous rice and pork sausage. In this recipe I am going to share with you, you can replace the peanut powder with any cheese you like. Here is how to make Big Sausage Wrapping Small Sausage (Dachang Bao Xiaochang):   

INGREDIENTS

3 cups of ground glutinous rice (steamed)

4 pieces pork sausage, fried (baboy sausage)

4 tablespoon peanut powder (or cheese)

1 medium size cucumber (cut into thin strips)

Hot chili sauce

COOKING PROCEDURE

1. Make a roll of the glutinous rice to form a sausage like shape. 

2. Cut a slit in the middle of every rice sausage.

3. Put the fried pork sausage inside the rice sausage together with cucumber strips and peanut powder.

4. Grill the sausage for 10-20 minutes or until the rice sausage turned brown.

5. Put some Chili sauce on the pork sausage and serve.

HOW TO MAKE BIG SAUSAGE WRAPPING SMALL SAUSAGE (DACHANG BAO XIAOCHANG)

HOW TO COOK TAIWANESE MINCED PORK OVER RICE (LO BA BUNG BABOY)

How to Cook Taiwanese Minced Pork over Rice (Lo Ba Bung Baboy) –this dish is not far different from what we usually order in the fastfood chains. It is the usual pork and rice dish but this Lo La Bung thing is the Taiwanese way of cooking this dish and we are going to use ingredients that are not usual for minced pork and rice thing. It is not hard to cook and it is very simple like how it sounds. I have seen many versions of minced pork and rice like the bopis of the Philippines and a lot more and most of them come from Asian countries so I think the Asian people are the best for this kind of recipe. Here is how to cook Taiwanese Minced Pork over Rice (Lo Ba Bung Baboy):

INGREDIENTS

2 lbs pork (ground)

1 cup low sodium soy sauce

½ cup sugarcane vinegar

½ cup hot or warm water

4 tablespoon brown sugar

4 tablespoon oil

2 cinnamon stick

4 star anise

1 medium size onion (minced)

4 cloves garlic (minced)

6 cups rice (cooked)

COOKING PROCEDURE

1. Ina bowl, mix together soy sauce, sugar, water and sugarcane vinegar. Mix well.

2. In a pan, heat the oil and saute garlic, star anise, cinnamon and onion until the garlic turns brown.

3. In the same pan, add the pork and stir-fry until brown.

4. Add the sauce mixture, stir and simmer for five minutes

5. Put rice in serving bowls and top with the ground pork.

6. And serve.

HOW TO COOK TAIWANESE MINCED PORK OVER RICE (LO BA BUNG BABOY)