Lo mai gai (), literally "glutinous rice chicken", is a classic
dim sum dish served during
yum cha
''Yum cha'' is the Cantonese tradition of brunch involving Chinese tea and ''dim sum.'' The practice is popular in Cantonese-speaking regions, including Guangdong province, Guangxi province, Hong Kong, and Macau. It is also carried out in other ...
.
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Description
Lo mai gai is mostly a
southern Chinese food. It contains glutinous rice filled with chicken,
Chinese mushrooms,
Chinese sausage
Chinese sausage is a generic term referring to the many different types of sausages originating in China. The southern flavor of Chinese sausage is commonly known by its Cantonese name (or ) ().
Varieties
There is a choice of fatty or lean s ...
,
scallion
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s, and sometimes dried
shrimp or salted egg.
[
] The ball of rice is then wrapped in a dried
lotus leaf and steamed.
In
North America,
banana or
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus '' Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years a ...
leaves may be used instead.
Gallery
Image:Lo mai gai takeaway style.jpg, The takeaway style of lo mai gai (usually served in a small bowl)
File:Machangjf.JPG, Machang (zongzi
''Zongzi'' (; ), ''rouzong'' () or simply ''zong'' (Cantonese Jyutping: ''zung2'') is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves (generally of the species ''Indocalamus t ...
or ma-chang 肉粽, a variant of lo mai gai shaped in a triangular pattern
See also
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Bánh chưng
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Bánh tét
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Bánh tẻ
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Chinese sticky rice
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Corunda
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Hallaca
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Pamonha
Pamonha () is a traditional Brazilian food. It is a boiled paste made from sweet corn whisked in coconut milk, typically served wrapped in corn husks.
See also
* Bollos (Panamanian cuisine)
*Chimaki, from Japan
* Humita
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Pasteles
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Suman
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Tamale
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Zongzi
''Zongzi'' (; ), ''rouzong'' () or simply ''zong'' (Cantonese Jyutping: ''zung2'') is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves (generally of the species ''Indocalamus t ...
Notes
References
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Dim sum
Cantonese cuisine
Cantonese words and phrases
Hong Kong cuisine
Glutinous rice dishes
Singaporean cuisine