Duan Wu Jie or Rice Dumpling Festival
falls on 5th day of 5th Month the chinese calendar..

 

When the date is near, a lot of sister, mother and even grandmother busy
cooking and wrapping Rice Dumpling or ZongZi (Mandarin) or Bak Chang (Hockien) 
that are made from glutinous rice, roast pork, dried prawn, salted egg,
mushroom and etc.

 

Do you know how long it take to make Bak Chang?
The whole process  actually can take up to days depend on your recipe.

 

Cooking alone already took 4 – 8 hours
and that HAVEN include
- Cutting
- Frying
- Wrapping

 

Some even marinate their ingredients days before they cook!!

 

FUH… LABOUR of LOVE indeed!!  (♥.♥)
If you receive from someone who make them self,
Remember to appreciate and say Thank You  

 

Yesh..
Nowadays you can get Bak Chang from everywhere but
Home-Made always GEH LIAO(Extra Ingrediants)
EXTRA Bak (Pork)
EXTRA Salted Eggs
EXTRA Chestnuts
Whatever want EXTRA also can EXTRA   
Outside also can EXTRA just GEH LOOI (EXTRA $$)  XD

 

I’m very fortunate to have Mr B Mama make for me every year ♥
Mine EXTRA Special a bit as I cannot consume Glutinous rice as
my digestive system is not good and seafood alergy.. ^^”

 

Therefore..
She make Healthy and Seafood-free version for moi ♥
NO dried prawn
NO glutinous rice

 

YESH.. No Glutinous Rice!

 

She make using

 

Thai Red Rice!!
Something like brown rice but better..

 

 

Red / Brown Rice Dumplings

 

 

YESH.. She gave me this much!! 
My whole week supply ^^

 

 

Yummy and Worry Free Red Rice Dumpling

 

 

My boss wife gave me a few too..
Hers is the traditional Glutinous Dumpling..

 

Though I can’t consume much..
Just ate 1/4 of it..
The rest I feed my sis and she love it.. =)

 

 

Red Rice Dumpling VS Glutinous Rice Dumpling

 

 

Glutinous Rice VS Red Rice

 

 

Each Bak Chang is made with Tender, Loving, Care  ^^
Ahhh… Love..

 

 

Here are the people who make sure my life is full with L♥Ve

 

Mr B and Mr B Mama..

 

 

I may not have Mother, Aunty or Grandmother who make Bak Chang
but
I have many others who ♥ me enough
to give me some..  

 

 

I know,

I’m blessed.. ^^

 

 

 

Happy Rice Dumpling Festival 2010 ^^

 

 

 

Have you had your Bak Chang yet?