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Zongzi (or zong) (Chinese: 粽子) is a traditional Chinese food, made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. They are cooked by steaming or boiling. They are known in Japanese as chimaki. Laotians, Thais, and Cambodians (known as Nom Asom) also have similar traditional dishes. In the Western world, they are also known as rice dumplings or Chinese tamales[citation needed]. In Indonesia, it's known as bakcang or bacang (肉粽). A word 'bakcang' itself is derived from Hokkien, a Chinese dialect that is common to be used among Indonesian-Chinese beside Mandarin. Among the Filipino-Chinese people in the Philippines, zongzi is more popularly known as machang (Chinese: 肉粽; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-tsàng) in the Lan-nang dialect.

Lo mai gai


Lo mai gai, pronounced in Cantonese speaking regions or Nuo mi ji pronounced in Mandarin speaking regions, is a classic dim sum dish served during yum cha hours.[1] The dish is also called steamed chicken in lotus leaf wrap or steamed glutinous rice in lotus leaf wrap.[1]




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1 Description

2 Variant

3 Gallery

4 See also

5 References



[edit] Description

Lo mai gai is mostly a southern Chinese food. It contains glutinous rice filled with chicken, Chinese mushrooms, Chinese sausage, scallions and sometimes dried shrimp.[1] The ball of rice is then wrapped in a dried lotus leaf and steamed.[1] In North America, banana, lily, or grape leaves may be used instead.



In Malaysia and Singapore, there are two variants of lo mai gai. The first is the original Cantonese version and the other a takeaway style served at coffee shops and speciality local dim sum shops. The takeaway style has glutinous rice served with chicken and are usually made by companies such as Kong Guan.



[edit] Variant

Sometimes lo mai gai is divided into smaller wraps, which are known as chun zhu gai (珍珠雞) literally meaning "pearly chicken" in Chinese.



Due to the flexibility of the lotus leaf, Lo mai gai is typically wrapped to form a rectangular parcel. Zongzi is wrapped using bamboo leaves into a triangular based pyramid (tetrahedron).



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