Asia Album: Nyonya rice dumplings at home museum in Singapore-Xinhua
Asia Album: Nyonya rice dumplings at home museum in Singapore
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-05-21 10:33:17
Nyonya Cheryl Yapp shows Nyonya rice dumplings at the Intan, a peranakan heritage home museum in Singapore on May 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)
SINGAPORE, May 21 (Xinhua) -- With the Nyonya's skillful handling, a delicious and beautiful blue Nyonya rice dumpling soon takes shape at the Intan, a Peranakan heritage home museum in Singapore.
The use of blue glutinous rice is a highlight of this delicacy, dyed using natural pigments extracted from butterfly pea flowers. The Nyonya dumplings showcased at the Intan feature a filling made from stir-fried winter melon strips and minced pork marinated with spices, all wrapped in pandan leaves and bamboo leaves.
Female descendants of Chinese immigrants who intermarried with local Malays are called "Nyonya."
Nyonya Cheryl Yapp makes Nyonya rice dumplings at the Intan, a peranakan heritage home museum in Singapore on May 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)Nyonya Cheryl Yapp makes Nyonya rice dumplings at the Intan, a peranakan heritage home museum in Singapore on May 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)This photo shows Nyonya rice dumplings at the Intan, a peranakan heritage home museum in Singapore on May 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)This photo shows the butterfly pea flowers and dyed glutinous rice, which are ingredients for making Nyonya rice dumplings, at the Intan, a peranakan heritage home museum in Singapore on May 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)■
