Chipa

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>From u800911@Oz.nthu.edu.tw Fri Sep 15 09:59:17 1995

Chipa is a kind of traditional Hakka food made from cooked 
sticky rice (nuo4-mi3) smashed in a container (like a big vessel made of 
stone). using a stony stick (like a small baseball bat). Of course this is 
the traditional way as I know. Peanut powder is used for favour, and for
separating those sticky pieces as well. Sometimes sandy candy (?) (
sha1-tang2) or honey is used instead or simultaneously. This is one of my 
favourite food!
It's Hakka name is "Chi-pa" (try Hanyu Pinyin "qi3-ba2" for Si-Yen
(si4-xian4) dialect, and "qi1-ba4" for Hoi-Liuk (hai3-lu4) dialect). In
Taiwan, the Hohlo people (Min3nan2ren2) call it "Mua-ji". In Mandarin as
spoken here, it is called "ma2-shu3". 
Correct me if I should be wrong. 
   

-- 
Han-Chun Huang  6@:~'g  ~{;F::>}~}  

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>From davidwu@uclink.berkeley.edu Fri Sep 15 21:03:32 1995
Subject: Re: Hakka BDay Party
> jzhou01@mail.coin.missouri.edu writes:
> it is sweet. Anyone else has it in their birthday party?

Regarding Chi-Ba (or Nua-Ji in Taiwanese, or Ma-Su in Mand.),
to me, yup, it's absolutly a hakka desert when served with peanut
powders!  It's usually served in New Years festival and other occasions.
The way to make it isn't too hard also..

Traditionally, it's steamed from home grinded rice/water mixture,.
but now,. one could prepare it by

1. mixing gelitin rice powder w/ water into a paste..
   flows a little, but not liquish..
   2. then steam it in a rice cooker.. then.. it's done!
   3. traditionally., we serve it hot.,

   if you add brown suger, and a little less water., then it becomes sweet
   year cake, if you add some cooked red beans,. then it becomes red beans
   year cake~~

   to be a little fancier, wait till the sticky thing gets cold., then
   you could make it like a dumpling with red beans paste as fillings..
   (note, use rice powder on your hand and surface you work on to avoid the
   stickiness) this would be a little Japanese style? hmm., but rice is not
   the main traditional grain in Japan?... whatever... :b

   get it?

   allright :)

   Dav.