Tikoy or Nián Gāo is a traditional Chinese New Year Dish made of sweetened glutinous rice flour. Chinese customs, and foods are naturally tailored by the Filipinos thus making it a piece of their own. This stemmed from the legends and beliefs of Chinese that eating sticky rice pudding brings luck.
The LEGEND
According to the legend, every house of Chinese have a Kitchen God known as Zaowang. He watches every family and tasked to deliver their overall outlook in life to God on the 23rd day of the last month of the year. But before Zaowang leaves the house, the family serves delectable foods for him to convey good news to God. However, there is a notion that tikoy is given to him to glue his mouth from declaring delinquent news.
The SUPERSTITION
In Chinese language "Nian" means sticky and year, on the other hand "gao" means cake and rising. Therefore, Nian Gao means "Moving Up Every Year." The final adjudication, TIKOY is believed to bring good fate and tight family bond.
Happy Chinese New Year!!
02/03/2011 1500
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