Moh Nuo Suo

Moh Nuo Suo

　　Moh Nuo Suo is a type of sticky rice cake made from tung flower powder and glutinous rice flour. It is typically prepared during the Dai New Year, equivalent to the Lunar New Year cake (niangao) in Han Chinese culture. The preparation involves drying and grinding tung flowers into a fine powder, soaking and grinding glutinous rice into a fine paste, then pressing it into dry slurry. The tung flower powder is then mixed with the glutinous rice slurry, brown sugar, sesame seeds, peanuts, and other ingredients, which are then individually wrapped in banana leaves into small rectangular packages and finally steamed in a steamer until cooked. This cake has a sweet and delicious taste. (Xishuangbanna)