Sticky Glutinous Cake(Nian Gao)

When coming to Chinese New Year, definitely we need to have nian gao at home for the good luck of the whole year. This year I'm make it myself to make it more luck. Not easy to get fresh banana leaves here and the price is high, then I'm replace with square foil container that I have it at home.(make it to round shape) 

Adapted from: Nasi Lemak Lover

Make 3 cakes
Glutinous Rice flour 500 gm
Water 500 ml
Sugar 600 gm
Cooking oil 2 tablespoon
Banana leaves - soften it by blanched in hot water
Steaming bowls (if using banana leaves)

Method: 

1. Line banana leaves on the steaming bowl.
2. Place the glutinous rice flour in a large bowl, mix in sugar (500 gm), oil and water. Stir the mixture till sugar dissolved.
3. In another pot, cook the balance sugar (100 gm) till became golden syrup.
4. Pour golden syrup into flour mixture, and the syrup will form into curd, don’t worry, continue stir until syrup dissolved in the mixture (Be careful when you pour the syrup, it will spill !)
5. Strain the mixture and pour the mixture in steaming bowl.
6. Steam cake over high flame for 1 hour, and turn to low flame for 4 hours. Make sure the water does not dry up, refill hot water from time to time.

Notes: 

The result steaming total 5 hours is can be kept in the fridge up to 6 months even no preservative is added..message from Nasi Lemak Lover.
But I'm just steam total 3 hours because I will finish it in between two weeks time. 
Depend how long you need to keep it then adjust the time of steaming.