Lo mai gai

Chinese
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Lo mai gai (Cantonese) Nuo mi ji (Mandarin), also called steamed chicken in lotus leaf wrap, or glutinous rice in lotus leaf wrap, is a kind of southern Chinese food. It contains glutinous rice filled with chicken, Chinese mushrooms, Chinese sausage and sometimes dried shrimp. The ball of rice is then wrapped in a dried lotus leaf and steamed. In North America, banana, lily, or grape leaves may be used instead. It is often served as a dim sum at tea houses.

In Malaysia and Singapore, there are two variants of "lo mai gai". The first is the original Cantonese version and the other a takeaway style served at coffee shops and speciality local "dim sum" shops. The takeaway style has glutinous rice served with chicken and are usually made by companies such as "Kong Guan".

Variant

Sometimes "lo mai gai" is divided into smaller wraps, which are known as "chun chu gai" (literally pearly chicken; in Chinese, "pearly" means "tiny" or "mini").

Some restaurants use ground pork instead of chicken.

Due to the flexibility of the lotus leaf, Lo mai gai is typically wrapped to form a square. Zongzi is wrapped using bamboo leaves into a triangular shape.

ee also

*Zongzi
*Bánh tẻ
*Bánh tét
*Bánh chưng
*Lotus leaf wrap
*Tamale
*Pamonha
*Pasteles
*Hallaca
*Corunda