Steamed glutinous rice cakes with sweet stuffing (Aiwowo)

Update: July 10, 2021

Aiwowo are balls of steamed sticky rice filled with sugar, sesame, melon seeds, apricots, plums, and Chinese hawthorn. They are white like a snowball and legend has it these delightful treats were originally created in honor of the Fragrant Concubine, the Qianlong Emperor’s consort.

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