Leafless Nonya Zhang

700g glutinuous rice
40 pieces blue pea flower

7 shallots
2 tbsp garlic
1/2C oil

7 tbsp coriander powder
170 ml water

450g pork belly / semi lean pork
150g winter melon
25g dried mushroom

Seasoning:
3 tsp pepper
6 tsp sugar
2 tbsp dark soya sauce
2 tbsp light sauce sauce
3 tsp salt

1) Soak rice and dried mushroom overnight, with 1/3 in separate bowl with blue pea flower
2) Steam rice for 40 minutes
3) At 20 minutes, add some mushroom water and stir
4) Set aside


1) Chop shallots and garlic finely
2) Dissolve coriander powder in water to form paste
3) Dice pork, mushroom and melon
4) Heat oil in pan and add shallots and garlic
5) Add mushroom
6) Add pork
7) Add seasoning
8) Add winter melon
9) Add coriander powder paste
10) Cook until liquid has reduced but not too dry

1) Use a 6cm glass bowl, line bottom with 1 layer of purple glutinous rice
2) Add a layer of cooked pork mixture
3) Add a layer of no-colour glutinous rice
4) Repeat to make 6 glass bowl servings
5) Steam for 30 minutes
6) Serve