Yam Paste with Gingko Nuts

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Orh Nee is the Teochew banquet dessert — the dish that closes wedding dinners, ancestral offerings and reunion meals across the Teochew diaspora.Steamed yam, mashed and folded unti l the paste turns glossy and silky enough to coat a spoon. Studded with gingko nuts, the bittersweet finish that marks a proper Teochew kitchen.Serve warm in small bowls at the end of a meal. A symbol of prosperity, sweetness and continuity — eaten slowly. Show more