Kei Lum Chan and Diora Fong Chan

Very popular in South China to serve to the guests as a snack during the Chinese New Year. It is so named because the round dough balls, when deep fried, will crack open like someone laughing. It carries a meaning of being able to laugh throughout the year.

Ingredients

Ingredients

Ingredients

People serve many kinds of cookies and candies to guests on Chinese New Year. Walnut cookies are often included.

Pot stickers, known as jiaozi in China, are a kind of meat or vegetable-filled dumpling, commonly eaten across Asia.

The sound of the Chinese word for fish is similar to the word that means having extras or leftovers. This dish is a must for Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner.  Having the fish means that the family has so much that there is enough as leftover for the next year.