Lor Mai Chi

Alternative names	Lo mai chi; glutinous rice ball dessert; coconut coated mochi-like snack
Pinyin	Nuòmǐ cí
Type	Glutinous rice dessert
Course	Dessert / snack
Place of origin	China
Region or state	Guangdong / Hong Kong (Cantonese)
Other	Chewy glutinous rice balls coated in coconut, often with peanut or red-bean filling

Lor Mai Chi (Simplified/Traditional Chinese: 糯米糍; Pinyin: Nuòmǐ cí; Cantonese: lo mái chì) are soft glutinous-rice dessert balls rolled in coconut, commonly filled with crushed peanut sugar or sweet bean paste—a Cantonese sweet on Dim Sum and bakery shelves in Guangdong and Hong Kong.

Characteristics

Texture is stretchy and sticky like mochi; exterior is snowy with coconut. Served cold or room temperature.

Ingredients (overview)

Glutinous rice flour, sugar, coconut shreds, peanut or red-bean filling, optional milk. Related to but not identical to Japanese mochi or Tangyuan soup dumplings.

History and culture

Cantonese sweet / dim-sum adjacent snack on Hong Kong Food and Chinese Rice Snack, distinct from savory Lo Mai Gai (sticky rice in lotus leaf).

Serving and variations

Dessert plate or takeaway box. See Dim Sum, Tangyuan, and Lo Mai Gai.

References

English Wikipedia