凉糕 (liánggāo) · cold rice cake, chilled jelly cake

Measure Word

一块凉糕 kuài

Meanings

1 cold rice cake
2 chilled jelly cake

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About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 甜品 Dessert

A soft white jelly made from rice, cut into cubes and served chilled under brown sugar syrup, sometimes with crushed peanuts or sweet fermented rice. A Sichuan summer dessert; elsewhere the name covers other cold sweet cakes.

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Examples

HSK 7-9

夏天吃一块冰镇凉糕特别解暑。

Xiàtiān chī yí kuài bīngzhèn liánggāo tèbié jiěshǔ.

Eating a piece of chilled liang gao in summer is especially cooling.

HSK 7-9

宜宾凉糕淋上红糖水，甜而不腻。

Yíbīn liánggāo lín shàng hóngtáng shuǐ, tián ér bú nì.

Yibin liang gao drizzled with brown sugar syrup is sweet but not cloying.

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culture

A summer snack common across Sichuan and other regions. Rice or pea starch is cooked into a soft jelly, chilled, and served with brown sugar syrup or fruit. Yibin's version with well water is especially famous.