SINGAPORE, May 21 (Xinhua) -- With the Nyonya's skillful handling, a delicious and beautiful blue Nyonya rice dumpling soon takes shape at the Intan, a Peranakan heritage home museum in Singapore.
The use of blue glutinous rice is a highlight of this delicacy, dyed using natural pigments extracted from butterfly pea flowers. The Nyonya dumplings showcased at the Intan feature a filling made from stir-fried winter melon strips and minced pork marinated with spices, all wrapped in pandan leaves and bamboo leaves.
Female descendants of Chinese immigrants who intermarried with local Malays are called "Nyonya."
