“Literally means "glutenous rice roll". It's glutenous rice filled with various filling wrapped up in a lotus wrap. At most dim sum places, it's served filled with diced up chicken. …”
Lo mai gai, pronounced in Cantonese speaking regions or Nuo mi ji pronounced in Mandarin speaking regions, is a classic dim sum dish served during yum cha hours. The dish is also called steamed chicken in lotus leaf wrap or steamed glutinous rice in lotus leaf wrap.
Lo mai gai is mostly a southern Chinese food. It contains glutinous rice filled with chicken, Chinese mushrooms, Chinese sausage, scallions and sometimes dried shrimp. The ball of rice is then wrapped in a dried lotus leaf and steamed. In North America, banana, lily, or grape leaves may be used instead.
In Malaysia and Singapore, there are two variants of lor mai gai. The first is the original Cantonese version and the other a takeaway style served at coffee shops and speciality local dim sum shops. The takeaway style has glutinous rice served with chicken and are usually made by companies such as Kong Guan.