Peen tong is used as an ingredient in desserts, sauces and sweet soups.[1]Peen tong is sometimes used as an ingredient in nian gao, whereby the slab of peen tong is scraped and the resultant shavings are used in the dish.[3][6][5] Another method for its use in nian gao is to dissolve the peen tong in water, which is less time-consuming compared to scraping it.[3][6] It is used as an ingredient in jiandui (
Chinese: 煎堆;
pinyin: jiānduī;
Cantonese Yale: jīndēui), a
sesame ball prepared using glutinous rice flour.[7]Peen tong is also used in haptou wu (
Chinese: 合桃糊;
pinyin: hétáo hú;
Jyutping: hap6 tou4 wu2;
Cantonese Yale: hahptòu wú), a sweet Chinese
walnut soup.[8]