Mini sticky rice cakes sweeten Lunar New Year celebrations

Gen Z micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) entrepreneur Sania Winoto packages her homemade mini sticky rice cakes, known as nian gao, at the Banana Leaf production kitchen in Malang, East Java, on Friday (Feb. 13, 2026). The 29-year-old seasonal food business owner capitalizes on the Lunar New Year momentum by producing bite-sized sticky rice cakes, with demand over the past two weeks reaching about 300 boxes and daily production ranging from 30 to 50 boxes. Each box contains 25 mini cakes and is sold to customers in various cities for Rp50.000–Rp60.000 (US$3.20–US$3.85), depending on flavor variants. ANTARA FOTO/Ari Bowo Sucipto/foc/M052

Gen Z micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) entrepreneur Sania Winoto packages her homemade mini sticky rice cakes, known as nian gao, at the Banana Leaf production kitchen in Malang, East Java, on Friday (Feb. 13, 2026). The 29-year-old seasonal food business owner capitalizes on the Lunar New Year momentum by producing bite-sized sticky rice cakes, with demand over the past two weeks reaching about 300 boxes and daily production ranging from 30 to 50 boxes. Each box contains 25 mini cakes and is sold to customers in various cities for Rp50.000–Rp60.000 (US$3.20–US$3.85), depending on flavor variants. ANTARA FOTO/Ari Bowo Sucipto/foc/M052