Happy Dragon Year 龙年愉快 - Tang Yuen 汤圆

祝大家，

龙年行大运 - 龙年乐融融- 龙马精神- 龙心大悦 - 龙体康泰 - 龙腾运来 - 龙年吉祥 - 龙飞凤舞- 龙腾虎跃- 龙耀凤鸣 - 生龙活虎 - 龙凤呈祥！！！！！！！！！

Egg Tarts 港式蛋塔

Puff Pastry Snack 酥皮点心

NianGao 传统椰汁年糕

Pak Thong Koh 港式白糖糕

Kuih Ketayap - Kuih Dadar - Kuih Gulung - 娘惹香椰丝薄饼

Kuih Lapis 娘惹九层糕

Beggar Chicken 叫化鸡 - 乞丐鸡

Water Cheastnut Pudding 马蹄糕

Wantan vs Wantan Noodle 云吞 - 馄饨

Kuih Kosui & Kuih Lompang 马来哥瑞糕

Kids Char Siew Pau 自制叉烧包

Bak Chang & Kee Chang 肉粽 和 碱粽

Happy DragonBoat Festival to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!! Again, we celebrate 端午节 again. Here you are my first time kee chang- alkaline dumpling and my 5th edition of bak chang. Today is DuanWu Festival ( DragonBoat Festival) according to 5th of fifth lunar calender. There is a lots of types rice dumpling which northen rice dumpling usually in longer shape and be steamed. Southern rice dumplings are usually wrapped in triangle shape or pillow-shaped in hong kong. There are sweetend rice dumpling, savoury rice dumpling, alkaline rice dumpling, nyonya rice dumpling, hakka dumpling (glutinous rice flour paste with preserved radish and meat filling) etc. I have been craving kee chang for more than 10 years, this year I finally made it. Eventhough I haven't use borax but I stuffed it tightly-not losely and it come out chewy and nice. Happy with the result and dipped with palm sugar syrup.Yummy.....

Source for kee chang (Alkaline Rice Dumpling) : Kuali, Eupho Cafe

Ingredients :

500g glutinous rice ( soak overnight and drained)
3 tsp alkaline water - lye water - kan sui
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp yellow colouring
water to boil
bamboo leaves, strings ( washed, soaked overnight)

Methods:

1. Mix drained soaked glutinous rice with alkaline water, clouring and oil. Leave for 1 hour.
2. Fold 2 bamboo leaves into cone shape and filled with marinated glutinous rice. Wrap tightly and bind it with sting.
3. Boiled for 2 hours and served! Bon Appetite!!!!!!

Notes:

1. I didn't used borax as it's harmful to our health. I recognise that without using borax but wrap kee chang tightly will bring you the same texture.
2. I did wrap tightly my alkaline dumpling beacause it taste likes traditionale one with chewy bite. If you prefer soft kee chang, please bind it loosely.
3. I served it with palm sugar syrup ( cook palm sugar + water + pandan leaves till thick )
4. Please wear hand cloves to mix you alkaline water with glutinous rice.
5. Good Luck !!!!!!!!!!

愛是不保留 Unreserved Love

原來是耶穌

我们爱让世界不一样 we will love (we will make a difference)

Siew Yuk, Crispy Roast Pork Belly, 广式烧肉

Peking Duck - 北京烤鸭

Peking Duck is a world wide famous roasted duck which you can order it in chinese restaurant. It can be eaten by 3 ways --- First - Sliced thinly the crispy roasted duck and eaten with mandarin pancakes, hoisin sauce, juliened cucumber and scallions.
Second - The rest of the duck meat would be stir fry with some preserved vegetable. Third - the bones would be cooked for soup.

苍蝇头 Taiwanese style stir fry chive

苍蝇头 - Stir fry "Flies Head" is a populair sichuan and taiwanese dish. It is stir fry chive in sichuan style. It named to be 'flies head'because it has been dice and seem likes flies head. HAhhahah... funny but tasty!

Kisir, Turkish Salad 土儿其 沙拉

Kısır is a popular, modern and traditional Turkish salad - side dish made from fine bulgur, parsley, and tomato paste. The main ingredient --- bulgur, is a cereal food generally made from parboiled finely grounded durum wheat (don't confuse with couscous). It is also includes parsley,mint, tomato paste, onion, garlic (in some regions), sour pomegranate juice (in southern regions of Turkey) or lemon, lettuce leaves, cucumber, and spices likes black pepper, cumin, paprika powder. It has a reddish color due to tomato paste and paprika puree or paprika powder. It can be eaten cold or as a side dish. We love kisir a lots and it is easy to prepare by yourself too!

Pandan Chiffon Cake 南洋班兰威风蛋糕

My family loves chiffon cake especially pandan flavour. This time I experimented it with using milk and normal plain flour. It taste still very nice, just can't get the smooth surface. Conclusion is using cake flour- low protein flour for the best result. Using fresh milk in stead of coconut milk will lack of aroma of coconut milk but you will get lighter flavour.

Pandan Chiffon Cake - I inverted it immediately after removing from oven to prevent collapsing

Pandan Chiffon Cake after 1 hour.

Pandan Chiffon Cake

French Bread Feast 法式硬面包

French Bread with garlic butter

Wholemeal french bread

French bread

Marrokanse Bread 摩勒哥面包

Chinese Crispy Roasted Pork Belly 烧肉

Chinese crispy roasted pork belly or known as 燒肉, siu yoke(cantonese) or siow bak (hokkien) is a famous dish among chinese food, it taste a bit salty, fulled of aromas, the chruncy crispy bite and moistened meat, the most important is you won't prove the fattiness belly but nice textures. In Holland , dutch called it babi pangang spek which a bit modereated flavour in surinames/chinese/indonesian snackbar.
Finally, I get a good recipes for chinese roasted pork belly. My husband and my kids loved it so much, we will order this whenever we go to chinese restaurant. This is absolutely a nice recipes which we enjoyed it so much.

Source : Rasa Malaysia

Mooncakes 月饼

Sorry for so long didn't update my blog. Thanks to Sandra who is never stop encouraging me and also other bloggers. I appreciate it a lots. Here are my homemade mooncake during mooncake festival.



Golden Syrup + Alkaline water

Mooncakes and piglets

Snowskin mooncakes

Dearest Grandma - Until we meet again.....

Dear bloggers,
I will be unable to be here for awhile as I am just lose my dearest grandma. It is painful and hurt which no words would describe the feeling. I have difficulty to accept this cruel fate as I love her very much. I knew I need to face this day but I can't. I wonder why?Cruel cruel cruel........

Baby French Bread 迷你法实硬面包