Cooked Glutinous Rice Flour aka Gao Fen (糕粉)

INTRODUCTION

Gao Fen or cooked glutinous rice flour is a very important ingredient in Chinese pastry recipes.. It was used in many Chinese cakes or pastry that have sticky or gluey, interior fillings. In addition, it was also  used as

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Steamed Sago Cake–Kuih Bronok or Lapis Sagu(西米椰丝蒸糕,珍珠糕) 9
Steamed Sago Cake–Kuih Bronok or Lapis Sagu(西米椰丝蒸糕,珍珠糕)

INTRODUCTION

I have seen a kuih that looked rather similar with this kuih in Bengawan Solo made of sago balls.. It was called Sagu Melaka. Possibly such name was called because gula melaka was used in the middle layer and

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Kaya Muffins (加椰小松饼) 14
Kaya Muffins (加椰小松饼)

UPDATED POST ON 14 JUNE 2015

I have prepared another batch of kaya muffins using homemade caramel Hainanese kaya and the outcome is very good with the amended recipe as listed below. It is fluffier as expected.

INTRODUCTION

I do

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Kuih Pulut Inti (椰丝糯米糕)

INTRODUCTION

Most kuihs have the same recipe, it is a mix and match between “dough” and “fillings” and in fact, I only took a few photos of preparation as some recipes are overlapping.

I took my glutinous rice portion from

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Cheesy Pizza Buns (比萨餐包)

INTRODUCTION

I am unsure if this product is still available in Pizza Hut.. There is one pizza being sold by the restaurant  of which the crust was stuffed with lot of cheeses and that is how I get the inspiration

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Dim Sum Taro Dumplings or Yam Puff (芋头角) 18
Dim Sum Taro Dumplings or Yam Puff (芋头角)

INTRODUCTION

Those who like yam will like this dim sum item, some sweet barbecue pork being wrapped in a dough made of yam.. I love this item since young and surprisingly, this yam puff was not sold in the dim

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Mango Salad Appetizer or Kerabu Mangga (酸辣芒果开胃菜) 2
Mango Salad Appetizer or Kerabu Mangga (酸辣芒果开胃菜)

INTRODUCTION

Kerabu basically means salad in Malay.. Some fruits, vegetables or meats are mixed with a concoction of herbs and spices, tossed and served as an appetizer or salad.. It is very appetizing well liked by many families..

Though this

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Let’s Try To Have Homemade Cendol (珍多,煎律)

INTRODUCTION

I just came back from Melaka last night and this is the first recipe I am trying to prepare.. I have eaten lots of cendol when I was young .. It was a bit dark greenish shade, translucent and

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Penyaram, Pinjaram or Kue Cucur Gula Merah (UFO Kuih, Mexican Hats)

INTRODUCTION

This is a niche recipe, basically it is a recipe that is well liked by East Malaysians and Indonesians. In fact, some tourist bought this kuih as a souvenir when the visited Sarawak.

Apparently, there are a number of

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Taiwanese Pineapple Cake (台式凤梨酥)

INTRODUCTION

During my ex-job, I have my fair share of tasting many brands of Taiwanese Pineapple Cakes.. My Taiwanese clients, staffs, colleagues and bosses used to give us this rather uniquely Taiwanese gift to us.. 

In my humble opinion, it

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