Chawan Auspicious Harmonious Bun aka Ho Hup Bao (诏安 和合包)

INTRODUCTION

I bet you have never seen bun with such an unique shape. It is another type of lotus leaves bun. I have been holding this recipe for quite a while. The time when I was given the recipe, I

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Putu Mayam aka Putu Mayang aka Idiyappam (இடியாப்ப‌ம்)

INTRODUCTION

“Putu mayam in Malay or Idiyappam (இடியாப்ப‌ம்) in Tamil is a Tamil dish from southern India. It is popular in southern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The process for making putu mayam

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Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting (咸焦糖奶酪糖霜)

INTRODUCTION

For my girl’s birthday, instead of a normal birthday cake, she requested a small cupcake with a candle. ..I cracked my head and come out this recipe. Knowing that my girl like salted caramel, I have decided to churn

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Crystal Bao With Milk Custard Filling (奶皇水晶包)

INTRODUCTION

This post has been with me for quite a while but did not find time to share the recipe. Since I have family commitment these few weeks and unable to develop new recipes, I therefore  retrieve from the recipe

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Traditional Sesame Mung Bean Cake (古早味麻油绿豆糕)

INTRODUCTION

In Singapore and Malaysia, we all know of a Chinese New Year cookies, lek tao Ko or mung bean cookies.. If you are interested, you can refer to this post: An Old School Of Snow White Cookies–Mung Bean Cookies

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Hong Kong Dim Sum Treats – Water Chestnut Cake (马蹄糕)

INTRODUCTION

“Water chestnut cake (simplified Chinese: 马蹄糕; traditional Chinese: 馬蹄糕; Jyutping: maa5 tai4 gou1) is a sweet Cantonese dim sum dish made of shredded Chinese water chestnut. When served during dim sum the cake is usually

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Homemade Mixed Nuts Nougats (杂仁牛扎糖)

Update on 28-11-2016

I have prepared a batch of Christmassy nougats with homemade marshmallows. I confirmed that homemade marshmallows can be used and since i have already tone down the sweetness of homemade marshmallows, as such this batch of nougats

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Mango Sago Pomelo Dessert (杨枝甘露)

INTRODUCTION

I have long wanted to blog this but never took the initiative. Another reason is because there are already tons of recipe in the internet be it in Chinese and English websites.  Since I have some pomelo and mango

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Deep Fried Niangao (酥脆炸年糕)

INTRODUCTION

After joining Facebook, I realized there are many ways of eating niangao but I am used to deep frying niangao or pan fried niangao with eggs. Some ate by using a spoon to scoop out the sticky soft niangao

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Agar Agar Sweets (燕菜糖)

INTRODUCTION

I asked my boy to try this traditional agar agar sweets, he refused citing that there is too much colouring. I was stunned and to a certain extent, Singapore education system is a success. I presumed he learned from

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