Chinese Festival Recipes: Traditional Tangyuan aka Glutinous Rice Balls (古早味汤圆)

Updated post on 9-12-2016

I have decided update some new pictures to the post since I issued the post 3 years ago. Note that 2016 winter solstice falls on 21st December 2016 

INTRODUCTION

Winter Solstice Festival is a few days

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Chinese Dessert Recipe: Black Sesame Seeds Tangyuan (擂沙汤圆 , 黑羊酥汤圆)

INTRODUCTION

I really loves this dessert.. It is not my creation but a very common dessert in Shanghai and Ningbo. It has a very smooth black sesame filling that will flow out of the tangyuan. In the Ningbo area, it

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Classic Chinese Snack Recipes: 5 Spice Chinese Tea Eggs (五香茶叶蛋)

INTRODUCTION

“Tea egg is a typical Chinese savory food commonly sold as a snack, in which a boiled egg is cracked and then boiled again in tea, sauce and/or spices. It is also known as marble egg because cracks in

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Chinese Glutinous Rice Sausage (糯米肠)

INTRODUCTION

All these while, I knew there is such a glutinous rice roll but I have never tasted it before. I knew traditionally, it was prepared using pig intestines and I do not think I will attempt to try it

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Classic Christmas Recipe: Minced Fruit Pies (圣诞杂果馅饼)

“A mince pie is a fruit-based sweet pie of British origin that is traditionally served during the Christmas season in the English-speaking world. Its ingredients are traceable to the 13th century, when returning European crusaders brought with them Middle

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Roti Pratha Sausage Rolls (香肠脆卷)

INTRODUCTION

“A sausage roll is a British savoury pastry snack, popular in Commonwealth nations and beyond. They are sold at retail outlets and are also available from bakeries as a take-away food. A miniature version can be served as buffet

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Dim Sum Series : Savoury Deep Fried Dumpling aka Ham Sui Gok (咸水饺/咸水角)

INTRODUCTION

I made a very serious mistake in this recipe.. Nothing wrong with the recipe, it is delicious and the whole family like the snack but I did not take the images immediately. It looks fluffy and appetizing when it

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Chinese Style of Deep Frying Peanuts (油炸酥脆花生)

INTRODUCTION

Deep fried peanuts sounds simple, it is just peanuts deep fried in some oil so as to get cooked and crispy peanuts.. But I have failed for the first time because I prepared this without any pointers. I prepared

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Pandan Tapioca Pancake or Pan Fried Tapioca Cake aka Kuih Ubi Kayu Lempeng (香兰木薯煎糕)

INTRODUCTION

This is a long overdue recipe. I remembered 2 years ago, some readers has been asking me for the recipe.

I do not know the name of this pancake and I now nothing about them. I have bought from

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Japanese Style Tall and Fluffy Pancake (日式厚班戟 厚いパンケーキ)

INTRODUCTION

I do not know when I get to know this thick pancake but I remember it is quite trendy nowadays in Japan. Google the Japanese name “厚いパンケーキ” will produce lots of beautiful attractive pancakes.  Looking at the thick and

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