Homemade Chinese Wheat Gluten 自製面筋

I have never thought of making this Chinese wheat gluten ( one of the ingredient use for vegetarian dish which is high in protein ) until recently learnt from my niece's MIL who is expert in making this Mian Jin 面筋 .

Homemade Ginger Candy 自制姜糖

My SIL's friend shared this recipe with her. A good homemade ginger candy use good Bentong ginger to make. Always nice to have warm or hot ginger drink especially when we are travelling in the cool weather's countries. What you need to do is just drop a cube inside the hot water, it will melt in hot water then you could enjoyed and warm your body quickly.

Homemade Yellow Glutinous Rice Wine 自制黄酒

I supposed many Chinese women know about Huang Jiu 黄酒 ,because we consume this wine during confinement time. During confinement time, our mother or grandmother will use this wine to cook with kampung chicken with a lot of Bentong ginger (to get rid of angin (wind) . Also add Mee Sua (rice flour vermicilli) with the chicken rice wine . Anyway i never feel this chicken rice wine tasted nice during confinement time, hahaha. Instead  it taste good during normal time.
I was thinking to learn from my mother of making this rice wine long time ago, finally i mange to record the recipe this time as this is a keeper for my future reference ( when my daughter or daughter-in-law deliver baby), hehehe..also some of you might want to learn.

Homemade pineapple jam 自制黄梨酱 ~喜气羊羊 2015

I just like to record here the step by step on how to homemade pineapple jam or filling for making pineapple tarts. My recipe is very simple which only have two ingredients, pineapple and sugar.

Homemade Prawn Crackers 自制虾饼~喜气羊羊 2015

When I was young, always seeing my mother made prawn crackers during CNY. My mother has been stopped making prawn crackers since last few years as she just bought from my auntie who selling prawn crackers. But after seeing my niece making her own prawn crackers, inspired me to make some. My first attempted was a success one, the taste just nice and full of prawn aroma.

Homemade red bean paste 自制红豆蓉馅料

Just like to record how to make red bean paste here. Normally i just make quick and easy version. Cook a pot of red bean soup, enjoy the soup and use the cooked red bean cook into red bean paste (add some sugar). This way you will have skin with the paste, sometime it taste a hint of bitterness from the skin. So this time i tried to make another method by removing the skin, and it taste really good. Furthermore, we can control the oil and sweetness when we homemade our red bean paste.

Dulce de leche 焦糖牛奶

I have heard about  DDL Dulce de leche ( you can learn more from here) long time ago but I can't try as it was not easy to obtain full cream condensed milk last time. Anyway, after I received the F&N full cream sweetened condensed milk , i immediately try to make DDL at home.

Homemade Chinese egg noodles 全蛋面 / 油面

I think I can't retire from blogging so soon ^_^,  because I still owe many recipes to my Instagram members. One of them is this Homemade Chinese egg noodles.

Puff Pastry with Homemade Blueberries jam 蓝莓果醬酥



I bought a pack of puff pastry few months back, but now I totally forgot what actually I was planning to make at that time. Before the pastry getting expired, I have to quickly use it. First I tried this puff pastry with homemade blueberries jam. And today I use it to make pork and fennel puff rolls (picture posted in my Instagram account).

Lemon Curd 柠檬酱

I never know this simple lemon curd can be so yummy. After I tasted a nice Lemon Meringue tart the other day, I was so impressed with this lemon curd. As usual, come back home, I made this Lemon Meringue tarts ^_^.

How to deep fry Fish Maw 怎样油炸鱼鳔

Fish Maw 花膠/鱼鳔  is commonly used in Chinese cooking especially served during Chinese New Year as Chinese people consider fish maw to be a luxury item. It is an excellent source of collagen. Fish maw itself has no taste, it takes on the flavour of the surrounding ingredients. You can find ready to use fish maw which already deep fried at the market, but my mother like to purchase the dried fish maw from the fisherman and deep fry by herself ( so we know it is clean and safe) . So I try to learn from her and share it here.

Homemade pandan paste 自制香兰精



This post just to record down the Homemade pandan paste (pandan concentrated juices) that I usually made.

Pickled Green Chillies /Chili Hijau Jeruk / 腌青辣椒



I bet everyone know well about this pickled green chillies, especially one item that can not missed if you take wanton noodles...

Special Cekur Dipping Sauce 沙姜沾酱

Today I am going to share with you this simple and yummy cekur dipping sauce that best to dip with white cut chicken / poached chicken or Pak Cham Gai. I learnt this special cekur dipping sauce from my sister-in-law.

Crispy batter for deep frying

This is my version of crispy batter. This batter is suitable for thin coating especially for deep frying vegetables. I guess this batter is good for Japanese Tempura too.

How to make Creamwell Buttercream (Krim Well) 旧式牛油霜

This creamwell buttercream is cheap, stable and able to withstand in hot weather, perfect for decoration..It was widely used for decoration of Birthday cake and wedding cake by bakery shop in old time. Nowadays you still can find this kind of cake in pasar malam or small town..

Homemade Caramel Kaya ( coconut egg jam) 咖椰

I have been thinking to make caramel kaya ( last time i did pandan kaya but never try with caramel type) for so long, finally i made it with one duck egg (leftover from making salted eggs the other day) that sitting in the fridge for too long....

Simple Homemade Chocolate Sauce

When you run out of chocolate and whipping cream to make chocolate sauce, don't worry, you can also use cocoa powder and water to make this simple and nice chocolate sauce at home.

How to wrap Dumplings or Gyoza 如何包饺子

Yesterday I taught my daughter on how to wrap gyoza and surprised that she learnt so far. So let my daughter to show you an easy way to wrap dumplings or Japanese Gyoza. I learnt this from a Taiwanese lady who taught us how to make vegetarian pumpkin dumplings when i attended a vegetarian food party which organized by Tzu Chi Malaysia 慈濟 previously.

To make whipped cream from non-dairy whipping cream 植物性奶油

This is how i made the whipped cream using non-dairy whipping cream 植物性奶油. Whipped cream made from non-dairy whipping cream is suitable to make frosting for Birthday cake using sponge cake base (light and spongy cake) and that need to store inside the fridge. This cream will not turn hard after storing inside the fridge unlike buttercream.