KUIH PAITI/PIE TEE [TOP HATS]

What is Pie Tee aka Kuih Paiti or Top Hats? Answer from Wikipedia - " Pie Tee is a thin and crispy pastry tart shell kuih filled with a spicy, sweet mixture of thinly sliced vegetables and prawns. It is a popular Peranakan dish. The shells are made of flour. Similar to Popiah [spring rolls], the main filling is shredded Chinese turnips and carrots and  some other ingredients". For the Filling Recipe, please refer here.I am sharing here the recipe for Pie Tee.Recipe Source for my selected Cookbook for February 2016 – Nyonya Flavours [modified]IngredientsBatter Ingredients For Pastry Shells180 gm rice flour50...

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FRIED RICE ALA YANG CHOW

After all the Chinese New Year goodies for many, many meals, it is time for something simple yet as appetising. This is a Chinese style fried rice using fried rice mix. It is an easy fried rice recipe like the others and as tasty and delicious as usual.It is very versatile fried rice where you can substitute most of the ingredients like lap cheong with char siew, mixed frozen vegetables with carrots, canned green peas and green peas or French beans, button mushrooms with dried mushrooms etc.Ingredients[serves 2]3 cups cooked cooled rice [from about 1 cup uncooked rice]2 eggs – mix with dash of pepper2-3 tbsp oil50 gm prawns – diced1 Chinese...

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CNY 2016 - STEAMED RICE WITH CHINESE WAXED SAUSAGE

With this post, I am wishing all my Chinese visitors, blogger friends, acquaintances, relatives and friends "A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, SAFE AND PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR"There are numerous versions of Chinese Waxed Meat/Sausage Steamed Rice commonly cooked during Chinese New Year when waxed meat [lap cheong, lap bak, liver sausages, waxed duck meat etc] are in abundance.  I, for one will cook this kind of steamed rice during this time of the year.This is a delicious One Dish Meal which my family never says "NO" to it.  As it is a very meaty meal, I served it with a vegetable soup.Recipe Source - My Kuali.com by Amy Beh2 cups rice...

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PURPLE SWEET POTATO RICE CAKE [HUAT KUIH] 紫薯发糕

I have seen this lovely huat kuih recipe [prosperity cake] [here] and made some recently.  The steamed cake rose and cracked nicely.  They are soft, moist and light even on the next day.  The sweetness is just nice for me with the reduced amount of sugar used.If you like to try a huat kuih recipe using yeast, this one is easy to prepare.Recipe adapted from Amiliaya Recipe [modified]Ingredients[makes about 20 small huat kuihs]50 gm purple sweet potato [ 紫薯]210 ml water [水]180 gm rice flour [粘米粉]75 gm sugar [糖] - I used 60 gm1 tsp yeast [酵母]1 tsp baking powder [ 泡打粉]Steam purple sweet potatoes until...

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JELLYFISH KERABU [KERABU HAI TAY]

No idea why jellyfish are easily available during this time of the year.  Is this item an ingredient for Yee Sang or for some other dishes or steamboat? Anyway, I jellyfish salad is my favourite which I only get to enjoy during course dinners when it is served together with others in the first course.It is crispy, tasteless on it's own but combined with other ingredients and a sweet sour dressing, it's awesome.Since I have most of the ingredients ready in my fridge, I bought some fresh jellyfish from the fishmonger at the wet market to make this appetising salad.I made half portion of this recipe enough for 3-4 persons.Recipe adapted from...

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NYONYA MI KOO [STEAMED TORTOISE BUNS]

I have posted several Mi Koo recipes [see recipe and others] which are all reliable ones that produce lovely steamed buns.Recently, I came across this recipe which I noticed using bread flour to make Mi Koo and shortening is not used.  The dough only needs 1 time proofing before steaming. Afraid that the Mi Koo may not turned out well, I did add 1 tablespoon shortening to the recipe.Verdict - The Mi Koo turns out soft and moist even on the next day without reheating.  They are good but I can't tell whether it is good if shortening is omitted.  I daren't take the challenge of omitting the shortening cos' my Mi Koo are...

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