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Dates with nuts

By Foong, on September 15th, 2008%

It is Bulan Ramadhan (the Muslim fasting month) and the most common food readily available this month are…

Dates

I love dates (the edible kind!) and I’d stock up on plenty of dates during Ramadhan each year. Do you know that dates are fruits like this…

Fresh dates

And no, you can’t eat it when it looks so crunchy and nice because it’d be dry. It is best eaten when it is ‘well done’ as in when it softens. Anyway, dates are packed with nutrients and quite good for health too.

Here are some facts on dates:

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Making of the plain baked mooncakes

By Foong, on September 7th, 2008%

Yesterday, I shared with you the ping pei mooncake recipes so today, I’ll share with you the baked mooncake recipe I used which turned out like this but of course I’ve adjusted the recipes a bit more so that it will turn out to be like the third batch lor.

Mooncake

Here’s the recipe:

Baked Mooncakes

Ingredients A

400g golden syrup

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 1/2 tbsp alkaline water

100g corn oil

Ingredients B

650g plain flour, double sifted

a few drops of dark soya sauce (for a brownish colour)

Instructions

1. Mix the corn oil, . . . → Read More: Making of the plain baked mooncakes

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Ping Pei (non-bake) Mooncake

By Foong, on September 6th, 2008%

Compared to the baked mooncakes, making the ping pei mooncakes are much easier and simpler, though it still takes up quite a bit of time mixing the dough, kneading it, wrapping the filling and moulding it. I always preferred the non-bake mooncakes compared to the baked ones, probably because can eat it cold!

Ping Pei Mooncake

So, here’s my Ping Pei mooncake recipe:

Ingredients

450g cooked glutinous rice flour

300 ml cold water

350g icing sugar

4 tbsp shortening

2 tbsp pandan essence

2 tbsp strawberry essence

2 tbsp chocolate essence

1kg – 2kg lotus-paste filling or cheese . . . → Read More: Ping Pei (non-bake) Mooncake

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Where NOT to buy chocolates

By Foong, on June 24th, 2008%

As a chocolate lover, I am always on the lookout for a great place to buy chocolates and I absolutely love the specialty handmade ‘designer’ chocolate shops in a few shopping complexes in KL.

It is too bad that there are no such shops here in Penang but I can probably understand that there are probably not much market here since those chocolates are really expensive and we all know how kiamsiap (stingy) Penangites are.

So, a few months back I stumbled upon The Chocolate Boutique in Leith Street here in Penang. Actually I knew about it when . . . → Read More: Where NOT to buy chocolates

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Almonds as a source of protein and recipes with almonds

By Foong, on May 30th, 2008%

I love to munch on nuts (the real ones!) a lot and one of my favourites are almonds. People used to think that almonds are fattening and not very healthy but it was actually a myth.

Almonds, raw or roasted plain (without salt), are great as snacks or addition to salads. It is also a healthy snack for those counting calories / on a diet.

Here are the benefits of almonds:

If you eat 3 ounces of almonds daily, it can lower your cholesterol by 14% this is because the fat in almonds are 90% mono-unsaturated fat (which . . . → Read More: Almonds as a source of protein and recipes with almonds

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