Nyonya Pastry Pulut Tai Tai aka Sticky Rice with Kaya

This is my all time favorite dessert from Malaysia. It is classic cake from Nyonya cuisine. The making steps are simple yet superb yum! Pulut is a Malay word meaning glutinous rice or sticky rice. The blue color is the natural color from the butterfly pea flowers. Kaya is a coconut sweet spread which canRead More

Teow Chew Taro (YAM) Ginkgo Dessert (潮州芋泥)

my skills for dessert & pastry is always weaker than the cooking skills. So, this is one of my favorite ingredient, Yam that I always craved as dessert. The Chinese Yam has the fluffy and soft texture when we made it into pastry or dessert. This is a traditional Chinese warm dessert originate from GuangDongRead More

Sweet Corn Red Dates Millet Soup

Millet, is another form of grain that can replace the rice, however, today i made it a sweet soup for our breakfast. It is creamy and fluffy like the cream soup. However, to make it tastier, i have added in some oriental ingredients such as dates and gozi berries, According to the research, red datesRead More

Stewed Pear with White Fungus and Rock Candy

Chinese always believed in Yin and Yang food remedy. This dessert is to moisture the body system especially for women, to raise the Yin level up for the entire body, hence to reduce heat and damp of the body. White Fungus believed to have the good result in helping skin radiant and whitening effect, plusRead More

chrysanthemum Wolf Berries Tea (菊花枸杞茶)

The highlights is not about the muffin, but it’s about the flower tea by the side. The Chrysanthemum with Goji Tea is good for body detoxification and brighten your eye sight. Drink the tea for better digestion too, especially after those two sweet muffins~   Ingredients: (portion for two)   Chrysanthemum * 20g (can getRead More

America Version Homemade Caramel Kaya Jam (Coconut Egg Spread from Asian)

For those who have never come across this, just a little sharing about it. In South East Asia, we normally spread this together with toasted bread and butter. However, there are many other pastry such as Kaya Puff, Kaya Tart are all made by this Kaya Filling. Ingredients: Ingredient A Granulated Sugar * 3 tbsRead More

Sweet potatoes Mung bean Barley Asian Dessert

  Ingredients: Mung beans * 100g China Barley * 100g Japanese Sweet Potatoes * 2 medium size (cut into cubes) Brown Sugar * depends   How to cook: Soak the china barley into water for overnight or minimum 3-4 hours Boiled the water and insert those china barley into a pot Keep on boiling untilRead More