Mango Agar-Agar with Nata De Coco

Ingredients:

• 25 gram of agar agar powder (Mermaid brands)
• 2 liter pure mango (blended) or Mango juices bought from store
• 2 can of Nata de coco without the syrup (you can add more on this)
• 100 gram sugar depend on the sourness of the mango, adjust accordingly.

Method:

1. Mix agar-agar powder, mango juice and sugar in a big saucepan
2. Bring to boil till sugar dissolved drained. 
3. Pour the Nata de coco and stir it.
4. Simmer about 1 minutes then pour into the jelly cup or mould 
5. Chill in the refrigerator for several hours till cool and set. Serve chilled.

Wuxi Chicken Wings/Ginger Wine Soy Sauce Chicken Wings

Ingredients:

• 18 pcs Chicken Wings (mid section)
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• ½ tbsp Shao Hsing cooking wine
• 1 spring onion - cut into 1"
• 5 slices ginger
• 1/3 cup water

     Seasonings:

• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 80 gram rock sugar
• 1 pc star anise
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1½ tbsp Chinese black vinegar
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Clean the wings dry them well and give it a few pricks with a fork. Marinate the chicken with light soy sauce and wine for at least 2 hours
2. Add 4 tbsp of vegetable oil in a non stick pan, pan fried the wings till golden brown, remove and set it aside
3. Remove any access oil from the pan and leave about 2 tbsp in it. Saute the green onion and ginger till fragrant. Add in the wings, water and all the seasonings except the black vinegar
4. Bring it up to boil, turn down the heat, cover and cook the wings until the sauce thicken
5. Lastly ass in the vinegar, mix well. Dish out and serve it hot.

Adapted from Nasi Lemak Lover

Homemade - Apple Juice

Ingredients:

• 6 apple, cored and chopped
• 6 cups of water

Method:

1. Place apples and water in sauce pan and bring to the boil
2. Simmer for 15-20 minutes
3. Bled the mixture or mash mixture with a potato masher in the sauce pan
4. Strain through a sleeve and store in clean bottle in the refrigerator

Note: You added 6 tbsp of honey (pure) for the taste

Steamed Cake (My Style)

20 August 2013 - My mum asked me to go to buy “Fatt Koh” for praying tonight with the hot sunshine day. So I ask her it that necessary to have a “Fatt Koh” for praying and she say NO. She says anything “Koh” also can pray then I decide to do something similar to her for replace the “Fatt Koh”. End up is not bad I feel I more like it if compare the original “Fatt Koh” Hahaha…

Ingredients

• 200 grams plain flour
• 2-3 tsp double action baking power
• 2 eggs
• 50 g caster sugar
• 100 ml water
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• any food coloring of your choice

Methods:

1. Sieve flour and baking powder in a big bowl. Set aside
2. Beat eggs and sugar till fluffy and add in the vegetable oil and best till well mixed
3. Mix the water and egg mixture alternately into flour until you get a thick batter
4. Heat up steamer / wok with water
5. Add in coloring and stir until well mix
6. Pour batter into a lined cupcake mould till 90% full
7. Steam in a preheated steamer for 25 minutes

Note: if your are vegetarian, you can ignore the eggs.

Kaya

Ingredients

• 5 egg 
• 1 cup of sugar / brown sugar
• 200 ml coconut milk
• 5 pieces of pandan leaves

Method

1. Crack the eggs into the sauce pan (A), follow by the coconut milk, sugar and pandan leaves 
2. Get ready a big sauce pan (B) with a boiling water.
3. Put the sauce pan (A) into the sauce pan (B) - refer to the picture and turn the heat to medium low
4. Keep stirring the mixture until they are cooked about 30 minutes to 45 minutes. If you see the kaya have thicken then turn off the heat.
5. Let the kaya cool down, discard the pandan leaves and transfer the bottle.

Steamed Chinese Sponge Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sifted cake flour / plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 5 eggs
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

1. Line a cake pan with parchment paper and prepare a wok to steaming
2. Sift the cake flour and baking powder  in a medium bowl and sat aside
3. Separate the egg yolks and the egg whites. 
4. Beat the egg whites until frothy
5. Add 1/4 cup of sugar and beat for another minutes.
6. Add the egg yolks, 2/4 cup of sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract, beat for another 2 minutes
7. Gradually add the cake flour mixture to the egg mixture stirring & mix through  but do not beat.
8. Pour the batter into the cake pan
9. Bring the water in the wok to a high boil, then turn down to medium.
10. Steam the cake covered for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

Cucuk Udang (My Style)

Ingredients:

• 250 gram plain flour
• 2 cup of water
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 cup prawns or shrimps (chopped)
• 2 big onion (chopped)
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp of salt

Method:

1. Mix the prawn, onion and 1 tbsp oyster sauce (A) (set aside)
2. Mix flour, salt and water. Stirring until consistency (B)
3. Pour the A to B and stirring until consistency
4. Prepare a wok with oil 
5. Scoop with soup spoon and fry until golden brown
6. Drain on paper to well and serve immediately with mayonnaise and chili or tomato sause

Pure Rice Cake

Ingredients:

• 500 gram rice
• 200ml water
• 1 cup shrimp
• 1 cup groundnut (blended)
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp oil

Methods:

1.  Wash & clean the rice
2. Soak the rice with 200 ml water for 8 hours or overnight
3. Blend the rice together with the 200 ml water.
4. Pour the rice mixture into the wok and keep stirring until consistency of thick oatmeal.
5. Pour into the cake pan & prepare a wok for steaming
6. Bring the water in the wok to a high boil then turn down to medium. 
7. Steam the rice cake covered for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
8. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok and stir fry the shrimps. 
9. Sp-rinks with the shrimps on the top of the rice cake and ready to serve.
10. You also can additional groundnut for serving too.

From My Mother Recipe

Banana Mug Cake (Microwave)

Serves: 1 person

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons plain flour
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar / sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 3 tablespoons butter / oil
• 1 mashed bananas
• 1/4 teaspoon banana extract / vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 very large mug

Methods:

1. Mix all the ingredients into bowl.
2. Make sure all the ingredients until have a smooth mixture.
3. Then transfer to the mug
4. Place into the microwave on high for 3 minutes
5. Done & Enjoy