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Cendol Jelly Moon Cake

Cendol filling ingredients: 1 cup water 130g palm sugar or gula Melaka 2 tsp agar-agar powder ⅛ tsp salt 2 pandan leaves, knotted 125ml coconut milk 140g cendol, drain before weighing ½ tbsp custard powder + 2 tbsp water 9-10 round tart moulds [6cm (diameter) by 2.5cm (height)] 9-10 jelly yolks [refer to recipe below] [...]

Teochew Spiral Yam Moon Cake

Filling : 1000g yam 350g fine sugar 100g fried onion oil 200g peanut oil 100g dried shrimps 15 salted egg yolks (steamed) Ingredients A (water dough): 450g flour 70g shortening 100g genuine peanut oil 1 tbsp syrup 220g water ½ tbsp lime juice Ingredients B (oil dough): 300g flour , 200g shortening Ingredients C : [...]

Red Bean Alkaline Dumpling

Ingredients: 500g glutinous rice (rinsed and soaked for at least 4 hours) 1¼ tsp alkaline water (kan sui) Dried bamboo leaves (boiled till soft, clean and wiped dry) Red bean paste filling: 250g red beans (washed and soaked overnight) 200g castor sugar 150ml oil

Crispy Chinese Arrowhead (Ngaku/Chi Gu) Chips

Ingredients: 1Kg Chinese Arrowhead / Ngaku / Chi Gu cooking oil (for deep frying)

Plain Glutinous Rice Balls (Tang Yuan)

Ingredients (glutinous rice balls): 300g glutinous rice flour ½ cup of boiling water 1 cup of water (room temperature) Food coloring (optional) Ingredients (syrup): Rock sugar to taste 3-4 slices fresh ginger (optional) 4 pcs screwpine leaves /pandan leaves  (optional)

Shanghai Mooncakes

Ingredient A (biscuit pastry): 300g plain flour 100g shortening 1 tsp baking powder 50g butter / margarine 100g icing sugar 2 eggs Ingredient B: 600g lotus paste (divide the lotus paste into 50g portion each) 12 cooked whole salted egg yolks Ingredient C: 1 egg, lightly beaten for eggwash some walnut halves, or flaked almonds, [...]

Snowskin MoonCake

Ingredients A: (sifted) 95g fried glutinous rice flour 140g icing sugar Ingredients B: (Combined) 155ml ice water ¼ tsp vanilla oil Ingredients C: 15g shortening Ingredients D: 800g lotus paste (100g each, vary in size of mould)

Traditional Lotus Paste MoonCakes

Ingredients A: 200g Hong Kong Flour Ingredients B: (Combined well) 130g golden syrup 60g peanut oil ½ tsp alkaline water Ingredients C: 800g lotus paste Ingredients D: (lightly beat) 1 piece egg yolk

Chinese Rice Dumpling (Bak Zhang)

Ingredients: 1 kg glutinous rice (soaked 1 hour then washed and drained well) Bamboo leaves and raffia string for wrapping Filing: 400g belly pork (remove skin & cut into cubes ) 150g dried mushrooms 200g dried chestnuts ( soak in boiling water for 1 hour and remove skin) 10 salted egg yolks 100g dried shrimps [...]

Alkaline Dumpling

Ingredients: 400g glutinous rice 1 tbsp alkaline water 38-40 bamboo leaves (washed and soaked for several hours) Dried China grass or hempstring (soaked) Palm sugar syrup 300g palm sugar (gula melaka) 370ml water 2 screwpine leaves (knotted)

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