Dessert: Chinese Steam Cake (Huat Kuih) Recipe

Traditional "Kuih" have always been the ultimate choice to most of Malaysians during tea time. What we are introducing today, however, is mostly used by chinese during praying ceremony. This kuih takes a rather long period of time to be ready. Why is it so? Take a tour thru the making of this kuih.

Ingredient:
400gm Sugar
500gm Rice Flour (Erawan brand is recommended)
250ml Tuak (Fermented rice, yeast and sugar)
750ml Coconut water
Red Colouring


Method:
1. Mix the sugar and rice flour into the mixing bowl.

2. Pour in the Tuak and coconut water. Make sure that the Tuak and coconut water is sieved properly. Mix all the ingredients until well-blended.
For best result, pour in the Tuak. Mix them together first. Then, pour in the coconut water and mix again.

3. Now add in the colouring and stir it till well-coloured.

4. Here comes the long procedure of this recipe. Place the batter under the sun for approximately 6 hours.

5. Then, we can start steaming the batter in the mould under boiling water for 30 mins.

And so, the Huat Kuih can be served whether hot or cold.

Dessert : Steam Marble Cake Recipes

Love eating cakes but all you can do is always buy it as there is no oven at home? No worries.. you can always make cakes with other method. What are they? One that I have tried today is the steaming method. Yes, you heard it right.

Steam Marble Cake.

Of course, this recipe is sort of different from the one commercially found but trust me, it taste just as good as the one you buy outside.It's really easy. Get the ingredients ready now.

Ingredients:
270g butter (Planta is used since there is a lot left from the previous semester)
225g sugar (Icing sugar is used since we hand-mix all the ingredients, icing sugar is easier to handle)
4 eggs
300g all-purpose flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoon Oligo powder (Milo or any other cocoa powder can be used such as Van Houten)

Method:
1. Pour butter and sugar into the mixing bowl. Beat the ingredient until fluffy

2.  Slowly add in the eggs one by one and beat until smooth and pale yellow

3. Add in the flour and baking powder and mix it until well-blended.

4. Now, take about 4 tablespoon of the batter(mixture) and mix it with the Oligo powder.

5. Grease the mould with oil or butter and then pour the batter into the mould. Slowly, pour in the batter with Oligo mixture. Take a chopstick and start dragging the Oligo mixture back and forth creating a spontaneous design.

6. Boil water in the wok and place the mould on top of the steaming tray. Steam for approximately 1 hours.
(However, while making this cake, my stove ran out of gas, the cake was only steamed for about 45 mins and left covered for another 15 mins. Luckily, the cake still turn out delicious.)

Finally, the cake is ready to served.

Jay Chou J Moment DVD : Sequel to THE ERA and [ ! ]

After the 11th studio album, Exclamation Mark [ ! ], Jay Chou follows the tradition of his previous works with the release of a 2-DVDs set album compiling all the visual efforts (music videos) of the corresponding studio album for the collection of all the die-hard fans.

This album contains 2 DVD that includes 20 MVs and 17 behind-the-scenes videos for two albums which are The Era [跨時代] and Exclamation Mark [惊叹号]. This DVD also contains the newly-plugged and released MV of 琴傷 which is highly anticipated. Wait no more now.. GRAB one from the nearby music store.  

Jay Chou's MVs have always been the things that I anticipate most during his album's promotion period. Every plugged MVs displays the creativity of his music crew that is always impressive and entertaining. Not a fan of Jay Chou? Trust me, you will be one once you get to know his MVs. That was totally how I fall into the trap of his mystical music world. 

Jay Chou always the music to soothe the ear. 

琴傷

琴傷花絮

Snack: Fried Wantan (Dumpling) Recipe

Ever dread about eating fried wantan in the middle of the night? hehe.. I definitely have this sort of weird craving. YES.. what a weirdo. Anyway, few days back, Sentinel J and Sentinel E decided to give this favourite dish of my a try. Needless to say, this dish is not hard actually. Just get the ingredients and dumpling skin and TADAAA... Fried Wantan is read to be served. 

 Fried Wantan (from left: Chicken Fillings, Pork Fillings) 

Ingredient :
Boneless Chicken (Chicken Breast preferred)/ Boneless Pork Meat
10-13 Medium Sized Shrimps
1 1/2 Tablespoon Tapioca Starch (Tepung Ubi Kayu)   
1/2 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
1/2 Tablespoon Sesame Oil
1 Teaspoon of Salt
1 Teaspoon of Pepper
1 Packet of Dumpling Skin
Finely Sliced Carrots (amount is up to you)[increase the sweetness of the fillings]
* You may also add two to three water chestnut (chopped to small cubes) to add crunchiness to the wantan. 

Method:
1. Minced the boneless chicken or the pork meat. You may also buy the one which is minced by the butcher already but me mum always says it is best to minced the meat yourself. 
2. Add the shrimp and minced it together with the chicken meat.
3. Add in the seasoning (soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, pepper) together with the tapioca starch. Mix all the added ingredient well. Add in the sliced carrot. If you are interested in adding water chestnut, you can add it in this step.

Fillings of the wantan

4. Now the fillings of the wantan is done. We shall proceed with the wrapping of the filling into the dumpling skin. You may wrap the wantan into whatever style that you like.

Wrapping the fillings in the wantan skin

5. Now heat up the oil in the wok. Slowly put the wantan into the oil and fry it till golden brown.
* You can also boil the wantan or cook it in soup.

Frying the wantan

Fried Wantan of the Day 

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ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT Manny, Diego & Sid: The trio that we all missed.....

The long awaited ICE AGE 4: Continental Drift is soon to be on air. This sequel once again tells the adventure of our favourite trio: Manny, Diego and Sid in the ice age era. Since 2002, the series of the movie released in the past [ICE AGE, ICE AGE 2: The Meltdown, ICE AGE 3: Dawn of the dinosaurs] have been receiving positive reviews and were box office success. This is to say the latest sequal Continental Drift is expected to follow suite and provide us with equal excitement and anticipation as the previous three installments.

Wanna have the sneak peak of the encounters of Manny, Diego and Sid? Just view it from the link below.
ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (Sneak Peak)

How is it now?
Gonna be the first on the queue to the ticket booth during premiere?
Make sure you set this historical date of your ICE AGE date on your smartphones or tablets's calendar correctly.

JULY 12, 2012