Monday, April 24, 2006

Fresh Sea Coconut with Longan, Red Dates & White Fungus



Ingredients:-

Fresh Sea Coconut
Longan
Seedless Red Dates
White Fungus

Water
Rock Sugar


Method:-

1) Remove husk from the sea coconut and cut into pieces length-wise.
2) Soak white fungus and once it is soften, tear it up in to pieces.
3) Bring some water in a pot to a boil then add in longan, red dates and white fungus. Give it a stir. Add more water if necessary.
4) Add the harder sea coconut in first and bring to boil. Add the remaining sea coconut in onces soften. Continue to simmer till it turns flavourful.
5) Add rock sugar to taste.
6) Serve hot or cold.


Note:-

1) There is not hard and fast rule to the amount of the ingredients here. Just add whatever amount to your likings.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by Rachiru]

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Oreo Cheesecake (Non-Bake)



Ingredients:-

24 Oreo Cookies, finely crumbled
6 tbs Margarine
1 - 2 tbs Gelatin
1/4 cup Cold Water
8 oz Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Milk
1 cup Heavy Cream, whipped

6 - 12 additional oreo cookies, finely crumbled (for topping)


Method:-

1) Combined fine cookie crumbs and soft margarine, press into bottom of 9 inch springform pan.
2) In saucepan, soften gelatin in cold water, stiff over low heat till dissolved.
3) In mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed of an electric hand-held mixer until well blended.
4) Gradually add in the gelatin mixture and milk, mixing until well blended.
5) Chill until mixture is thickend, but not set!
6) Fold in whipped cream into the mixture.
7) Pour the mixture on to the prepared cookie base.
8) Sprinkle over the top with the additional cookie crumbes.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

白糖糕



Ingredients:-

(A)
170 g Sieved Rice Flour
130 - 150 g Castor Sugar
360 ml Water

(B)
3/4 tsp Instant Yeast
1 tbsp Warm Water


Method:-

1) Mix (B) and leave aside for 10 minutes for use later.
2) Mix (A) together well and cook over slow heat stirring all the time till a little thicken (this process should not be more than 5 minutes otherwise the mixture will have sago pearls forming).
3) Sieve this mixture into a big mixing bowl and cooled it in a basin of water.
4) Mix (1) and (2) together and blend well.
5) Cover the mixture with glad wrap and prove in a warm place for 1 - 2 hours. When the mixture show signs of bubbles all over the surface then it is ready for steaming.
6) Pour the ready batter into a 19.5cm x 19.5 cm greased pan and steam on high heat for 20 -25 min.
7) Cut into serving pieces when cool.


[recipe from Florence]

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream



Ingredients:-

175ml Full cream milk
3 Large egg yolks
150g Caster sugar
300g Cream cheese
100g White chocolate, melted
250g Blueberry Compote*


Method:-

1) Heat milk gently to near-boiling point. In a seperate heatproof bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar, using and electric whisk, until thick and pale.
2) Place over a pan of simmering water and slowly aff the milk, stiring constantly.
3) Stir occasionally until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Remove from the heat and cool for 20 minutes.
4) Beat in the cream cheese, using an electric whisk, until smooth.
5) Stir in the cooled, melted white chocolate and the blueberry compote until just combined then transfer to a freezer container.
6) Cover the surface directly with greaseproof paper or foil and put in the freezer.
7) After 1 hour of freezing, stir the mixture to prevent the berries from sinking to the bottom and return to the freezer for a further 4 hours or overnight.
8) Serve with extra blueberry compote drizzled over the top if liked.


Blueberry Compote

Ingredients:-

1 orange
1 tsp cornflour
200g fresh blueberries
2 tbsp caster sugar


Method:-

1) Combine juice of 1 orange and cornflour in a small bowl.
2) Put fresh blueberries, caster sugar and cornflour mixture in a small saucepan over a low heat.
3) Stir gently until the blueberries begin to macerate and their juice starts to run. Stir gently for a further 30 seconds then remove from heat and allow to cool.
4) Store in refrigerator for up to 1 week.


[recipe from Motherhood Magazine Aug' 05 issue]

Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake



Ingredients:-

Base
250g digestive biscuits
120g butter

Filling
375g cream cheese
110g castor sugar
2 medium eggs
60ml lemon juice
100ml whipping cream
1 tbsp cornflour, sifted
Grated rind from 2 lemons

Topping
100g whipped cream (optional)
100g blueberry filling


Method:-

1) Prepare a 8 inch loose bottom or spring foam round cake tin. Wrap loose base of tin with aluminium foil.
2) To prepare base, melt butter . Use a little of the melted butter to lightly grease bottom and sides of cake tin.
3) Place biscuits in food processor and process until finely crushed. Transfer to a bowl. Add melted butter and stir until crumbs are moistened by butter. Transfer crumbs to the prepared cake tin. Press firmly over base and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4) Preheat oven at 180 degC. Cream cheese and castor sugar until light and smooth. Add eggs one at a time, incorporate it well into cream cheese mixture after each addition. Do not overbeat the eggs.
5) Add juice and whipping cream. Beat well.
6) Finally, fold sifted cornflour and grated rind into batter.
7) Pour cream cheese mixture over biscuit base. Tap sides of cake tin a little to break large, noticeable air bubbles on the surface of filling.
8) Bake cheesecake using top and bottom heat of oven at 170degC for 40 mins or until surface of cheesecake is just set/cooked. The whole baking should take about 35-40 minutes.
9) Leave to cool. Run a thin knife blade carefully around inside rim of tin to loosen the sides of cheesecake. Remove cheesecake from cake tin. Unwrap aluminium foil from base of cake tin. Transfer the whole cheesecake, with the aluminium foil, to a cake board. Wrap aluminium foil over the cake board. Refrigerate cheesecake overnight.
10) Decorate top of cheesecake with whipped cream and blueberry filling.


[recipe from Jo's Deli & Bakery]

Jan Hagel [a Dutch Almond Cookie]



Ingredients:-

Biscuit
100 gram sugar
2 egg yolks
250 gram butter
250 gram plain flour
50 gram corn flour
2 tbsp milk powder

Topping
2 egg yolks
4 tbsp sugar
50 gram slivered almond


Method:-

1) Beat the butter and sugar until soft. Add the egg yolks and bit again until soft. Add the plain flour, corn flour & milk powdered that have been sifted in together.
2) Flatten out the dough on biscuit sheet/tin (35cm x 25cm). Bake for about 20 minutes at 170C. Take it out and cut into 3 x 5cm pieces.
3) Brush the egg yolk on the biscuit then sprinkle on the mixture of sugar & almond. Bake further for approx 15 minutes or until the biscuits are cooked through.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by Janny]

Apple Crumble Pie




INGREDIENTS:-

The crust
125g butter
225g plain flour
1/2 beaten egg

The apple filling
3-4 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
2 tbsp brown sugar
sprinkles of cinnamon powder
some water
1/2 tbsp corn flour

The crumble
70 - 80g butter
1 cup self-raising flour
4tbsp sugar


INSTRUCTIONS:-

1) Make filling first by cooking the apples with the rest of the ingredients with some water. Add cornflour to thicken.
2) Make the crust by combining the butter, flour and egg to form into a dough. Press dough on to a pie pan.
3) Bake at preheated oven of 180C for about 8mins (or till the base is dry).
4) For the crumble, gently rub the butter and flour to form into crumbs and add sugar and mix well.
5) After crust is baked, pour in the apple filling and sprinkle top with the crumble.
6) Bake at 200C for about 30 - 45 mins or till crust is nicely browned.
Note:-
1) I've used 3 China Fuji apples for this pie and found it just right.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by yangone]

Melting Moments



Ingredients:-

250 g Butter (unsalted)
55 - 60 g
Icing sugar
225 g Plain flour
75 g Corn flour
Pinch of salt


Method:-

1) Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
2) Sift icing sugar, set aside.
3) Sift together plain flour and corn flour, set aside.
4) Beat butter, icing sugar and pinch of salt using mixer until light and fluffy.
5) Stir in sifted flours.
6) Take rounded teaspoon of dough and roll it into a ball with you palm. Place the balls about 3cm apart on a baking tray. (Alternatively, you can place the soft dough into a piping bag fitted with fluted tube to pipe it)
7) Use a fork to flatten the balls.
8) Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 15 mins.
9) Cool on wire racks.


Note:-

1) As you notice, the main ingredient in this recipe is BUTTER ... so use butter that gives nice buttery smell and taste to get great tasting cookies.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by Connie]

Chilled Bean Curd (豆花)



Ingredients:-

500 g Soya Bean ( Soak for 5 -6 hours )
2875 ml Water
125 ml Evaporatd milk
1 tbsp Agar agar power
2 tbsp Sugar
Pandan leaves 3 - 4 pcs


Method:-

1) Liquidize the soya bean with 2000mls of water and sieve twice with "cotton bag ". Top up with water to get 2875 mls of soya milk.
2) Dissolve the agar agar power with 500 mls of soya milk.
3) Pour in to the remaining soya milk, sugar and mix well.
4) Boil with pandan leaves till boil (stir constantly) and continue to simmer for another 10 mins over low heat.
5) Add in the evaporated milk, stir well (DO NOT BOIL) remove and leave to cool slightly for 5 mins.
6) Scoop out the bubbles and the bean curd skin.
7) Pour into container and leave to set.
8) After 10 mins scoop out the bean curd skin in order to get a smooth surface.
9) When cool cover and chilled in the fridge till set.
10) Serve with sugar syrup or gula melaka syrup. Can be kept in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.


For sugar syrup recipes, you can use the following:-


Sugar Syrup

Castor sugar 300 gm
Water 360gm
Pandan leaves 3 - 4 pcs

Mix all and cook till boil, continue simmer for another 5 mins.


Gula Melaka Syrup

Gula melaka 150gm
Brown sugar 150gm
Castor sugar 50gm
water - adjust to suit own sweetness

Mix all and cook till boil, continue to simmer for 5 mins.


Note:-

1) I've halved the recipe when I made it ... just right for my family of 5.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by amelia]

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Paper Lined Sponge



Ingredients:-

5 egg yolks
30g sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 - 1 tsp vanilla esssence

55g warm corn oil / melted butter
60ml warm milk

80g cake flour
20g corn starch
1/2 tsp baking powder

5 egg whites
50g castor sugar


Method:-

1) Sieve flour, corn starch and baking powder together.
2) Beat egg yolks, sugar, salt and vanilla essence together till thick and creamy.
3) Stir the warm corn oil/melted butter and milk into the yolk mixture. Mix well.
4) Fold in the sieved flour mixture and mix well.
5) Beat egg whites till white in colour and add in sugar by thirds and beat till egg white is stiff.
6) Fold half portion of the egg white into egg yolk and blend well.
7) Pour the yolk mixture into the remaining egg white and blend well.
8) Spoon batter into paper cups lined with baking paper up to 80% full and bake at 180C for 20 minutes or till golden brown


Note:-

1) Recipe can yield 10 using standard size paper cups.
2) To fasten process for step (2), beat egg yolk by sitting the mixing bowl in a basin of hot water.
3) You can also do without the paper and just pour batter into muffin cups. Adjust your baking time according to the size of the cups you use.


[recipe from Florence]

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Daifuku (Mochi)



Ingredients:-

Red bean paste
100g glutinous rice flour (for best result, use Jap Glutinous Rice Flour)
180cc water
50g sugar
Corn flour for dust


Method:-

1) Roll red bean paste into balls weighing about 8g each.
2) In a glass bowl, put glutinous rice flour + water mix well to paste, then add sugar and mix till dissolved.
3) Cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes. It will be half cook remove and stir well. Cover and return to microwave for 30 sec, stir well (you may need to repeat this step for few time due to heat of individual microwave but each heating should not be more then 30 second at a time or you will over cook or burn it).
4) Use plastic wrap over the chopping board. Sprinkle some corn flour on top.
5) Cut enough dough to wrap round the red bean balls. Give a twist to seal/get rid of excess dough. Gentely press down to flaten a little.


[adapted recipe from Kitchen Capers by hugbear]

Black Forest Cake



Ingredients:-

(A)
4 egg yolks
40g sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp rum

(B)
85ml corn oil warmed
25g cocoa powder

(C)
135ml warm water

(D)
125g cake flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder

(E)
4 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
50g sugar

Canned pitted cherries halved
400ml whipping cream whipped with 2 tbsp icing sugar
80g shaved dark Chocolate


Method:-

1) Mix ingredients (A) well with a hand whisk.
2) Stir cocoa powder in warmed oil until dissolved and pour into yolk mixture.
3) Stir (C) into yolk mixture.
4) Sieve ingredient (D) and stir it into yolk mixture.
5) Whip egg whites in a clean mixing bowl until big bubbles are formed. Add in the cream of tartar and whip until white in colour.
6) Divide 50g sugar into 3 portions and add a portion at a time into egg white slowly while whipping the whites. Whip until stiff peaks formed.
7) Pour 1/2 white into yolk mixture and blend well.
8) Pour yolk mixture into the remaining egg white mixture and blend well.
9) Pour batter into clean baking pan and bake at 180C for 40 minutes or until cooked.
10) Invert cake and leave to cool. Then cut cooled cake into 2 layers.
11) Whip the cream with icing sugar until stiff.
12) Spread a layer of cream on the bottom cake layer. Place halved cherries.
13) Sandwich the cake with the top layer.
14) Decorate as appropriate with remaining whipped cream and chocolate shavings.


[recipe from Florence]

Almond Fruit Tarts



INGREDIENTS:-

90g Butter, softened
60g Caster sugar
1 Egg
1 Egg yolk, extra
150g Almond meal
20g Plain flour
1/2 cup Raspberries or Blueberries
1 tbsp Icing sugar


INSTRUCTIONS:-

1) Prehead oven to 150C.
2) Place butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until pale and creamy.
3) Add the egg, egg yolk, almond meal and flour and beat until smooth.
4) Grease tart tins and spoon in the mixture.
5) Smooth the tops and sprinkle over the fruit . Gently press the berries into the filling, sprinkle with icing sugar and bake for 35 - 40 mins or until golden brown.


NOTE:-

1) Try replacing almond meal with hazelnut or walnut meal. Personally, I prefer using walnut meal to make this cause it enhances the colour and taste better.


[recipe from Motherhood Magazine (Dec' 05 issue)]

Cuppuccino Cheese Cupcakes



Ingredients:-

(A)
100g butter
2 tbsp Tia Maria,Kahlua or Orange juice
2 tsp instant coffee dissolved in 1 tbsp hot water
130g caster sugar
2 medium eggs
170g self-raising flour
60ml full cream milk

(B)
125g cream cheese (room temperature)
1 tsp vanilla essence
60g icing sugar
1 medium egg Cocoa or drinking chocolate powder
Icing sugar for dusting


Method:-
1) Preheat oven to 180 degree C
2) Beat ingredients (A) well at medium speed or until it turns a lighter color.
3) Spoon batter to fill half the muffin/cupcake cases.
4) Bake for 10 minutes.
5) Meantime, beat ingredients (B) till fluffy and well combined.
6) Remove cupcakes from oven and carefully spoon the creamcheese over.
7) Return to the oven and bake for another 15 minutes
8) Dust with cocoa powder and icing sugar if desired.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by Rusti]

Blueberry Cheese Tarts



INGREDIENTS:-

Pastry:
83g butter, chilled
150g high-ratio/cake flour
40g icing sugar
10g milk powder,
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
1 Grade C egg

Filling:
250g cream cheese
2 tbsp corn starch, sifted
60g icing sugar, sifted
50g evaporated milk
3 egg yolks
Blueberry filling


INSTRUTIONS:-

To prepare pastry:
1) Sift flour, icing sugar and milk powder together into a mixing bowl.
2) Rub in butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
3) Add in the egg and vanilla essence. Mix it until the pastry begins to form large lumps.
4) Press together gently with your fingers until the pastry forms a ball.
5) Chill pastry dough for about 30 minutes.

To prepare filling:
1) Beat sifted icing sugar and cream cheese until light, creamy and smooth (with no lumps of cheese in the mixture).
2) Add egg yolks one at a time. When finish with the yolks, add in the remaining ingredient, except blueberry filling, and blend well.

To prepare egg tarts:
1) Press some pastry evenly into tart mould. Trim the edges to remove excessive dough.
2) Prick base of each tart with a fork.
3) Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degC for 10 minutes.
4) Remove tart from oven and fill tart with about a little of cheese filling. Top with blueberry filling and fill up tart shell with more cheese filling to cover the blueberry filling.
5) Send back to a preheated oven at 180 degC for further 10 - 15 minutes.
6) Leave the tarts in moulds for 10 minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool.


NOTES:-

1) When making the pastry, size of the egg quite important. If wrong size is used, your dough will be wet. If that happens, add sifted cake flour, a little at a time till you can form your dough.
2) To make the "B" on the surface, take some cheese filling and add some coco powder and mix well. Pour mixture into a pipping/zip lock bag and pipe the letter onto the surface before sending it for baking.


[adapted recipe from Jo's Deli & Bakery]

Madeleines



Ingredients:-

2 eggs
100g sugar
100g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
100g butter - melted and cool
lemon zest (optional, can be replaced by orange zest, chocolate chips etc)


Method:-

1) Beat the eggs with the sugar.
2) Mix it with the sifted flour and baking powder.
3) Add melted butter and lemon zest.
4) Leave the mixture for a few hours or overnight.
5) Heat oven at 180 degree C
6) Lightly grease madeleines pan
7) Put about 1 to 1 1/4 tablespoons (slightly more than half filled) of batter into Madeleines pan and bake them for 15 or 20 mins.
8) Once golden or brown, take it out from the oven and cool.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by helena]

Chocolate Cheesecake



Ingredient:-

(A)
250g Cream Cheese
60g caster sugar
1 egg

(B)
180g butter
150g sugar
3 eggs
3tbsp cocoa powder
120g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder


Method:-
1) Beat ingredient A until fluffy
2) From ingredient B, beat butter and sugar, add in eggs one at a time. Add in remaining ingredients.
3) Using a 8' square tin, pour in half portion of (2). Then pour in (1). Pour the remaining portion of (2).
4) Baked in oven for 150C for 40 - 45 mins. Cool well then keep cake in refrigerator.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by ilovebaking]

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Soothing Pear and Snow Jelly Fungus Tonic



Ingredients:-

2 chinese snow pear (雪梨) or korean nashi pears
1 small piece dried snow jelly fungus (雪耳, 白木耳)
20g bitter and sweet apricot (南杏, 北杏)
honey to taste


Method:-

1) Wash pears and cut into half. Remove sour cores and trim hard stems.
2) Break up snow jelly fungus into small pieces and trim off woody root ends. (This would be easier if fungus is soaked in water till soften)
3) Add pears, fungus, apricot kernels into a large pot with about 2 litres water.
4) Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for an hour or longer.
5) Add honey to taste just before serving.


[recipe from magazine Food & Travel by Kitchen Culture]

Pandan Chiffon Cake



Ingredients:-

(A)
4 Large Egg Yolks
70g Castor Sugar
1/4 tsp Salt

(B)
85ml Corn Oil
115 ml Pandan Juice (Mix 1 tsp of pandan paste to 115ml of water)

(C)
150g Cake Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder

(D)
4 Large Egg Whites
70g Castor Sugar
1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar


Method:-

1) Preheat oven 170C - 180C.
2) Sift (C) twice, set aside.
3) Cream (A) until sugar dissovled using hand whisk. Add in (B) in the order listed. Mix well after each addition.
4) Fold in sifted flour and mix well.
5) Beat egg whites until frothy, add cream of tartar and beat till soft peaks. Add sugar and beat till stiff peaks.
6) Fold 1/2 of the egg whites into egg yolk mixture, gently with a rubber spatula until just blended.
7) Pour yolk mixture (step 6) into the rest of egg whites, fold it gently with rubber spatula until blended.
8) Put batter into a 20cm chiffon cake pan, bang the pan on a hard surface to release the bubbles and bake at 170C - 180C for 40 - 45 minutes or till cooked.
9) When the cake is cooked, remove from oven immediately and give it another bang on a hard surface. Then invert the cake to cool. Remove the cake from the cake pan when it is completely cool.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by connie]

Monday, April 10, 2006

红豆沙 (Red Bean Creme)


















Ingredients:-

600g red bean (soak overnight)
14 cups of water
250g lotus seed (soak and remove stem)
Rock sugar to taste
Pandan Leaves


Method:-
1) Boil red bean with water till soft. Drain but keep the water.
2) Put it in a blender and blend till very fine paste.
3) Sieve through a fine sieve. You need to stir them through the sieve.
4) Put them back into the water.
5) Steam lotus seed till semi soft.
6) Add lotus seed, pandan leaves and rock sugar into the red bean soup. Simmer till sugar dissolved.


Note:-
1) Depending how creamy you want them to be, dilute it with water accordingly.


[recipe from edith]

Cashew Nut Cookies


















Ingredients:-

225g butter
150g fine sugar
2 egg yolks (reserve some egg whites for glazing)
1 tsp vanilla essence
300g plain flour
20g rice flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
60g ground cashewnuts, toasted
Toasted cashewnuts for decoration (half or whole)


Method :-

1) Preheat oven to 175C. Line baking tray with parchment paper.
2) Sift together plain flour, rice flour, baking powder and salt.
3) Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
4) Add in egg yolks and vanilla essence, beat well.
5) On low speed, add in the ground cashewnuts, mix well, followed by the flour mixture. Stop mixing once the dough comes together.
6) Roll about half tablespon of dough into a ball, place on baking tray and flatten slightly.
7) Brush the top with egg white, press a cashewnut lightly on top.
8) Bake for about 20-25 minutes till golden brown.


Notes:-

1) For variety, cashew nuts can be replaced by peanuts, almond or hazelnuts.
2) Weight each cookie dough to be about 5g to have bite size cookies.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by coxiella]

Pineapple Tarts (JM's granny recipe)











INGREDIENTS:-

Pineapple Filling

Semi-ripe pineapples
Caster Sugar (can use malt sugar for better colour)

Pastry

250g butter
2 cups plain flour
1 egg
2 egg yolks
2 tbsp water
1/2 tbsp milk powder (can be omited if don't have)


INSTRUCTIONS:-

1) Grate/chop pineapples till fine. Squeeze out as much juice as possible.
2) Cook over fire till dry.
3) Add sugar till desired sweetness and continue to cook till sugar water dries up. Set aside.
4) Put all ingredients for pastry in a bowl.
5) Gently mix all ingredients using rubbing in method.
6) Roll out dough and cut using a jam tart cutter.
7) Place pineapple filling on top of dough and glaze with egg yolk.
9) Baked at 180C for 15mins.

Christmas Squares


















Ingredients:-

Crust
250 g butter
50 g sugar (use brown sugar for better colour)
250 g plain flour

Filling
60 g plain flour
250 g sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 egg yolks
125 g chopped nuts
1 cup mixed candied fruits


Method:-

1) Cut butter into flour and sugar. Press into 9 x 13 pan.
2) Bake at 190C for 20 mins or until golden brown
3) Shieve together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
4) Add yolks, nuts and fruits to dry ingredients.
5) Pour fruit mixture over baked crust and bake for another 30 - 40 mins.
6) Cut into squares or bars while still warm.
7) Sprinkle some icing sugar when cooled.

Baby Pandan Chiffon Cake



















Ingredients:-

Pandan Layer

4 eggs
210 gm sugar
Pandan juice 25 cc or mix 2-3 tsp of pandan paste to 25 cc water
300 gm plain flour
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp salt
250 ml of thick coconut milk
2 tsp ovalette

Coconut Layer

250g Fresh shredded coconut
1/2 to 1 tsp salt
1 tsp tapioca/corn flour


Method:-

1) Steam shredded coconut for about 5 to 8 mins.
2) After steaming, add in salt and tapioca/corn flour and mix well. Place some steamed coconut into the base of a mould. Use another mould to place on top of the mould with coconut and press hard on it. Do the same for all the mould.
3) Beat eggs with sugar and ovalette until white and fluffy.
4) Mix the coconut milk, pandan juice/paste, green colour and salt in a cup.
5) Mix the baking powder with the flour. Add the coconut milk and flour alternatively into the egg mixture and mix well.
6) Spoon mixture into prepared mould and steam on big fire for 10 mins.


Note:-

1) Recipe yield about 50 pieces.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by Hugbear]