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Here is another Chinese Peanut Cookies recipe (I can never get sick of peanut cookies because they are so addictive!) Instead of using the shortcut method of peanut butter, these are made with ground peanuts, which I roasted, peeled and roasted again before they are ground into a fine powder/paste. It’s a lot more work involved but…
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Chinese Peanut Butter Cookies [Chinese New Year Goodie]
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Here’s another Chinese New Year goodie that I love very much since I was a kid – Peanut Cookies! The traditional and authentic chinese peanut cookies are not easy to make at all – first raw peanuts have to be shelled and roasted. The peanut skin is then peeled off and the peanuts are ground into a powder. The peanut…
Cashew Cookies [Chinese New Year Goodie]
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Here is a another new Chinese New Year goodie that I’ve baked this year – cashew cookies! In the past, due to work, I only have time to make guaranteed-success Chinese New Year goodies, such as my pineapple tarts or kueh lapis, as I don’t have time to experiment on recipes. But this year is different! I have tried…
Baked Crab Stick [Chinese New Year Goodie]
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Crab stick is a processed seafood made from starch and finely minced white fish, shaped to look like the leg meat of Japanese snow crab. They don’t contain any crab meat and my mom used to add them into soups, steamboats etc, but I’m never very fond of them because they just taste odd to me….
Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day Cookout!
In Asian countries, many of us are now busy preparing for Chinese New Year, the first day will be on Sunday, but many families will come together the night before for the reunion dinner (团圆饭). The celebration will last for the next few days – in Singapore, we get to have 2 public holidays off…
Hainanese Chicken Rice
I have finally mustered enough courage to make a full-fledged Hainanese Chicken Rice. This recipe has always been on my to-do list and I’ve researched high and low for recipes and tips in making a good chicken rice. The main pulling factors preventing me from cooking it is the thought of chopping up a whole…
Kueh Lapis Legit
Kueh Lapis Legit / Spekkoek Disclaimer: This is not a cake for the faint-hearted, not for those who are watching their weight and worrying about their waist/hip lines – this cake’s fatty contents is bound to make your jaws drop and you will need to run God-knows-how-many-kilometres before you can get rid of the calories…
Cold Abalone Slices with Sweet and Spicy Sauce + Awards
Fireworks that we saw from my grandparents’ house Happy Chinese New Year! I went back to my home town in Batu Pahat, Malaysia last Sunday and returned on Tuesday night. We only go back once or twice a year, so it’s good to see that all my relatives (especially my grandparents) are healthy and well….
Chinese New Year 2012 – Pineapple Tarts
Chinese New Year is round the corner again! It just seemed like yesterday that I celebrated Christmas and New Year… Don’t you think so? This year I’m making pineapple tarts again. I did not try making the jam from scratch – couldn’t find the time to do so and I was worried that I’d fail…
Chinese Pork Dumplings
Chinese dumplings, also known as jiaozi (饺子), are often wrapped and eaten during Chinese New Year. Families will gather together to make the dough and the filling, then wrapping them together around the table. The dumplings will then be cooked in boiling water or stock and served with other Chinese delicacies. Chinese dumplings are considered…
Celebrating Chinese New Year: Pineapple Tarts
Chinese New Year, aka Lunar New Year, aka Spring Festival, is the most important festival of all of the Chinese traditional festivals. It begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese calendar and ends 15 days later. Nearing the festival, people will spend lots of money purchasing Chinese New Year decoration…