Sunday, April 12, 2020

Baked Cassava Cake 烤木薯糕


Mom’s recipe:

Ingredients:
2 Big Cassava
1 pack of grated coconut 16 oz or 450g
1 can of coconut milk (400 ml)
2 rocks of coconut sugar 250g each. Or granulated coconut sugar 250g is sweet enough.
1 tsp salt
1 cup rice flour
2 eggs (blended) - optional

Steps:
  1. Dissolve coconut sugar in a pot with low heat till totally dissolve.
  2. Remove Cassava skin and the middle part. Then cut into pieces. 
  3. Blend Cassava with 1 cup of coconut milk.
  4. Pour Cassava into a container and mix in the rest of ingredients. 
  5. Brush oil onto a pan and pour the the mixed ingredient. This ingredient can make 2 square pans of cassava cakes.
  6. Pre-heat oven to 390F and bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes till golden brown in top.
  7. Let it cool down completely before flip it over.  Cut and serve.






Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Taro Jicama Roll 潮州灌腸(光煎)



光锵也叫“光煎”,是一种在北马一带较为常见的潮州传统糕点,也是潮州人在年初一食用的年食。潮州人叫这糕点为“Kwong Qiang”,中文的意思其实就是“灌肠”,取其像肠子的外形。这糕点主要的馅料是白萝卜、沙葛、冬菇、花生、粘米粉和薯粉──因潮州人习惯大年初一吃素,所以这个糕点不含肉类。所有馅料准备好了后就用腐皮包起来,然后拿去蒸,冷却后切片下锅去煎。经过油煎的芋头香味散发出来,加上香脆的腐皮和富有嚼劲的花生,这个简单却含有浓浓传统的老味道肯定会把人们带回到那些年的幸福时光。

潮州光锵材料A(拌匀):
沙葛(切丝)——850克
芋头(切丝)——1粒(小)
花生(煮熟)——100克
糖——2汤匙盐——11/2茶匙
胡椒粉——1茶匙

材料B:
粘米粉——150克
木薯粉——50克
腐皮——2张

做法:
1.馅料:将材料A加入粘米粉和木薯粉一起拌匀。
2.把馅料放在腐皮上包成长筒形。
3.将包好的光锵放进蒸笼用中火蒸40分钟。
4.放旁待冷后切成小块,放进热油中炸至金黄色。

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Mom’s Recipe 媽媽祖傳祕方:

Ingredients:
Jicama, taro, (有皮花生)peanuts, Chinese Celery
White pepper 2 TSP
Salt 1 TSP
Tapioca flour (太白粉)2 cups
Rice flour (粘米粉)1.5 cups
Mushroom extract

1. Boils peanut for 30 minutes (add a ceramic spoon to speed up the softness) and drain.
2. Shred jicama and taro.
3. Mix all ingredients together. (Notes: Remove excess water comes out from jicama and add some rice flour.)
4. Wrap ingredients with bean curd sheet.
5. Steam for 30 minutes. Take it out and flip side. Wait till it is cool before cutting.
6. Lightly fried to crispy brown.
7. Serve with chili sauce and vegetarian barbecue sauce.







Thursday, November 22, 2018

Mexican Spinach Enchiladas


Ingredients:
  • 2 packages of flour tortilla (Each package has 16 tortilla)
  • 2 boxes for frozen spinach
  • 1 bunch of fresh spinach
  • 2 boxes of mushrooms
  • 2 lbs of fresh tomatoes
  • 1 can of tomato sauce
  • 1 can of black bean or kernel corn if desired
  • 4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon salt (for taste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper (for taste) 
  • 2-3 leaves of mints for salsa
Directions to prepare Salsa:
  1. Put 2 lbs of whole tomatoes into a pot and then add water just enough to cover the tomatoes.  Then boil them for 10 minutes. (This step is optional; this step is to get rid of the bitterness of tomatoes.)
  2. Let the tomatoes cool down and then blend them.
  3. Add 2 tablespoon of oil into another pot and then pour in the blended tomatoes.
  4. Add mint leaves, oregano, black pepper, and salt into the blended tomoatoes.  
  5. Add jalapenoes if desired.
  6. Then cook for another 20 minutes.
  7. Add more salt or black pepper to taste.
Directions to prepare Enchiladas:
  1. Slice mushrooms.
  2. Stir-fry mushrooms with oil for 2 minutes, and then add spinach and cook for another 2 minutes.
  3. Mix cheese into the mushrooms and spinach.
  4. Heat up the tortilla and roll up the tortilla with the mushroom and spinach ingredients.
  5. Add rolls of tortilla to the pan until the first layer is filled on the pan. 
  6. Before adding another layer of tortilla, add cheese and some salsa on top of the enchiladas and then start layering the second layer of enchiladas.
  7. For decoration, spread chopped tomatoes and cilantro on the top of the enchiladas.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Sweet Potato Casserole - Orange flavor


Ingredients for Sweet Potato Mix:
  • 6 cups mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp orange flavoring
  • 1 cup melted butter
  • 4 eggs beaten

Ingredients for Toppings:
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cup pecans
  • 2/3 cup flour
  • 2/3 cup butter

Directions: (Total time: 60 min)
  1. Mix 'Sweet Potato Mix' ingredients together.
  2. Spray casserole dish and put sweet potato mix in dish.
  3. Bake at 400 – 450F degree for 40 min.
  4. Mix Toppings together until crumbly.
  5. Sprinkle topping on baked sweet potato mix.
  6. Bake at 400-450F degree for 20 min.