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Merdeka Open House 2009 : My Sweet Malaysia

August 28th, 2009

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Merdeka day is round the corner. This year theme for Merdeka virtual open house is My Sweet Malaysia. Thanks to Babe in the City-KL for organizing this and I am glad I am joining this fun event for the  second time. With this year theme My Sweet Malaysia, I am submitting my favourite Steamed Caramel Cake or in Malay they called it Kuih Gula Hangus. This kuih is one of my favourite when I was a kid. My Ah Mah used to make this when I am a young. I just love the caramel and topped it with some grated coconut.

Try this today. Perhaps for your Merdeka gathering at home.

Ingredients:
150gm sugar
50ml water
100ml evaporated milk
200gm self raising flour, sieve
1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda, sieve together with flour
4 eggs
100g castor sugar
100g grated coconut
1/4 tsp salt, mix together with coconut

Method:
1. Place sugar in a saucepan and melt over low heat until caramelizes to golden brown. Add in water and allow to dissolve and let it cool.
2. Add in evaporated milk. Mixed well.
3. Fold in the flour and set aside.
4. Whisk eggs together with castor sugar until light and fluffy. Fold in the flour and mixed well.
5. Lightly greased little molds in the prepared steamer.
6. Fill 3/4 full with the mixture and steam for 8-12 minutes on high heat.
7. Set aside cakes to cool before removing them from the molds.
8. Top each cake with some grated coconut before serving.

Happy Merdeka Day!

12:53 AM | Celebration, Kueh | 7 Comments »

Ah Mah 91st Birthday Celebration

November 10th, 2007
We just reached home from Ah Mah’s house. It is almost 11 pm and both Le-Ann and Ee-Thern soundly asleep in their car seat. Little girl didn’t sleep at all this afternoon and still can stand till just now. Where else little boy, slept for 3 hours in the afternoon and at Ah Mah’s house is full with energetic playing with fellow cousins.

Today we celebrated Ah Mah’s 91st Birthday and it is another big makan feast at home. Last year we get a caterer to do the catering at home. But this year we suggested the same arrangement again but again there are few aunties ‘ah chi ah chor’ complainting foods is not good, caterer is expensive, bla, bla, bla…… End up Dad suggested every family pool RM100 and he will make arrangement to prepare the foods. My Dad is a good cook and trying to be SUPERHERO hence he cook some and some he get my aunt to buy. Walaueh…. end up I think too much food. Few of my cousin sis, bring some food also end up 2 person bring the same food. (** shake head** )

Sis called me up yesterday and telling me no one is preparing dessert and she asked me to make some back. Searching around what to make and end up I make ‘Seri Muka’ after my 1st attempt to make ‘Kuih Jagung’ failed yesterday night. This morning woke up early and started making the ‘Kuih Seri Muka’ and get the recipe from the here.



Don’t know why the top layer is not smooth. Can someone please tell me why? Those selling in pasar malam, why the top surface is so smooth and nice and so, so, so even.

Also makes some Butter Cupcakes yesterday night and did the frosting with buttercream icing this afternoon.

The frosting is still not perfect and I just hate buttercream icing cos it is so sweet. Get this design idea from Flickr photos. I only play around with 2 colours which is yellow and pink cos I don’t want to wash so many bowls.

The wording on the cupcake is ‘SAU’ which means LONGEVITY.
Ee-Thern boy woke up at 4 pm and once he finished his milk, I started to pack all their cloths and other stuff into the car. Also took along his bicycle so that he can cycle around in Ah Mah’s house. We left to Ah Mah’s house at about 4.30 pm and to my surprised I am the first one to reach there. I was thinking want to help Dad with the cooking, aik …. no body yet. Sis called me up and apparantly there is a bad jam in KL and she is stuck for 3 hours from KL to Kajang.

Both of them once reached Ah Mah’s house started to cycle at the back of the house with Anson and Eason.

I am too busy chit chatting with fellow cousin sis and haven’t see them for a long time since CNY. So kepoh around here and there with them and totally forgot to snap the food shots. Dad cook fried chicken, fried wantan, fried prawns, yong tau foo, stewed mushroom, sambal sotong, and he ordered from his friend pork ribs curry, fried longevity noodles and also steamed glutinious rice. He get Aunty AC to order 4 roasted duck and also some siew yoke. Mom ordered currypuff from her Malay neighbour and Sis make jellies, me make Kuih Seri Muka and cousin sis, KC also bring a full plate of Malay kuih muih. So I think end up toooo muchhhhh foodddd.. and got to ‘tar pau’ after the party.


My Dad more ‘keng’… can make Ais Kacang for all of us. The 4 maids at home helped him with the Ais Kacang.

Its cake cutting time and all the kids surrounded my their Tai Mah. This old lady, already 90 years old and in Chinese it is 91 years old and yet still so strong except that she can’t walk anymore. My Ah Mah, is always my favourite grandma, who take care and brought me up since I am a baby till the day I get married.


Both Le-Ann and Ee-Thern only attack the icing on the cupcakes and throw away the cakes after they lick the icing. Ish…. geramnya! Look at both of them, play till the whole head is so wet and sweating all around.

Took bath for them and little girl eyes is almost half close but little boy still can play around with Ei Faye Ah Yi’s NIKE Shoes. Hahaha.. he looks like Ronald McDonalds hor… with the big shoes!

3:08 PM | Celebration, Cupcakes, Kids, Kueh | 10 Comments »

Angku Kuih

September 29th, 2007
Angku Kuih is one of the must for the Hokkien during prayers, Chinese New Year, Birthday,Baby Fullmoon, etc… My favourite Angku kuih is with the coconut filling and you can also have either the green beans or red beans ( tau sar ) for filling.

I make some Angku kuih during Ee-Thern’s birthday and uses the red beans filling. Here is the recipe to share.

Ingredients :
250 gm glutinous rice flour
1 tbsp tapioca flour
100gm steamed sweet potato, mashed
3 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp corn oil

Combine:
200ml hot boiling water
1 drop of red colouring

Banana leaves / Jackfruit leaves, cut into small round, lightly greased
Corm oil for glazing

Filling :
200gm split, skinned green beans / red beans
150gm sugar
2 tbsp corn oil
2 pandan leaves, knotted

Method for filling :
1. Wash and soak green beans overnight. Drain well. Steam green beans for 30 minutes or until soft. Mashed or blended till fine.
2. Heat a non-stick pan with some corn oil, add in sugar and cook till sugar dissolves. Add in green bean paste and pandan leaves.
3. Cook until the paste turn sticky and remove the pandan leaves and leave a side to cool completely.
4. Divide the filling into small round balls.

Method for Angku skin:
1. Put glutinous rice flour and topiaca flour into a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and add in sugar, mashed sweet potatoes, corn oil and the coloured hot water. Mix and knead well until the colouring us even and the dough turns glossy.
2. Divide dough into equal portions and roll each portion into round ball. Flatten the dough and add a small ball of filling.
3. Seal the edges and make into a round ball again.
4. Lightly dust the angku mould with some glutinous rice flour. Press the dough into the mould.
5. Knock mould lightly and angku will slide out. Place angku on a greased banana leaves.
6. Steamed angku in a steamer and steam covered over hot boiling water for about 5 minutes.
7. Remove the cover and continue to steam again for about 10 minutes.
8. Remove angku from the steamer and brush lightly with corn oil to prevent it from sticking with one another.
Note :
1. Steaming the angku uncovered for the last 10 minutes is to prevent the pattern on the angku form dissapearing.
2. I’ve actually doubled the recipe above and please take note not to add too much of sweet potatoes into the dough because it will makes the skin too soft.




My this little KPC Le-Ann, early morning woke up and wanted to help me out and she is still in her pyjamas. I wonder whether when she grow up will she inherit my skills in baking and cooking or not.

Girl will always be girl, interested in this unlike my son, saw his ‘cheh cheh’ helping me out in the kitchen and he run up into the room started to watch cartoon again.

Recipe adapted from ‘ AT HOME WITH AMY BEH’ Recipe Book.

5:11 AM | Kids, Kueh | 9 Comments »