Author: tiarakok

Agar-Agar and Jelly, Kuih, Cookies, Cakes and Bread Recipes

Pandan Agar-agar Jelly Cake | 香兰千层蛋糕, 香兰果冻蛋糕

This is my favourite childhood cake! Today, I’ll be sharing a lovely pandan layered cake recipe. The cake consists of a soft and light cake, layered with pandan jelly. The Pandan agar-agar jelly adds a rich, fragrant flavor to this cake. It’s so delicious; you have to try it! EXPLANATION OF KEY INGREDIENTS FLOUR I […]

Agar-Agar and Jelly

Fruit Jelly Mooncake | 水果果冻燕菜月饼

These Fruit Jelly Mooncakes are adapted from the traditional mooncakes, which are traditionally enjoyed during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Classic mooncake is baked with pastry skin and filled with lotus paste or red bean paste. Making these classic pastry type mooncakes can be quite time consuming. So in recent years, jelly mooncake has become a popular […]

Classic Chinese Recipes & Malaysian Signature, Festival Recipes, Dim Sum

Steam Vegetables Crystal Dumplings (Chai Kuih/Chai Kueh) | 菜粿 (水晶糕)

I love this Chai Kuih recipe, it has a soft and slightly chewy crystal dumpling skin and taste delicious with the sweet and savoury yam bean (also known as jicama or sengkuang) filling. Chai Kueh is a popular Chinese Snack in Malaysia. This is a Healthy snack to enjoy as it is steamed and filled […]

Classic Chinese Recipes & Malaysian Signature, Festival Recipes

Sticky Rice Dumplings | Bak Chang | Zongzi | Dragon Boat Festival | 端午节粽子食谱

Sticky rice dumplings are traditionally made during Dragon Boat Festival. In Cantonese dialect, these dumplings are called “Zong”, in Hokkien dialect, its called “Bak Chang” or in Chinese it’s called Zongzi “粽子”. These dumplings are made with glutinous rice filled with meat and other ingredients, wrapped in bamboo leaves and then boiled about 2 hours. […]

Agar-Agar and Jelly, Classic Chinese Recipes & Malaysian Signature, Festival Recipes

Fruit Jelly Dumplings Zongzi | 水果果冻燕菜糕粽子

These Fruit Jelly Dumplings are adapted from the traditional Sticky Rice Dumplings, Zongzi. Sticky rice dumplings are usually enjoyed during the Dragon Boat Festival. They have different names depending on the dialect: “Zong” in Cantonese, “Bak Chang” in Hokkien, and “Zongzi” (粽子) in Chinese. These dumplings are made with glutinous rice filled with meat and […]