Tao Suan with You Tiao

Local traditional dessert : Tao Suan with 油条

Recipe for 4:

1 Cup of Mung Beans (Tao Suan beans)
Pandan Leaves
Rock Sugar
Sweet Potato Flour
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1) Soak Mung Beans in water for 20 mins.
2) Wash beans (3-4 times) until water turns clearer
3) Boil Pandan leaves in water until fragrant
4) Add rock sugar to boiling Pandan water (Qty depends on how sweet you want it to be)
5) After draining off water, steam Mung Beans in a wide plate/tray with a bunch of Pandan Leaves for 20 mins
6) Dump steamed Mung Beans into sweeten Pandan water
7) Mix Sweet Potato flour with cool water to form starch solution and pour into the hot pot
8) Off heat once thicken

READY TO SERVE WITH YOU ZHA KWAY!

龙年行大运！ Ang Moh Huat Kuay

today is the 1st day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. I woke up with the urge to do something about the huge carton of blueberries that I bought 2 days ago. What could be more appropriate than to bake something with an auspicious meaning to it? During this festive season, the chinese like to have 发糕(Huat Kuay) to symbolize Prosperity and Wealth. So, I decided to do the Ang Moh version of Huat Kuay - Muffins!

Presenting.... the Auspicious Ang Moh Huat Kuays --- Blueberry Muffins!

 

Happy Dragon Year~~

Oh finally I have the time to bake a little, just nice for the coming Lunar New Year. Cookies are must-haves as one of the many CNY goodies. So, today I did a jar of floral-shaped butter cookies with red sugar sprinkles to add on to the family's CNY goodies.

As the years pass by, Chinese Lunar New Year has lesser of the festive effect on me... OLD already...
I kind of miss the warm and fuzzy excitement for CNY as a kid during the 80s. Wearing new pajamas on CNY eve and staying awake as late as possible for the longevity of dad & mum. The old neighborhood was always lively and bursting with the spirit of festivity. The 80s will always be the best era ever!

I can smell the goodness for 2012. I know and believe that it will be a year of fruitfulness, yet another year of personal accomplishments & achievements. I'm excited~ 


Miss boon hereby wishes everyone a Wonderful and Fruitful Dragon year ahead!

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit."

Jeremiah 17:7-8