How to Make Traditional Chinese Steamed Cake

How to Make Traditional Chinese Steamed Cake

Friday, 29 May 2015 / No Comments

Hello guys…

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Did you read our article before? About some Chinese symbolic foods?. Well this time I want to share about the cake that symbolized our hope to have a sweet life. That is steamed cake. This time we will talk about the traditional one that usually served in many Chinese festival. Here we go…

Ingredients:

140g flour

5 medium eggs

240g Sugar

Steps:

1. Dry the flour for an hour under the hot sun.

2. Beat the eggs and sugar with the mixer until become double volume, thick, and creamy mixture. To minimize the air bubbles, turn the mixer to the lower speed and beat the mixture for 2 minutes.

3. Pour the flour to the mixture. Slowly stir with the spatula until perfectly combine.

4. Pour the cake mixture into prepared 8” lined baking tin or bamboo steam tray, rest for 10mins.

5. Steam over high heat for about 40mins, and wait for 1min then only remove the cake.

Now you have your own traditional Chinese sponge cake. You can enjoy this sweet dessert with your family and have a sweet life. Have a great time…

How to Make Green Tea Tofu Pudding

How to Make Green Tea Tofu Pudding

Tuesday, 26 May 2015 / No Comments

Hello guys… happy Monday…

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Like what I told you before we will talk about the other pudding recipe. Before we already see how green tea has a lot of benefits for our health. Beside you can drink your delicious green tea, your green tea also can transform to soft pudding. we also already talked about our soft tofu. And this time we will see how our beneficial green tea will be a mixture pudding with our soft tofu. Are you ready? Lets check the recipe below.

Ingredients:

7 oz [200g] soft tofu
1 tbsp [15 mL] green tea powder
2 tsp [10 mL] gelatin powder
2 tbsp [30 mL] boiling water
1 can [370 mL] Carnation® Regular, 2% or Fat Free Evaporated Milk
3½ tbsp [52 mL] sugar

Steps:
1. Blend tofu and green tea powder in the blender until mix well and smooth.
2. Pour gelatin in boiling water. Stir to dissolve.
3. Boil milk and sugar in medium heat. Stirring frequetly.
4. In the tofu mixture add a small amount of milk mixture. Stir.
5. Pour the tofu mixture in remaining milk mixture and stirring well.
6. Mix gelatin and stir well. Pour through a strainer to remove any remaining lumps.
7. Pour into ramekins.
8. Refrigerate until set for 3 hours.

Now your green tea pudding are ready to serve… Happy cooking.
See you next time.

Dessert Around The World: Chinese

Dessert Around The World: Chinese

Monday, 25 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi Guys! Welcome back to our Dessert Around The World series. Our destination today is China!! Enjoy!

Annin Tofu

Annin Tofu is a traditional dessert from Beijing, Cantonese, and Hong Kong made of jellied tofu made with apricot kernel, agar and sugar. This dessert is known as a vegan dish, but actually the traditional recipe contains dairy ingredients and flavored extract.

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Black Sesame Soup

Black sesame soup is popular in East-Asian and Chinese especially throughout China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It's usually served hot and have the soup consistency but much more thicker. The main ingredients of this soup is black sesame seeds, sugar, rice and water. Chinese traditional treatments used this soup to warm the body, replenish blood, relax bowel and nourish your hair. This soup is also good for those who have Anemia, Constipation, Dizzines, and Tinnitus.

Dragon's Beard Candy

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Dragon's Beard Candy is a Chinese sweets similar to spun candy. It's is describe to be an old-fashioned candy with rich and sweet flavor with threads and chewy texture. It's shaped like a white cocoon and is very sensitive to moisture and heat (it tends to melt if it's exposed to heat). The first Dragon's Beard Candy was recorded during the Han Dynasty. The process of making this candy includes stretching the dough into thin strings. 

So, that's all from our destination today guys! See you on our next destination, BYE!!