Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients:

300g orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
300g Japanese sweet potatoes
50g dried longans
2500 ml water
120g rock sugar
3 pandan leaves, knotted
1 thumb-sized piece ginger

Method:

1.  Peel and cut sweet potatoes into chunks.  Wash and flatten ginger with the back of a cleaver.
2.  Place 2.5 litres of water in a pot together with the ginger and pandan leaves.  Bring to a boil.
3.  Add in the dried longans, sweet potatoes and rock sugar.  Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are just tender.
4.  Discard pandan leaves and serve.

Huat Kueh II

Ingredients:

300g plain flour
250g brown sugar
200ml thick coconut milk
50ml water
1 egg
1 tsp double action baking powder
5 pandan leaves

Method:

1.  Boil the brown sugar and 50ml water till sugar dissolves. Strain and leave to cool.
2.  Pound the pandan leaves and extract the juice.
3.  Mix the egg with the thick coconut milk and pandan juice.
4.  Mix the shifted flour with the cool sugar solution and mix well, then add in the thick coconut milk mixture.
5.  Dissolve the double action baking powder with 2 tbsp of hot water and add to the mixture.
6.  Pour mixture into small containers and steam immediately for about 20 minutes.

Ban Chien Kueh

Rising Dough:

2 tsp dry yeast
180g plain flour
300ml water

Method: Mix dissolved yeast with the plain flour and water and leave to rise for 5 to 8 hrs.

Ingredients:

450g plain flour
110 tapioca flour
90g sugar
500ml water
2 eggs
2 tsp alkaline water
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method:
1.  Sieve plain flour and tapioca flour together into a mixing bowl.
2.  Add in the sugar, bicarbonate of soda, alkaline water and eggs.
3.  Add water gradually and stir until combined then add risen dough and mix well. Cover and keep batter aside for 1-2 hours.
4.  Heat a brass mould or a non-stick pan. Pour a thin layer of batter onto heated, greased mould and spread batter to form a round thin pancake.  Sprinkle with a bit of sugar, cover and cook over medium low  heat until cooked. Sprinkle with coconut or peanut fillings, fold kueh over and remove from mould.

Huat Kueh

Ingredients:

600g plain flour
500g brown sugar
300g sweet potatoes
1 to 11/2 rice bowls water
1 tbsp dried yeast
10 pandan leaves

Method:

1.  Remove skin of sweet potatoes, wash and cut into pieces. Boil with some water till cooked, drain and  mash till fine.
2.  Pound pandan leaves and extract the juice.
3.  Sift flour into a mixing bowl, add the brown sugar and mix thoroughly.
4.  Add the pandan juice and cooled, mashed sweet potatoes.
5.  Add in the water bit by bit till enough to form a thick batter.
6.  Dissolve the dried yeast in 2 tbsp lukewarm water, leave till foamy then mix with the batter.  Mix well, cover and leave to prove for 1 hour.
7.  Pour batter into  2-5″ round tins lined with banana leaves and steam over vigorously boiling water for 1 hour.

Alkaline Kueh

Ingredients:

300g rice flour
1200ml water
1 tsp salt
3 tsp alkaline water

Method:
1.  Sieve rice flour into a mixing bowl.  Add in the salt, 600ml water and the alkaline water and mix well. Rest mixture for 10-15 mins before straining.
2.  Boil remaining 600ml water.  When boiled, pour the rice flour mixture into it and stir till thick.
3.  Line a 9 inches round tray with cellophane paper.  Pour the rice flour mixture into it and smoothen the surface with 2 tbsp water.  Steam over high heat for about 1/2 hour or till cooked.
4.  Cool kueh before cutting into serving pieces.  Serve with palm sugar syrup.

Palm Sugar Syrup:

300g gula melaka
150g caster sugar
150cc water
2 pandan leaves

Method:

1.  Boil the above ingredients together until thick.
2.  Remove pandan leaves and sieve.

Red Bean With Sago Porridge

Ingredients:

250g red beans

100g sago, soaked

200g rock sugar

2 pieces dried tangerine peel

2 pandan leaves, knotted

2.5 litres water

Method:

1.  Wash red beans in several changes of water and remove any grit that rises to the surface.  Rinse and drain.  Rinse tangerine peel briefly.

2.  Bring 2.5 litres of water to a boil.  Add the red beans, pandan leaves and tangerine peel and boil over high heat for 15 minutes.  Lower heat and simmer for 1 hour till beans are softened.  Remove half of beans and blend till fine.  Pour blended bean paste back into pot.

3.  Add rock sugar and continue to simmer over low heat for another 1/2 hour.  Add sago and boil until sago turns translucent.   

Hum Cheem Peang

Ingredients for Yeast Dough:

450gm plain flour

250ml water

Method:

1.  Sift flour onto table, add water gradually and knead into a smooth dough taking about 20 minutes.

2.  Place dough  into an oiled container, cover with  a piece of damp cloth and put on the container lid.

3.  Set aside for 48 hours for dough to ferment.  (Dough will take a longer or shorter time to ferment depending on weather conditions).  The dough is ready for use when it turns sourish.

Ingredients for Five-Spice Doughnuts:

450gm prepared yeast dough

250g sugar 

375gm plain flour

125ml water

1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp alkaline water

Filling Ingredients:

1 tbsp salt

1 tbsp five-spice powder

a little water for brushing

Method:

1.  Dissolve bicarbonate of soda in 125ml water and add to yeast dough.  Add sugar and alkaline water and knead for 5 to 10 minutes.

2.  Add sifted flour and knead well.  Sprinkle top with some flour and cover with a piece of damp cloth.  Set aside to proof for one hour or longer.

3.  Sprinkle some flour on table top.  Roll out dough into a rectangular sheet.

4.  Sprinkle some five-spice powder and salt over dough.  Dip brush in some water and brush over mixture lightly.

5.  Roll dough up like swiss roll and cut into 2.5 cm slices.  Flatten each piece into a thin round shape with a wooden roller.

6.  Deep fry in hot oil till golden brown.  Drain off excess oil on absorbent paper.

Kueh Pie Tee Recipe

Ingredients:
85g plain flour
150 ml water
1 dessertsp melted butter
a pinch of salt
a dash of ground pepper
1 egg

Method:
1. Sift flour with salt and pepper.
2. Slowly mix in the water and melted butter and mix well into a smooth batter. Sieve batter and let stand for 1 hour before use.
3. Heat oil in a small deep pot for deep-frying.
4. Dip a medium-sized pie tee mould into the boiling oil, remove it and dip mould into the batter covering only about 3/4 length of the mould.
5. Deep fry the pie tee cases in the hot oil until set. Shake off the pie tee case from the mould and fry until light brown in colour.
6. Drain pie tee cases on absorbent paper and cool thoroughly before storing in an airtight container.
7. To serve, put a small piece of lettuce into a pie tee case. Add a tbsp of filling and top with coriander leaves, prawn, crab meat, egg shreds, sliced red chilli and pounded peanuts.
8. Serve with chilli sauce.

Ingredients for Fillings:
1 medium-sized turnip
1 small carrot, shredded
2 cloves garlic, ground
1 shallot, ground
1 tsp taucheo
1/2 tsp vetsin
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste

Method:
1. Peel carrot and turnip and cut into thin strips.
2. Heat 2 tbsp oil and fry the ground garlic and shallots. Add taucheo and stir-fry until fragrant.
3. Add shredded carrot and turnip and fry well, adding a little water. Simmer over low heat until cooked. Add seasoning and adjust according to taste.

Topping:
3 eggs
6 tbsp water
a pinch of salt
2 tbsp oil

1 crab (boiled, shelled and shredded)
300g shrimps (boiled and shelled)
butter lettuce
coriander leaves
shredded red chillies
pounded roasted peanuts

Method:
1. Beat eggs with water and a pinch of salt. Heat 2 tbsp oil in pan and fry beaten eggs to egg sheet and slice fine.

Chilliies Sauce:
20 fresh chillies, ground
2 cloves garlic, ground
Juice of 4 limes
1 tbsp sugar
salt to taste

Method:
Mix all ingredients together and add salt and sugar to taste.

Sponge With Minced Meat

Ingredients:

5 eggs

100g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp sugar

a pinch of salt

a dash of pepper powder

Method:

1.  Beat eggs with sugar and salt until light and fluffy.

2.  Fold in flour sifted with baking powder and pepper powder.

3.  Pour a thin layer of batter into greased patty tins and place 1 tsp meat filling in the centre.  Cover with another layer of batter and top with a parsley leaf.

4.  Bake in a moderate oven at 180 deg C for 25 – 30 minutes.

Meat Filling:

200g minced meat

1 clove garlic, pounded

1 big onion, chopped

2 tbsp cooking oil

1 tbsp plain flour

Seasoning:

1 tbsp light soya sauce

1 tbsp dark soya sauce

1/2 tsp vetsin

a dash of pepper

Method:

1.  Heat oil and fry chopped onion and ground garlic until fragrant.

2.  Add minced meat, seasoning and plain flour and fry until cooked.

Mango Pudding

Ingredients:

1 x 13g packet agar agar powder

200g sugar

250ml mango juice

250ml fresh milk

500ml water

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Method:

1.  Boil sugar with agar agar powder and 500ml water till agar agar dissolves.

2.  Add in mango juice, fresh milk and vanilla essence and stir well.

3.  Pour into a rinsed mould to set.  Chill pudding before serving.