Old Time Ginger Egg Tart 原汁原味姜汁蛋挞

Ingredients for pastry crust :
Please refer to the previous pandan coconut tart recipe.

Ingredients for ginger egg fillings :
350ml milk
150gm sugar
3 eggs
1 TB concentrated ginger juice (Bentong ginger highly recommended)
1 tspn vanilla extract

Method :
(1) combine milk & sugar and simmer over medium heat till sugar dissolved then leave to cool completely.
(2) beat in eggs, ginger juice and vanilla till well cooperated.
(3) strain the egg mixture through a sieve and fill egg mixture into pastry cups.

(4) finally, bake at preheated oven 200'C for 5 minutes then 160-165'C for about 15-20 minutes on the middle rack, or till the center is set.

Homemade Fish Paste 自制纯鱼肉讓料

This is how I make my fish paste or fish cake whenever I wanted to make stuffed tofu. The stuffed tofu or "yong tofu" is a very famous Hakka dish, which I learnt from my father in law. I never is a good cook before I got married and I seldom cook as well cause need to work. But after married, I need to cook often whenever going to my parents in law place. So from there, I started my cooking journey. And thanks to my father in law for this, otherwise, hubby won't be able to taste his traditional dish anymore. Please read on for more. Ingredients : 1 kg of ikan tenggiri or Spanish mackerel (with spots) (1-1/2 tspn salt & 1 tspn pepper) 2/3 TB salt 1 TB ginger juice / shaoxing wine 1-1/3 TB wheat starch 2/3 cup water 1/2 cup ice cube, crushed Method : (1) Slice side of the fish then scrap the flesh off, and place meat to a big mixing bowl. Then mix together water, salt and ginger juice. (2) by using a stone mortar...

Keropok Lekor Terengganu 登嘉楼特色炸鱼饼

I can't believe it myself that I'm actually making keropok lekor !!! Gosh, never in my life I would imagine myself making this, Terengganu fish cracker ! Its hubby favourite. I actually wanted to buy some of these during my last visit to Terengganu but hubby said NO ! However, I knew I'm going to give this a shot when I reached home and this is it. I have fulfilled it. Keropok lekor is the specialty of the east and it is normally made with small fishes or leftover fishes from the market place. Unlike the common fish cracker which is thin and crispy, keropok leko r is slightly thicker and fishy flavoured. And I have chosen to use ikan kembung (scomber or bloating fish ) for the test run, cause its cheap and meaty compare to other small fishes. Ingredients : 1 kg ikan kembung or bloating fish 1/2 cup water 1 tspn vegetable granules 2 tspn salt 1 tspn pepper 200-250gm tapioca starch Meth...

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This is definitely something that I don't usually make. My friend gave me a big bag of calamansi the other day. I have juice out some of them for bottling and another kilo for jam making. Of course, I can make preserved calamansi too but I still have plenty of them in storage. So, decided to make jam out of it this round. You know what I love about these calamansi ? It is pesticide free >o< My friend don't use pesticide on his fruit and vegetable plants. I am lucky to have a little share of his harvest everyday for free. For thanking him, I have reserved a few jars of jam for his wife. Please read on for more. It is a tedious job to prepare these calamansi cause plenty of seeds to be removed along. Do wear your spec ya guys ! haha..... Ingredients : 1.1 kg calamansi 1.5 kg white sugar 1.5 ml water Method : (1) clean and wash calamansi thoroughly then sliced and seeded. (2) now, combine water, sliced cal...

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