Kristygourmet Cook Book

Since there is a few more banana left behind, I wanna to try the Vietnamese banana sticky rice. Something I've been looking forward to a long time ago. This is what I have been told by a nearby Vietnamese friend, banana sticky rice is among the most popular food in Vietnam which is widely sold and made at home especially during   Dragon Boat festival  or  'duan wu jie'    The Asian is commonly known as ' zong zi '. But ' zong zi ' is usually wrapped in bamboo leaves which is more durable for storage. Ingredients : 300gm  glutinous rice, soaked for 4 hours 200ml   thick coconut milk, warmed 1 tspn  salt 90gm   sugar * 8 pcs banana leaves * 1  pisang tanduk , sliced Method : (1) drained rice then steam for 20 minutes without additional water. (2) now, stir together coconut milk, sugar & salt till dissolved. (3) once the rice is done, remove tray from steamer then add in coconut milk mixture and stir to mix...

I went off for another camping trip with a group of friends lately. I'm the only female in the group and also the only chef. I have the menu list out for 14 persons before the trip starts and this deep fried  sweet & savoury banh bao  is one of them from the list. After the trip still some friends are asking for echo, So, I made another batch on last Saturday. However, it ended up my boy kept most of them for his room mates and himself.  haha....  Again, not enough for everyone ! Well, I have to admit these buns are quite sellable.  haha....  And here's what I did. Ingredients for  bao dough  : 500gm  all purpose flour 2 TB  sugar 1-3/4 tspn   yeast 2 TB  shortening 260ml  water Method : (1)  combine flour, sugar & yeast into a big bowl then add in water to mix well. (2)  once soft dough is formed add in shortening and continue kneading till everything well cooperated. (dough can be hand ...

A friend's wife made us some deep fried  baozi  for tea break last week, just before my camping trip.  Thank you Chan & Diane for your lovely buns.(Everyone loves it!)  It was so delicious and has successfully inspired me to start this little project soon after.  Banh bao  is actually quite similar to the common old fashion Chinese meaty steamed bun, where you will have juicy flavoured meat, hard boiled egg or may be some preserved veggie & Chinese sausage.inside it. However, to make it simple I decided to use leftover cooked meat for the fillings, which is just perfect to help you clearing off everything. Isn't that sounds great ! And of course, you need about 7 hard boiled eggs ready before starting up this little project. Ingredients for  meat fillings  : 400-500gm  any minced meat as desired, chopped into chunks 3 large onion, sliced 3 green chilies, seeded and chopped into chunks 4 TB  curry powder 1/2 TB ...