Chinese Tea Eggs

Posted on 02. Thu, 2010 by admin in Appetizers/Dim Sum, Asian Snacks, Chinese, GF-Adaptable, Healthy Asian, Lunar New Year, Vegetable/Tofu

This is a great dish for Chinese New Year! The eggs symbolize golden nuggets (wealth) at a Chinese New Year feast.
To get the intricate marbled effect, make sure you tap the egg hard enough to create the cracks so that the soy/tea can get through. The longer you steep the tea eggs, the darker the design.

Chinese Tea Eggs Recipe
recipe by Jaden Hair Steamy Kitchen
6 eggs
3/4 cup soy sauce
2 whole star anise
2 tablespoons black tea (or you can use 2 tea bags)
1 stick cinnamon
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorn (optional)
2 strips dried tangerine or mandarin orange peel (optional)
1. Gently place the eggs in a medium pot and fill with water to cover the eggs by 1-inch. Bring the pot to [...]

Chinese New Year Candy

Posted on 12. Mon, 2009 by grace in Asian Snacks, Chinese, Ingredients, Sweets

Chinese New Year Candy
You’ll know it’s Chinese New Year when you visit Chinatown and see windows filled with tiny gold printed red envelopes and bright orange tangerines. If you are invited to a Chinese home during this holiday period, you’ll be offered an assortment of traditional Chinese New Year candies. Decorative lacquer trays are filled with a selection of candied treats including sweet lotus seeds, lotus roots, peanuts, kumquats, water chestnuts, and strips of coconut and winter melon. Buy a few bags of each because after the New Year, they won’t be as easy to find. A selection of candies is available during the Chinese New Year in Asian markets. Fortunately, New Year candies and other sweet treats can be found [...]

Singapore Style Fried Carrot Cake

Posted on 12. Wed, 2009 by grace in Appetizers/Dim Sum, Asian Snacks, Singaporean, Vegetable/Tofu

Singapore Style Fried Carrot Cake
By K.F. Seetoh
Makes approximately 4 portions of carrot cake
Carrot Cake
300 grams glutinous rice flour preferably “Windmill” rice flour
1500 ml of water
100 grams daikon radish, julienned
100 grams carrots, julienned
For Frying
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon preserved radish, chopped
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 scallion, chopped
1. Assemble all ingredients for carrot cake into a saucepot, constantly stirring over low heat. Remove from heat and transfer onto a baking tray when mixture becomes thick and pasty
2. Steam carrot cake mixture over high heat for about 45mins. (*note – the carrot cake is ready when you insert a toothpick into centre of cake and remove with no residue sticking on it)Remove radish cake from tray, allow it to [...]

Mangoes with Sticky Rice

Posted on 10. Thu, 2009 by admin in Asian Snacks, Sweets

Mangoes with Sticky Rice Recipe

recipe from Asian Restaurant News
1 cup coconut cream
4 ripe mangoes
4 tablespoons sugar
3 cups sticky coconut rice
1 teaspoon salt
Coconut Rice (Khao Man):
2 cups rice
2 cups water
1 cup coconut cream
Salt
Mix the coconut cream with the sugar and salt, and bring to a boil. Simmer for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Peel the mangoes and slice them, removing the stones. Arrange the mangoes on individual plates with rice beside them. Spoon the sauce over the rice. Rinse and drain the rice and put into a pan with the water, coconut cream and salt. Mix well. Bring to the boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat and cover. Simmer for 10 minutes. When all the liquid has been absorbed, cook [...]