Ma Lai Gao (Chinese Steamed Sponge Cake)

Ma Lai Gao (Chinese Steamed Sponge Cake) Gluten Free

Ma Lai Gao (Chinese steamed sponge cake) is a very popular dim sum dessert in yum cha restaurants globally. The direct translation from Cantonese is Malay Sponge Cake. Especially prevalent in Hong kong and Guangdong province in both yum cha restaurants and traditional tea houses. Likewise, CNN has even listed …

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Chinese Black Sesame Cake

Chinese Black Sesame Cake Gluten Free

Chinese Black Sesame Cake is a popular Hong Kong (Cantonese) Style cake. Traditionally made with water chestnut flour and black sesame paste or puree and typically steamed not baked. For my gluten free Chinese Black Sesame Cake, I am using gluten free self-raising flour, finely ground black sesame seeds. And …

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Sesame Seed Balls (Jian Dui)

Sesame Seed Balls (Jian Dui) Gluten Free

Sesame seed balls or simply sesame balls or Jian Dui in Mandarin is a Chinese sweet. Besides, they make them with glutinous rice flour. Then filled with different fillings like black sesame paste, red bean paste, crushed peanuts paste. Or lotus seed paste (traditional style) sweetened with sugar. With black …

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Homemade Red Bean Paste

Homemade Red Bean Paste Gluten Free

Sweet homemade red bean paste is a nutritious and delicious cooking ingredient used in many Chinese sweet desserts and pastries. Red bean paste or adzuki bean paste is a sweet bean paste that is dark red in colour. They normally make this paste by boiling adzuki beans and sugar with …

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Creamy Almond Pudding

Creamy Almond Pudding Gluten Free

For my gluten free Creamy Almond Pudding recipe, I am using unsweetened almond milk, Chinese dried almond and agar-agar powder. Sweetened with agave syrup. This Creamy Almond Pudding recipe is not only gluten free. But also vegan, , paleo, low carb, dairy free, soy free, corn free, egg free and …

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Chinese New Year Steamed Prosperity Cakes (Fa Gao)

Chinese New Year Steamed Prosperity Cakes (Fa Gao) Gluten Free

Chinese New Year Steamed prosperity cakes or often called fa gao in Mandarin. Likewise, we also call fatt koh in Cantonese and Huat Kueh in Hokkien. Besides, prosperity cakes closely resemble cupcakes or muffins. But we steam prosperity cakes instead of baking them. The main ingredients used for steamed prosperity …

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Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls (Mochi)

Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls (Mochi) Gluten Free

Black Sesame Glutinous rice balls or mochi is a Chinese dessert. Normally, they make them with glutinous rice flour and water mixture. They can be small or large in size and filled or unfilled, savoury or sweet. In addition, they serve them coated with sesame or nuts like cashew nuts …

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