Chinese Dragon cookies are popular Malaysian Chinese New Year cookies that are similar to the much loved Chinese butter cookies. They pipe these dragon cookies into S-shape using a large open star piping nozzle and piping bag. Also with 2 dots of red colouring added as eyes. The Malays in …
Kuih talam is another well-liked Nyonya or Peranakan cake in Southeast Asia. Peranakan cuisine is the fusion of Chinese and Malay cuisines due to intermarriages between the Chinese and Malay population. Nonya or Peranakan cuisines are reknown for their colourful, flavourful and delicious kuihs. These kuihs are usually made from …
Dahlia butter cookies, also called dahlia biscuits or biskuit semperit in Malay language are delightful “melt in the mouth” cookies that are not only very easy to make but look pretty and appealing as they are shaped like Dahlia flowers. Other names commonly used are piping biscuits, cherry biscuits or …
These custard butter cookies are an old fashioned favourite for festive seasons like Chinese New Year and Hari Raya in Malaysia. Daisy shaped cookies are one of the most customary cookies served up in the 1970s and 1980s during the festive seasons. The commercially available gluten version of these cookies …
Ondeh ondeh or onde onde is a conventional rice cake made from glutinous rice flour and sometimes mixed with mashed sweet potato, in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (called keplon). It is a small round rice ball flavoured with Pandan, filled with grated palm sugar, boiled and then coated with shredded …
Pandan cake or pandan chiffon cake also called sponge cake or chiffon cake, is a very light and fluffy soft textured cake made from vegetable oil, sugar, flour, baking powder and eggs plus flavourings. It is originated from Malaysia and Indonesia. Most well-liked Asian flavour is pandan and coconut and …
Tapioca or cassava (also called yucca, manioc and manihot) belongs to the common starchy root crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams and arrowroots. Tapioca is a starch made from the roots of cassava plants. It is organically gluten free, making it an excellent alternative for flour not only as a …
Pineapple tarts or often called nastar in Indonesian and Malaysian languages, are small bite-size pastries either crowned or packed with pineapple jam, originated in South East Asia. They are normally considered as “festive cookies”, as they are customarily eaten during the celebratory seasons like Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and …
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