Chinese Cashew Nut Cookies

Cashew nuts cookies are yet another favourite Chinese New Year cookies that are extremely popular in Malaysia and Singapore. They are normally given as gifts and/or served at home to family and friends during their Chinese New Year visits. There are many variations of this popular cookies depending on the …

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Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou)

Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou) Gluten Free

In China, they make Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou) as plain steamed buns with no fillings. Traditionally, they consume mantou in Northern China as a staple food. In contrast to rice as a staple food in Southern China. They normally eat these buns plain or commonly serve it as a side …

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Chinese Peanuts Cookies

Peanuts cookies are one of the many Chinese New Year cookies and they are no doubt the most popular and traditional cookies. They are also easy to make, temptingly delicious and melt in your mouth. With Chinese New Year just less than one month away, these cookies will be one …

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Baked Pumpkin Buns with Cinnamon Pumpkin Filling

Chinese buns (baozi or mantou) typically are small bread or bread roll that can be either sweet or savoury and most common methods of cooking these buns are steamed, baked or even deep fried. The resulting bread dough is usually light and fluffy. There are myriad types of buns with …

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Coconut Water and Mixed Berries Jelly

Agar-Agar Jelly always reminds me of many fond childhood memories of consuming different types of homemade Jelly with lots of different fresh fruits and flavours. There are also many store bought jellies with different colours and flavourings that really have great appeal to young children. Some of my favourites jelly …

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Baked Osmanthus and Oolong Tea Doughnuts

There are endless types of doughnuts in all types of international cuisines worldwide. For Chinese doughnuts, the most popular types of doughnuts are: sweet egg-shaped doughnuts in Cantonese cuisine that are deep-fried and then rolled in granulated sugar or powdered sugar while still warm from cooking. This type of Chinese …

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Steamed Pandan Coconut Buns

Steamed Pandan Coconut Buns Gluten Free Vegan

When you are on a gluten free diet, naturally you will miss a lot of the popular desserts, baked goods and most of all buns or baos in Chinese. Dim sum baos is no doubt one of my favourites that I miss so dearly. While the combination of pandan (screwpine) …

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Asian Mushrooms and Vegetables Stir-Fry Noodles

Edible mushrooms and fungi are regularly used in Asian cuisines, whether fresh or dried, particularly in Chinese and Japanese cooking. Asian mushroom lovers view mushrooms as food ingredients as well as for medicinal purposes. Mushrooms have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for many thousands of years for maintaining good …

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Vegan Matcha Buns with Raspberry Jam

Matcha Buns with Raspberry Jam Gluten Free

Matcha is a type of delicately powdered Japanese green tea (Camellia sinensis). The green tea leaves of matcha plant are grown in shades three weeks prior to picking resulting in brighter coloured and nutrient rich green tea leaves. These leaves are steamed, stemmed and de-vined, then stone ground very slowly …

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Mango Pudding

Mango pudding is widely held as a simple, refreshing and delicious dim sum dessert at yum cha restaurants globally. Traditionally made with fresh mango puree, fresh cream and gelatin then sweetened with sugar. But more modern versions use evaporated milk. It has a creamy and silky rich flavour with different …

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