July 7th, 2010 | Jam, Recipes | 14 Comments
Kaya (Nyonya Coconut and Egg Jam) pictures (1 of 3)
Siew Loon and I will be starting a pao/bao (steamed buns) series on Nyonya Food. We are kicking it off with a kaya recipe (Nyonya coconut and egg jam), and then follow with kaya pao/bao (kaya steamed buns), and a couple more scrumptious bao recipes. Whenever I am home in Penang, I love ordering various types of puffy and pillowy steamed buns from coffee shops. It’s wonderful that we have Siew Loon, who is a master in kuih and such preparations to share her wonderful recipes with us.
Contributor: Ho Siew Loon
For the past two weeks I have been trying my hands on making pao/bao (steamed buns) with different types of fillings. Kaya—Nyonya coconut and egg jam—filling is one of my favorites. I decided to make my own Kaya as the store-bought kaya has a thin consistency which I can’t use it for my pao/bao filling. And of course it is always healthier to make our very own Kaya without any preservatives and less sugar…
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Ever since I posted the recipe of loh bak/five-spice pork rolls (卤肉) on Nyonya Food, many people have asked me for a vegetarian version of the recipe. Talking about vegetarian loh bak, I just can’t stress enough how great they are, and how I have missed my aunt’s version. They are simply the best and one of the great dishes…
When I was a teenager, my sister-in-law taught me how to make chiffon cake. I love chiffon cake of all kinds—pandan, orange, or coffee, but my true love is definitely pandan chiffon cake. Pandan leaf (screwpine leaf) is widely used in Malaysia, and this chiffon cake is infused with the sweet fragrance of fresh pandan juice. If you love…
This is not exactly a Nyonya recipe but I grew up eating lots of sweet peanut soup. My late parents, especially my late mother had a sweet tooth and she liked desserts and sugar-loaded foods. For supper (the time after dinner, about 10 pm), my family loved having tong sui (糖水), or literally means “sugar water” as our dessert. (Bee…
(Recipe and the photographs are courtesy of Madam Kwong.)
Perut ikan is one of the most requested recipes on Nyonya Food. It’s also one of my favorite Nyonya dish. Even though it’s a Nyonya recipe, I believe it’s mostly found in Penang, and not Melaka and Singapore.
All my family members love a great serving of perut ikan, or Nyonya stewed fish…
Reading through this post and looking at the pictures of this mouthwatering gulai tumis or tamarind fish curry was especially torturing and painful as I haven’t had this for a while. First of all, fresh fish, especially stingray is hard to come by, even here is California . (The closest fish I could get here is skate wings but it…
I am a nostalgic and sentimental person. Certain things, dishes, and songs remind me of certain phases of my life. For example: a song that I used to dance to when I was in high school, a certain dish that reminds me of my family’s celebration, or in this case, a traditional Nyonya kitchen tool that brings back flood of…
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