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Onde onde

First made o nde onde in secondary school H omeScience class. It was fun. Rem e mbered using s weet potato and pandan juice to c olor the mashed sweet potato green. Now , we have purple s weet potato, so sweet that you don 't need to add sugar to th e mash. The importa nt part is the gula melaka in the centre of the each onde onde. This 'sur prise ' should be a little generous. http://www.justasdelish.com/sweet-potato-onde-onde 23 Oct 2016 picked up so me Vietnam sweet pot at o from N TUC Sup ermarket a nd bou ght the fr esh grated coc onut from t he wet market. All set ... Onde onde is ok in the fridge for about 2 days, after which the gula melaka will start to get 'wet'. Market vendor gave me all the remaining coconut as it was close to noon already Nice snack 5 Nov 2016 made another batch of onde onde for a dinner party

Kuih Kosui

My kuih kosui story. Some call t he s mall teacup sized ones as kuih lompang. 13 Oct 2016 Kuih kosui without grated coconut. Naked. F irst attem pt 19 Oct 2016 Tried a quick recipe - disaster! Using all-purpose (wheat) fl our. Kuih was very hard and tasted of flour. 20 Oct 2016 Decided to use another recipe https://travelling-foodies.com/2013/07/22/kuih-kosui/ Th is recip e wo rks. With or without alka line wate r.   Steamed in ramekins Each kuih is about 1cm high Big portion of kuih With salted coconut - much needed 5 Nov 2016 Bought small teacups in order to get dainty kuih Decided to get the small prayer teacups (10 cents each) to steam the kuih in. Salted, steamed fresh coconut - it makes a world of difference to the kuih Packing to bring the kuih to a dinner party Should try this recipe sometime, since it was adapted from Cooking for the President: http://kitchentigress.blogspot.sg/2012/09/kuih-kosui...