Pongteh is a peranakan dish and when someone mentions pongteh, people who knows this dish will directly have an image of a non-spicy dish with pork, pig trotters cooked with preserved fermented soya bean paste. However, as I had lots of chicken meat in my freezer, I decided to whipped up another version - Chicken Pongteh. Furthermore, my 2 kiddos love hard boiled eggs and I made sure I included that inside the dish. I often add in stuff which are not suppose to be added in. However, for a busy Mom like myself, as long as everyone in the family is happy and is eating well, adding or taking out an ingredient is not a big deal for me. Here's a photo of my version of Chicken Pongteh.
A friend of mine just loves pandan chiffon cakes and she is willing to travel miles just to buy a couple. As I had some pandan leaves and coconut in my cabinet, I decided to make a pandan chiffon cake for her. Pandan is actually known as Pandanus Amaryllifolius Leaves and chiffon cake is a light airy cake made from oil, eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder and flavourings ( in my case, its pandan). I was quite fearful at first as I did not have a chiffon cake mold and I was using my silicon bundt mold but thankfully, it came out pretty OK. Here's a photo of my pandan chiffon cake.
Noodles...that's like a staple food in my family. My 2 kiddos just love noodles..just like their Mommy and Daddy. So, what did I make recently? A simple version of Wat Tarn Hor (Flat Rice Noodles in Egg Starchy Gravy). This is a hit with my kids and I suppose its a much loved dish for a lot of kids. Most of the time, I will just ask my kids what they want for lunch / dinner and then go searching for the ingredients in my fridge. So, if I run out of one ingredient, I will substitute with another...haha! Here's a photo of my simple version of Wat Tarn Hor.
I had a friend from USA visiting us recently and we were talking about General Tso's Chicken which is a famous chinese take-away dish in USA and we decided to make it at home. I did some research and I found out that this dish is not originated from China but from New York, USA. So, here's our version of General Tso's Chicken and its really yummy with white rice. My friend gave me 2 thumbs up... :)
Moving on.... I had to do some cupcakes for a function. They wanted chocolate cupcakes and it must be a little fancy too. So, I decided to make chocolate cupcakes with a dallop of ganache inside of it and I pipe roses on top of it. Thank goodness everyone loved it. Here's a photo of my chocolate cupcakes.
I also made some macarons for a friend of mine who is gluten free. She just loves macarons and what better way to spoil her than make her a batch of her favourite cookies. Here's a photo of my macarons.
Had some over-riped bananas in the kitchen the other day and I decided to do some Cokodok (Banana Fritters) which is a traditional Malaysian snack made of flour and bananas and its deep fried. This snack is delicious when its hot or cold. Here's a photo of my Cokodok.
And since I am on the topic of snack, here's another delicious snack which I often make when I want something Malaysian. This is my version of cucur badak (lazy version) and here's my photo of it.
Lastly, I made cupcake bouquet for my lady boss. It's her birthday and I decided to make something so that she can share with her family when they celebrate her birthday with her. Here's a photo of my cupcake bouquet.
These are some of the things which I made for my family and friends last month. Most of the time, I just totally forgot to take photos of the things I made as I am always rushing, rushing, rushing...haha!!! Will update soon. In the meantime, have fun in the kitchen and see ya!!!
