Pressed Rice Cakes Recipe
Ingredients:
3 c of water
2 c of rice (glutinous)
Instructions:
Prepare the 2 c of rice. Wash, then drain and put in large pan. Pour in the 3 c of water. Allow mixture to boil then lower down the heat.
Let this simmer ’til the water is fully absorbed. This should take around 40 min. Place the rice on a 9in. square pan that is lined w/ leaves (banana). (Using this will add aroma.) Cover w/ leaves then weigh down with cans.
Set aside for a minimum of 8 hrs. The pressed rice cake should be ready for serving. Slice as desired.
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Fortune Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 tablespoon of water
4 ounces of egg (minus yolk)
4 ounces of veggie oil
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of cornstarch
4 ounces of sugar
8 ounces of flour (all purpose)
Instructions:
Mix all the ingredients together to make the batter. Beat the mixture well until it becomes smooth. Before baking, prepare your fortune on small sized paper. Heat oven until it reaches a 300 degree F temperature.
Place 4 inch sized pieces of batter onto a greased sheet for baking. Bake these for 14 min. While cookies are hot, place your paper fortunes in each one.
There’s a window time of around 15 sec. so it’s best to take a cookie out of oven for a time. Fold cookies in half & place in pan for muffins to mold its shape. Enjoy!
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Silk Apples Recipe
Ingredients:
1 tbsp of peanut oil plus extra for deep frying
1/3 c of water
1/4 c of honey
2 tbsps of cornstarch
2 tbsps of flour
3 medium sized apples
1/2 c of sugar
2 eggs (yolks removed)
Instructions:
Remove apple skins and core. Slice these into wedge shaped pieces that are around half an inch at the middle part. Then whip the eggs. Pour in cornstarch, then, the flour with beaten eggs. Make sure batter is smooth.
Prepare oil in a pan and heat to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Coat apple pieces in batter and fry in oil. Fry until brown. Lay a layer of the cooked apples on a platter.
Boil the rest of the ingredients in saucepan. Make sure the syrup becomes hard enough. This should be done in 280 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour the syrup on the cooked apples.
This recipe should be served with iced water. The purpose of which is to harden syrup on every apple piece before it is eaten.
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Green Onion Cakes Recipe
Ingredients:
Oil
1/2 tsp pepper (white)
2 tsp salt
1 c scallions; chopped
2 tsp sesame oil
1/4 c vegetable shortening
1 1/4 c water
3 1/3 c flour
For the Dip:
1 tsp chili sauce
1 tsp garlic; finely chopped
2 tsp scallions; chopped
2 Tbsp soya sauce
1/2 c broth (chicken)
Instructions:
Take a bowl and put the flour. Add some boiling water and stir until the dough becomes moistened evenly. Knead the dough on board until consistency is good for around 5 mins. Cover. Set aside for around 30 min.
Put together the ingredients of the dip in a different bowl.Roll the dough ’til it takes a cylindrical shape. Then slice it into 12parts.
For the cake, roll part of the dough and shape an 8 in. circle that is around 1/8 in. thick. Cover the remainder to keep it from drying. Use the shortening to brush the dough.
Add some sesame oil, salt, pepper and scallions. Roll the dough again into cylindrical shape and make round patty. After which, tuck the edge of the dough. Then roll it again and make the same 8 in. circle.
To cook, prepare a pan and heat in medium temperature. Put in around 2 Tbsp of oil. Make sure that you coat the pan completely. Place a cake gingerly and let it cook. Turn it over once.
When it reaches a golden shade, it’s done. Do the same with the other cakes. Slice into small wedges (like pizza). Prepare to serve with the dip.
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Almond Biscuits Recipe
Ingredients:
1 tsp of almond essence
1 chicken egg
1/2 c of butter/margarine
1 c of refined sugar
2 tsps of baking powder
2.5 c of flour (all purpose)
Almonds; blanched (decorative)
Beaten egg to glaze
Instructions:
Mix sifted flour, salt and baking powder in bowl. Put sugar in creamed butter and mix until consistency is light and very fluffy. Add the essence of almond and egg.
Add the dry recipe ingredients into your fluffy mixture to make a dough that is quite stiff. Form balls from mixture that are between 1-1.5 inches in diameter. Put the balls on greased cookie/baking tray.
Flatten each piece of cookie ball. Put a slice of almond on top. Use the beaten chicken egg to coat each piece.
Bake cookie pieces in an oven heated to 350 degrees Farenheit for about 20 min. Set aside to cool after baking.
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Gingered Fruit Recipe
Ingredients:
1 c flaked almonds; toasted
2 tbsps ginger; chopped and crystallized
1 tbsp glace cherries; chopped
11 ounce can of lychees
15 ounce can of pineapple chunks
Instructions:
Drain syrup out from fruits. Combine these into a bowl, put in the crystallized ginger and chill. Sprinkle with almonds before serving.
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