木薯珍奶 Cassava ball Milk Tea

唉唷, 有人要跟youtuber 學做珍珠, 我問比例是多少, "不知道耶!", 那個重要部分沒講, 就不行了啊!

家裡剛好找不到之前買的木薯粉, 想到冰箱還有之前蒸好的木薯, 就接手把他搞定, 快快快

我都還沒吃早餐呢!

她負責煮奶茶, 我搓小薯圓, 有奇異果和原味 

雖然沒有QQ的口感, 但也好吃, 等我改天有空再做Q版的吧!

焦糖芒果乳凍Mango Pudding

 芒果有點太軟, 切了一些新鮮吃, 留一些, 不曉得要做芒果蛋糕還是布丁. 經過投票決定, 結果是芒果乳凍獲勝.  留了很久的玻璃小瓶子終於可以派上用場. 沒測量每個瓶子的水量是多少, 一直擔心比例拿捏得不好,做出來的軟硬度不是自己喜歡的. 沒想到成功了, 軟硬度剛剛好. 不想吃太甜, 焦糖沒有放很多, 芒果乳凍和新鮮芒果肉, 味道調配得很好唷..

天氣熱, 來一小瓶, 樂也 :) 

香橙巧克力水果生日蛋糕 Orange Chocolate Fruit Birthday Cake

開party, 開party! 好久沒準備派對餐了,  從甜品到蛋糕一手包辦, 好累喔! 明天是公共假日, 今天來個小聚餐也不錯 :) 看看有什麼:

蛋糕 : 香橙巧克力水果生日蛋糕

獨家炒米粉

獨家香脆炸雞

香菇濃湯

甜品: 特製薏米水

Party time! A small family gathering birthday party, see what I have prepared (I cooked all no helper ) :

 Orange Chocolate Fruit Birthday Cake

Special homemade Fried Rice Noodles

Special Homemade Crispy Fried Chicken

Mushroom Cream Soup

Special Homemade Barley Dessert Soup

It's good tomorrow is public holiday after an exhausting day :)

2014冬至 ~ 天然湯圓 紫色系 All Natural Tang Yuan for DongZhi Festival (purple theme)

因為發生了一些事, 好久都沒有更新, 希望大家沒有忘記這個部落格. 昨天, 有人問我:"今天是不是冬至?", 想一想, 好像是, 趕緊買材料做湯圓, 想說沒什麼準備, 內餡來不及做, 就做簡單的湯圓.

我不是很喜歡吃湯圓, 因為不喜歡糯米粉的味道和那種哽喉的感覺. 記得小時候, 紅白湯圓加上加了姜(沒記錯的話)的糖水, 沒有很吸引我, 所以, 我不是很記得"冬至".

想了想, 沒了內餡要用什麼去壓過糯米粉的味道? 首先, 先要把湯圓弄得美美的, 要有好看的顏色, 當然, 那一定要用天然的色素, 找來了紫萬年青屬, 楊桃, 紅蘿蔔做了三色湯圓, 做了不同的造型, 傳統單色圓形, 混色圓形, 圓柱形, 還有彩蛋 :)

湯底大概是只此一次, 下不為例. 舅媽送的紫竹蔗, 紫萬年青要我煮湯水喝, 那正好就拿來當湯圓的湯底好了, 沒想到意外的大受歡迎, 一大鍋沒剩, 大讚好吃. ^_^

我搞錯了, 今天才是冬至, 祝大家冬至快樂!!

Somethings had happened to me. I was unable to do the updating. Hopefully, people will still remember my blog.

I was asked yesterday  :"  Is today Dong Zhi?", I guessed it was, so I immediately prepared for making tangyuan (Glutinous rice balls) but I had no time for making fillings. Thus, I made some simple Tangyuan.

I don't really like Tangyuan because I don't like the taste of glutinous rice powder and the choking feeling of eating it. When I was kid, red and white tangyuan with ginger(if I'm no wrong) sweet soup did not attracted me at all. I guess this is the reason I always forget the Dongzhi festival.

After some thoughts, how to cover the taste of glutinous rice powder without fillings?First of all, I needed to make some beautiful tangyuan to make it more attractive. O! Color is important. No doubt, we must use natural colors. I used rhoeo Spathacea, starfruit and carrot to have three colors tangyuan.
I made different shapes for this year, single color traditional tangyuan, mixed colors round, cylindrical shape and colorful egg shape.

I only can make once soup base for this year because the ingredients are from my auntie's garden. She gave me some rhoeo Spathaceas and purple bamboo canes for making dessert. I thought it might be a good idea to make the soup for tangyuan. Unexpectedly, they love it, whole big pot finished and praising delicious ^_^

I was wrong the Dongzhi Festival is on Today not yesterday. Hope you all have a happy DongZhi !!

手打全麥香蕉麵包+ 糖水 Hand Kneading Whole Wheat Banana Bread+dessert

下雨的星期天總得弄個吃的, 前些日子, 買了有幾全麥麵粉, 家裡又有香蕉, 做麵包吧!

想不到隨意弄一弄, 弄出個超軟麵包, 又可以多寫一道食譜, 樂也 :)

今晚就吃了一半, 留一半當明天的早餐..

手打也能打出薄膜, 神! 希望明天手, 肩膀不要痛得太厲害 .....

辛苦歸辛苦, 做麵包的感覺越來越多, 越來越好. 雖然, 有很多局限, 也沒有很好的工具, 但我相信我一定做得到 .... ^_^

No doubt, I have to made something to eat on raining Sunday. I had brought a packet of organic whole wheat flour few weeks ago. And now, I have bananas. OK, let's go for banana bread!

I did have any recipe for that and I just followed my feeling. What a surprise, it turned out to be a very soft bread. Happy to have one more recipe of my own :)

Tonight, half of the breads had already been eaten, saved the rest for tomorrow breakfast ....

Wow, I kneaded the dough until it had paper-thin film. Hopefully, my hand and shoulder won't pain too much .. ^_^

表面不刷任何東西, 所以顏色淺淺

I didn't brush anything on the top, so their color is light.

番薯薏米糖水 Sweet potato barley dessert

今天也煮了糖水. 橙白兩色番薯, 薏米, 自製的鹹湯圓. 一直被橙色番薯的顏色給迷惑, 沒想到白番薯的味道更香濃, 這一鍋吃光光 .... :)

Today, I also made some dessert, sweet potato barley dessert. It has orange and white sweet potato, barley and homemade tangyuan. Most of the time, I was attracted by the color of orange sweet potato but today, I found that white potato has richer and more fragrant taste. Yummy dessert, all finished .... :)

水果優酪乳 Fruits yogurt

熱熱熱, 天氣實在是太熱了, 下午弄了個冰冰涼涼的健康水果優酪乳. 用的是前兩天自製的優酪 乳, 這幾天也從院子採收了一些楊桃. 楊桃搭配雪梨, 加上豐富的奶香味, 棒棒棒!!

The weather is extremely hot. I made some cold stuff yet healthy fruits yogurt. The yogurt was made two days ago and the star fruits were collected from my yard. The fruits mixed by star fruit and pear and rich of the fragrance milk, mmm...so.... nice :)

無椰漿密瓜西米露honeydew sago dessert without coconut milk

哇! 熱天, 鮮少做冰甜點的我也忍不住要弄個冰點, 打開冰箱就有的吃, 涼快些 ......

做了無椰漿密瓜西米露, 用純鮮奶取代了椰漿, 雖然少了椰漿的香氣, 但也是很好喝 :)

Hot, hot weather!! Although, I seldom make cold desserts but I wish I can have something cold when I open the fridge, cool....

I made honeydew sago dessert without coconut milk. I replaced coconut milk with fresh milk. It has no rich coconut milk fragrance but still a very nice dessert. All fresh ....

湯圓tangyuan (Glutinous rice dumplings)

冬至快樂!
Happy Dong Zhi (The winter solstice) to all

我幾乎每年都錯過冬至, 記得某人說冬至都在12月20日, 在20號那天就趕緊做了湯圓, 沒想到提前了. 忙了一天, 做了4種, 7種口味的湯圓, 真得快累壞了.
I  almost forget dongzhi every  year. I remember somebody told  me dongzhi is on 20th December every year, so I made some tangyuan on that day. Now I know I had made it earlier. Spending whole day to make 4 types and 7 favors tangyuan is a very tired job.......

新鮮原料, 內餡自己做
Fresh ingredients, all filling made by myself

 

團團圓圓, 紅豆湯湯圓出路啦!
Round and round means reunion. TangYuan in redbean soup is ready

椰香玉米糕 Corn Cake

大部分人在做玉米糕的時候, 都用現成的罐頭玉米醬. 我就偏要一顆一顆的拔下, 再把它打成醬. 好香哦! 濃濃的玉米香... 這次的試做, 糕體軟了一點, 卻能自成一格:) 下次會再做調整, 也要甜一點, 甜品嘛, 甜一點別人比較喜歡....

Normally people will use can corn paste for the corn cake. I just like to trouble myself by picking the corns one by one and blend it into paste. Mmm, the fragrance is so nice..... The cake is a bit soft but it tasted nice as well. However, I'll make adjustment of the recipe and add sweeter since most people like sweeter ....

自家薏米水 Homemade Barley Drink

幾乎所有的傳統咖啡店都有賣薏米水, 可自家煮的比較濃也沒那麼甜. 又熱又濕的天氣, 要常喝薏米水去濕. 有時我會搭配其他甜品一起煮, 不過, 今天單純一點, 來個純正薏米水

Almost all the traditional coffee shops are selling barley drink but homemade barley drink is more thicker and less sweet. For the hot and high humidity weather, regularly drinking barley drink helps getting rid of the body humidity. Sometimes, I'll cook the barley with other desserts but today, I just made it simple, a pure barley drink :)

Ondeh-Ondeh

Ondeh-Ondeh 一種本地的甜品, 天然的綠色素來自香蘭葉, 內餡是一種叫gula melaka 的椰糖. 吃的時候, 小心一咬, 糖汁滴下來. 我把糖弄粗一些, 所以糖沒完全變成糖漿, 吃的時候就不會有這個問題. 他們說這樣也很好吃. 還有人說比外面買得還好吃.. 成功! 耶!

我覺得這個比麻糬還好吃, 他的層次感比較多. 雖然, 椰糖是主味, 不過, 椰絲也加分很多, 而且在外觀上, 增色不少.

A local dessert ~ Ondeh-Ondeh. The round little greens balls with natural color comes from pandan leaves have the filling called gula melaka( coconut sugar). You have to be careful when you eat it. After boiling the sugar will become liquid, it will drop when you bite it. I made the sugar more coarser so that it won't be melted fully. They said it tastes good too. Some even said it tastes better than those selling in the market. Yes, I  made it, ya!!

【花茶涼凍 Flower Tea Agar】

Cool down the hot season with healthy agar or agar-agar :)

炎炎的熱天, 想說準備一些涼涼的, 放在冰箱. 就來一個自創健康的花茶涼凍吧 !