Archive for the 'Asian Desserts and Sweets' Category
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
I love this congee! I love red bean dishes, whether it's pastries, desserts, drinks or soups.
Have you had the delicious and famous red bean soup? The sweet red bean soup? If you like that, you will LOVE this famous Chef Jiang invention: sweet red bean and rice congee!
Now, the red bean soup itself is just a dessert, but when you also add in rice, it's a simple meal!
You can have this for breakfast or lunch/dinner with delicius pastries! Hmm…talking about all this is making my mouth watering….hehe, I'm a sugar junkie, so I love all these sweet stuff. If you do have it, you might want to restrict the serving sizes, too much sugar isn't good for ya. ^_____________^
Try it! Try it! I'm sure you will love it!
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
These came in in prepackaged frozen sets. A package of 4 was about a couple bucks. I like them but they're a little bit too hard, not chewy enough for moi. I like the soft pancakes much more! hehe….you buy them uncooked, then you fry them yourself.
Terrific dessert pastry.
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Monday, September 25th, 2006
Ever since I was a little kid, my favorite part of the mid-autumn festival has always been: the MOON CAKES!
There's a fairy tale behind the moon cake, one about a girl from heaven, falling in love with an earthling, then she was punished and turned in a rabbit. The bunny lived on the moon, every year, she got the chance to meet the person she loved for one day.
There are many different fillings for moon cakes, typically, there would be an egg yolk, egg yolks represent the moon in moon cakes. I personally don't like the type with egg yolks. If you also don't like them, get the red bean fillings or the nut fillings.
Mid-Autumn festival is coming up soon, you can pick up a piece of moon cake or a box of four from most Chinese supermarkets. (they're usually priced at around $5.00 per piece)
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Thursday, September 14th, 2006
*warning!* *warning!*These desserts are not the healthiest choices, but they're so delicious~
I like the fried sesame balls. (get the red bean ones…some bakeries also make them with coconut fillings, but I don't like those as much)
The Chinese Fried Donut (also known as Fried Dough) is good for breakfast. In China, many people have it along with soup for breakfast. The fried dough is my mom's favorite, strangely…I've never really liked it that much. 
If you like donuts and fried food in general, these desserts will taste heavenly for ya!
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Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
My mom made the most delicious pancakes today! In addition to the rest of the dishes I had for dinner, I ate 2 red bean pancakes, 1 sugar pancake and almost a whole green onion pancake.
~sigh~ I'm getting ready to gain that 20 pounds to built up more winter insulation. hehe
Attention! The three small red ones stacked on the lower left corner are the red bean pancakes (my favorites!), the upper right ones are the green onion pancakes and the ones on the right are the sweet sugar ones (also one of my favorites).
My mom made these from scratch, yup, that's the entire "mix flour –> mix dough –> add stuffing –> pancake frying" process. I will request recipe from the great Chef Jiang, stay tuned!
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
One of my favorite desserts. This one is made with sticky rice, dates, red bean and banana leaves. Every year at the Chinese autumn festival, everyone celebrates by making these delicious desserts. Here in North America though, this is probably one of those exotic desserts that you can purchase for $5 a piece.
While some people think the procedures to make them is quite complicated, Chef Jiang is actually a super expert at making this special dessert and has invented her very own method for preparing the sticky rice stuffing and wrapping the banana leaves.
Do you have the courage the give this recipe a try?
Below is a list of ingredients you will need:
-Sticky rice (they come in bags and are available in most Asian supermarkets)
-Dates (Dried ones come in bags, again, easily found in Asian supermarkets)
-Red Bean Paste (I've seen prepared red bean paste in supermarkets before, although the Chef makes them from dried beans, take a look in the Dessert section for the recipe on Sweet Red Bean Paste)
-Banana Leaves (Dried banana leaves come in batches, they may be hard to get and may be available only during certain seasons)
Good luck gathering the ingredients, Chef Jiang will be posting up the recipe procedures here shortly. Stay tuned!
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
During certain seasons of the year, these goodies come out! A special breed of purple yams that are sooo soo good!
To be able to make this, you need to be an expert and pick out the right type of yam, the right size and the right shape for the oven too.
Of course, you need to know how long to bake them for. Chef will be here to provide all the details in a bit.
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
This corn bread is really really good! The Chef makes it with one of those bamboo steamers.
Preparing this dish involves multiple steps. First you need to make the red bean paste inside, then make the corn bread from corn powder.
The Chef usually purchases bags of dried red bean, soak them in water for a few hours. Then put the red bean in a pressure cooker for a few hours. I will try to get the Chef to post up detailed recipes for the sweet red bean paste in the dessert section. 
Once the red bean is soft, you want to mix in lots of sugar, mix it until it reaches the desired texture and sweetness.
I’m not too familiar with the corn powder into corn bread process, please stay turned for more professional input from the Chef.
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