Category Archives: Dessert

Osthmanthus Flower Jelly (桂花糕)

The osthmanthus flower is a small, yellow (or white) flower that grows on small shrubs or trees and has a strong and sweet fragrance, which is why it is very popularly used as a flavour of tea as a dried … Read more

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Matcha Ice-Cream With Azuki Red Bean Paste Made With Love

This is a long delayed post. I have been wanting to put up this post on my blog since May this year because this ice-cream was made for me by my husband to celebrate my birthday. This was his birthday … Read more

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绿豆爽 (Split Mung Bean Sweet Soup)

Split mung beans, not mung beans. That’s what you’ll need to find to be able to make this dish.

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Snowy Durian Chendol With Gula Melaka

It has been a busy four months. Last week was the peak of what we have all been working towards – it was crazy, and we barely managed. I didn’t get to see the boy for almost three days last … Read more

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Creamy Red Bean Popsicles

The Japanese Azuki red beans (also referred to as Adzuki breans), literally transliterated as ‘small beans’ are the smaller cousins of the larger soy beans. They are popularly used in Asian and Chinese cuisines to cook desserts and sweet soups … Read more

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