Monday, December 22, 2014

烘焙坊@Eggless Coconut Cake

Looking for eggless cake? Yet no ideas or having no recipes on how to bake it? Let's try this recipe out !  =)

Benefits of Coconut:
(1) Helps Prevent Obesity
(2) Improve Heart Health (short chain fatty acids)
(3) High in dietary Fiber
(4) Low Glycemic Index

Eggless Coconut Cake
Done ! ^___^ Nice ?




Ingredients:
(1) 200g Self Raising Flour (Blue Key)
(2) 100g Sugar
(3) 100g Planta Margarine (can be reduced to 80g)
(4) 50g Coconut Powder
(5) 150mL Water 
(6) Chocolate Bar
(7) Mozzarella Cheese (Decoration)

Methods:
(1) Using double boil method, melt the chocolate bar and set aside.
(2) Stir and Mix the coconut powder with 150mL water.
(3) Sift the self raising flour.
(4) In a big bowl, mix the sugar and planta margarine until fluffy white colour.
(5) Add in the coconut milk and fold in the self raising flour until a complete batter.
(6) Divide the batter into 2. 1 of the batter mix with the melted chocolate.
(7) Pour the batter into a baking pan.
(8) Decorate with the Mozzarella Cheese.
(9) Preheat the oven, 180 degree celcius.
(10) Bake the cake, 180 degree celcius, ~40 min.
(11) Yeah, Bake !!!! 

Easier ? Hope you enjoy it !  =)

Friday, December 12, 2014

厨房忙@Black Bean, Sesame Pau with Potato Fillings

                                   

How often will you be taking Pau as your preference breakfast or as a tea time choice? Pau or in Mandarin "包子", Baozi is a type of steamed, filled bun in Chinese cuisine. In Malaysia, it is easy to find Pau in every restaurants to fill your hungry stomach. 

Today, I would like to introduce a Healthier, Nutritious, Delicious choice & an easy recipe to make Homemade Baozi on yourself. At the end, you can try and make it everytime, everyday and enjoy it without any worrying of hygienic issues.  =)

Here you Go ! <Black Bean, Sesame Pau with Potato Fillings>

                                   


> Ingredients: 
A. Pau Skin

(1) Pau Flour - 300g
(2) Black Bean & Sesame Powder - 6 tablespoon
(3) Planta Margarine - 1 tablespoon
(4) Sugar - 1 tablespoon
(5) Water - 100mL (depends & adjustable)
(6) Mauripan yeast - 5 g



B. Pau Fillings
(1) Potato  
(2) Onion
(3) Carrot
(4) Vegetarian G soy
(5) Sesame
(6) Salt
(8) Black pepper 
(7) Oil / Planta Margarine

>Methods:
(1) In a bowl, mix Mauripan yeast with warm water, set aside.
(2) In a big bowl, mix pau flour, black bean & sesame powder, planta margarine, sugar and Mauripan yeast together. 
(3) Slowly add in the water into (2) and knead the dough with hand until the dough becomes smooth and extensible. 
(4) Then, set aside the dough for ~15-20 min (rest).
(5) For Pau fillings, cut the potato, onion, carrot, vegetarian G soy into cubes. Heat a wok, add in oil/planta margarine. Then, stir fry onion, carrot, potato and vegetarian G soy until ~cooked. Add in pinch of salt and black pepper for taste and garnish with some sesame. Lastly, put in a big bowl for later use.
(6) After the dough set aside for ~15-20 min, scale the dough into 50g each.
(7) Round and Flatten the dough and place the filling at the centre of the diugh.
(8) Allow the pau doughs to rest for approximately 35 min.
(9) Place all the dough pieces in a steamer and steam for 10 min over high heat.
(10) Ok, serve it HOT !!! ^___^

Do you like it ? Hope you enjoy it ! =)