With spring, comes spring cleaning. I have been going through a rather frenzied phase of Marie-Kondo-esque decluttering these past few weeks. I sorted out my clothes (does this skinny pair of black jeans from Topshop that makes me look like I am 2 kgs less than I actually am, give me joy? Hell yeah…
Tag: pandan
Ondeh-Ondeh (Buah Melaka)
I very rarely make Malaysian local sweets at home, just simple ones like sago (tapioca) with gula melaka syrup, or bananas in coconut milk with gula melaka (pengat pisang it’s called. I will post about it soon.) I had a few tsps of the pandan extract left, and I thought, why not make something that…
Banana Cupcakes with Pandan Coconut Frosting
Last night, Metadrasi had a “kopi pitas” party, which is a New Year’s tradition, where you cut a bread cake where a coin (florin) is baked into it. Whoever gets the piece with the coin gets the luck for the rest of the year. I didn’t get a coin, but it was a great get-together…
Pandan Pancakes with Syrup
Halloween is here! Halloween has never been a holiday that I celebrated growing up, and Greece (and the Greek people) have their own version of fancy dress day – the Carnival, which happens usually a few weeks before (Greek) Orthodox Easter. I made a Witch’s Hat for Katiki and I decided to dress up as…
Pandan and Gula Melaka Poached Quince
I have always liked quince since the first time I tried it. But I am not a big fan of desserts that are so sugary sweet that it hurts my glands. I love poached pears, because even though it is sweet, but the flavours of the fruit stands out more. I love the traditional…
Pandan Kaya (Coconut Jam)
Kaya. In Malay it means rich. It also describes this custard-like spread that I love. It’s great on bread (especially thick fluffy white bread, toasted) and brioche, and it is even great on ice cream. In Malaysia if you go to Kopitiams, they will serve big thick slices of toasts with Kaya eaten with soft-boiled…
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