Ondeh ondeh recipe

Back to the my younger days, i have always loved the way how my grandma made her ondeh ondeh. The filling instantly oozed out right after the 1st bite, the tenderness of the skin of ondeh ondeh; beyond words of description.

I woke up one day craving for it badly. Checked all the wet markets & coffeeshop for it but to no avail. Feeling so disappointed & then i decided to do it myself & headed back to the wet market to buy all the ingredients. :D

Ondeh ondeh is 1 of the traditional peranakan kueh, either made from sweet potato or glutinous rice flour. These cute small balls are covered with pandan juice & filled with "gula melaka" (palm sugar), then rolled in with grated coconut.

These are the ingredients that you will need for the whole process.

Recipe as follows: (around 20-25 balls)

• 250g glutinous rice flour
• 200ml pandan juice
• 150g gula melaka (finely chopped)
• 100g grated coconut
• A pinch of sea salt

Chop up the pandan leaves & blend it with 220ml. Squeeze out the juice into a bowl. Some people choose to use green colouring as substitute however i would prefer to use panda juice instead. As pandan juice will help to give off a very nice smell & goes off well with the gula melaka & coconut. 

Then combine the glutinous rice flour with pandan juice & knead lightly. 

Pinch a small piece of dough (about 40g) & dropped it into a pot of boiling water. When the dough rises to the top of the water, remove it & shake off the excess water. 

Put it back into the main dough & knead until you get a smooth, soft dough. Leave the dough aside for 15 minutes, use a wet cloth to cover it to prevent the dough from drying up. 

Add pinch of salt to the grated coconut & let it steam for 2-3minutes after which let it cool off completely.
Pinch a small piece of dough, about 15-20g each & flatten it lightly. Fill the center of the dough with the gula melaka then roll them up to form a ball shape. (Note: This step can be left chilled in the fridge, boil them only when ready to serve. Try not to keep those balls in the fridge for more than half a day.)

Boil another pot of water. Place these glutinous rice balls into the boiling water. Remember to stir the boiling water gently to prevent the balls from sticking to the bottom of the pot. 

As you can see some of these balls have small cracks on them & to the extend that the gula melaka was leaked out. I was terribly horrified by them! But it was a good experience. Nonetheless, there were more good ones than the bad ones. :)

Please do not leave it on a plate like me after you remove them from the boiling water as it will stick to the plate. Just coat it with grated coconut & serve instantly. :)

I served it to my best friends & received compliments on it. I was super happy however i know i have to improve on it, like prevent the balls from leaking. Each time after i've completed working on 1 recipe, i feel so good. I didn't know cooking & baking can be so therapeutic. :) 

I'm gonna try different kind of food recipes, hopefully it will turn out good too! And for now, i hope you like this recipe.

Get your hands moving & maybe you can surprise your relatives with this traditional kueh for CNY! :)

xoxo,

Queen

Recipe for Rainbow cake; Spread the Rainbow love. :D

From the title i guess you probably would have already know what's this post all about. Yes! Rainbow cake! Not that i bought it but i MADE it. YES! I MADE IT! Hahahaha! I know i know, i don't look like someone that bakes. BUT i do have this little secret, i really LOVE baking. :D

It took me around half a month to do a thorough research on how i should go about doing this cake. It wasn't an easy job, i swear. There's far too many recipes online for me & in order to know which one to follow, i really have to sit down & brainstorm how do i want my final product to look like. Then i came upon kaykay's post on her rainbow cake recipe. It looks amazingly gorgeous & i am so determined to do the same! And so.. here's my 1st try on my very own rainbow cake. :)

Firstly, i must say i'm a little lazy to whip up my cake mix hence i used 2 boxes of Betty Crocker. Please take note that it has to be in light colour in order for the colour gels to be mixed into it. You can get them from any supermarkets out there. However if you would like to do your own mix, by all means. :)

After adding all the necessary ingredients needed, this is what you will get. Then you will have to separate them into 6 or 7 different batches. In my case, i used 6 colours.

After separating them, it's time for you to add colours to your mixture! I chose to use gel colours because the results of them mixing with the mixture will turn out to be more vibrant than those liquid food colouring.

You can get these gel colouring from phoon huat. So added colour to your batches until desired result & stop. This is what i get..

Aren't the colours vibrant?? Hehehe! Simply love it so much!! When i got up to this step, i was like... FINALLY... I SEE COLOURS! :D And you think this is the end? NO! Here comes the tough part. You will need to start baking 6 times before you get all your layers done. And seriously, it's no joke to keep repeating the step for 6 times when you have only 1 baking tin to use. FML!

So you will need a 7.5 inch baking tin for this. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celsius. Pour each individual batches into the baking & bake separately for 15mins. For those who are worried that you will not get a flat top, you could actually lower your temperature by 25 degrees else. And to test if it's done, all you need is a toothpick. As long as it comes out clean from the layer, it's done!

You will need to allow the layers to cool down. Then it's time for you to do your frosting!

Recipe as follows:
8oz(250g) Cream cheese
2oz(80g/4 squares) Semi-milk chocolate bars
120g Soft butter(salted in my case)
500g Icing sugar
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons Evaporated milk
A pinch of salt
1 cup Dark chocolate rasps (optional)

You will need a hand mixer, mixing bowl here.

• Mix the cream cheese until fluffy. 
• Melt the 4 squares of semi-chocolate bars until soft. Beware of overheating. You might wanna use double boil method to melt it. For those who aren't sure of double boil, all you need is 2 different size of pots, 1 big 1 small. Fill the big pot with hot water & allow the small pot to float on it. Place the chocolate in the small pot. This will melt the chocolate bars & will not burn it. :)
• Add the melted chocolate into the cream cheese & mix them. 
• Once it's combined, add vanilla extract & salt. Mix again.
• Next, you should add in the icing sugar SLOWLY, in batches. Like really a few batches. The more icing sugar you add, the stiffer your frosting will be. Hence you can add more! Runny frosting is really irritating! 
• Add evaporated milk to the frosting. And i added dark chocolate rasp as well.

And this is what i get..

Now that your frosting is done, spread it with spatula between each layer of your rainbow cake until you are happy & then around and over the entire cake!

Chill the cake in the fridge for around 2 hours. Bring it out to touch up wherever you need to. As for me, i went over the entire cake with the frosting again. Then... decorate your cake! Top of the cake was filled with Kinder Bueno & topped with little red hearts.

I left the cake in the fridge for 8hours before the surprise.

I was a lil' worried that the cake may topple off when cut. However it didn't disappoint me. :D

Happy happy! Look how yummilicious it is!

Can't believe i actually succeeded on my 1st try. I think i am so good. Hahahahah! So what do you think? I am gonna try something else very soon.

But for now, you girls better go try doing it & have some fun! If you have questions, drop me a message. Enjoy! :))

xoxo,
Queen