Dong Zhi (Tang Yuan, Onde Onde)

 As a child I loved Dong zhi festival, as it is the time where we can make these colourful balls and also it is a reminder that new year is near, and there will be new dresses, and red pockets with monies.

A lot of fun can be had for children to make these ball with their own mixed of marble colour, design with eyes and nose.

Whether it is serve in palm sugar and ginger syrup or clear pandan flavour, it taste really nice and refreshing.

The recipe are really simple:

1 cup of glutinuous rice powder
1 teaspoon of sugar
enough water to make this into a soft dough

Divide dough into 5 lots,. colour with small amount of food colouring.
cook palm sugar and a little ginger in boiling water to make syrup or alternately boil 2 pandan leaves and sugar for pandan flavour syrup.

Boil glutinuos ball until it float, scoop and place into syrup.

Marinated Salmon

I have never spent such a little time on a dish that taste this good.

This recipe is from the book 'party time' by Jane price. My version is following:

The ingredients are:

- salmon cut into thin strips
- 4 tablespoons of mirin (sake and glucose syrup)
- 2 tablespoons of japanese soy sauce
- pickled ginger
- pickled cucumber
- roasted sesame seed

Arranged salmon strips on a serving place.
Mix mirin and soy sauce, then pour this mixture on the salmon.

Garnish with pickled ginger, cucumber and roasted sesame seed.

Cling wrap and keep in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Note: Salmon need to be freeze for 1 week before eating it raw to kill any parasite that maybe present in the salmon.

Laksa Cibinong

I been wanting to cook this dish for a while, however I need to find the key ingredient which is called finger ginger. At last, I managed to find finger ginger, and here it is such a lovely scented soup.

Strawberries season

I think this year we have more strawberries than ever,.. judging by the display in most fruit shops. There are such a good price too at $5 for 2 punnets.

This pic here are from my garden last year. this year however, I have got plenty of flower and still awaiting for My first strawberry. Nothing beat the feeling of picking or have guest come and pick strawberries from the garden, especially little girls just absolutely loved it.

Now, there are so many ways you can enjoy this fruit, a simple act of just pop it into your mouth , or elaborate dessert. what is your fav?????got any recipe to share??