Cottage by the River

Monday, November 16, 2009

Dear Bloggie,

现在又到了，心心下厨时间！今天要教的是：汤圆。

I've been craving for 汤圆圆圆圆圆圆 last week; and its those traditional ones that I'm craving for. So since this could be bought nowhere on this island, I had to make them myself. Anyway.. before I dated Soulfly... there was this once I told him I like the traditional 汤圆. He actually made some at home with the help of his Mum and pass it to me in a thermo flask - fresh from his kitchen and still warm... 真是暖到心寒里.

Anyway... the most important ingredient... 100g of Glutinous Rice Flour. I really did it from scratch kae~~*

I put the flour into my Big mixing bowl.. and 4 ounces (0r 118ml) of water.

Pur the water in bit by bit...

And with your hand... mix the water and flour together.

Actually it got abit 恶心 and I begin to wonder if I did it correctly... and started to regret why in the whole wide world did I always have such funny cravings...

And oh... remove your bracelet when kneading the dough. All the flour got stuck into my bracelet.

My dough~~*

When the dough is done, wash the Pandan Leave. Then I cut off the bottom part and stuck the leaves neatly into 2 piles and tie it into a knot.

Separate the dough into 2... and mix some red color into 1 half of it. Slowly knead it and you'll get a pretty pink.

And while I'm doing the dough, set 2 pots of water out to boil. Add some brown sugar (I also dont know how much; all base on agaration) and the Pandan leaves...