TIME TO PIG OUT.
My mom's home-cooking is always the best.
Mom's home-made "Loh-Bak-Go", and my Uncle's home-made XO sauce. Zee bestest!
I actually prefer Chinese New Year over the Jan 1 New Year. I'm not sure if this is due to the fact that I was once raised in Hong Kong where Chinese New Year is a huge deal. I really enjoyed the specialty foods that I only get to eat during CNY; mom's loh-bak-go, neen-go, the decorative box that has 8 compartments filled with chocolates, candies and CNY dried fruits, and all the lai-see! I hope one day I get to experience CNY festivities in HK again.
I made the Coconut Pudding (椰汁糕) last weekend when we went to Grandma Chan's place for CNY dinner. I like this recipe because it's easy and feeds a big crowd. I also like how its light texture/flavors complement a heavy CNY dinner. The original recipe I got was in Chinese, so I'll be nice and translate for those of you who can't read Chinese!
椰汁糕 (Coconut Pudding)
材料 / Ingredients:
Gelatin 3 包 (3 tsp / 21 g) 3 packets of of Knox Gelatin
糖 1 杯 1 Cup sugar
奶 1 杯 1 Cup milk (I just use 1% and it's fine)
椰奶 1 罐 1 Can of Coconut Milk
蛋白 3 隻 3 Egg whites
水 1 杯 1 Cup of water
Directions:
1) 溶 3 包 gelatin 1) Melt gelatin with 1 cup of water, set aside
2) 把奶和糖以慢火煮溶﹐加入椰奶 2) Melt sugar in milk over low/medium heat, add coconut milk. Stir until blended. Turn off heat.
3) 把蛋白打起 3) With a handheld beater (I have my trusty Kitchenaid!), beat eggwhites until stiff. Note: Use the wire whip if you are using the Kitchenaid.
4) 把蛋白和 gelatin 加入﹐ 打勻﹐雪藏。 4) Fold eggwhites and gelatin mixture into milk mixture. Pour into container (I often use my 9"x13" pyrex glass). Refrigerate overnight.
You'll see 3 layers in the final product. I particularly like the top foamy layer as it gives the dessert a really light, fluffy texture. If you don't like it, just omit the eggwhite part of the recipe!
2 comments:
Wow homemade lo bak go! How was it? We bought ours from the seafood restaurant 2 years in a row - it's really good! But I always wanted to try homemade... as long as it has enough chinese sausage in it ;)
Homemade lo bak go is super yum! I find the store-bought kind often has too much dough/starch, and not enough lo bak (radish). My mom's lo bak go has alot of lo bak and tons of goodies (chinese mushrooms, lap cheung, dried scallops). I never attempted making it.... just the idea of slicing/shredding many many lo bak 's freaks me!
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