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Sweet Potato Ginger Soup 红薯姜汤
A good friend was visiting me few days back, so I asked her what she would like to eat and I would cook for her. She requested for Sweet Potato Ginger Soup 红薯姜汤. Good thing was, my elder sister was just back from Japan and brought back a beautiful purple skin (white flesh) sweet potato.…
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Double-boiled Snow Fungus with Papaya 木瓜炖雪耳
Double-boiled Snow Fungus with Papaya (木瓜炖雪耳) is one of those easy to make desserts with great health benefits. Snow Fungus is also known as Tremella fuciformis. Apparently, good quality snow fungus is pale, yellowish-white colour and has a mucilage-like texture. Snow fungus has been used by Chinese herbalists for thousands of years as tonic herb as well as…
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Steamed Water Chestnut Cake (蒸马蹄糕）
Steamed water chestnut cake (蒸马蹄糕) is one of the dim-sum dishes, but not all Chinese restaurants in Singapore that serve dim-sum have this dish. In fact, it is a popular yet uncommon dish. I am not sure why but this is an easy dish to make. Water Chestnut is commonly known to have cooling effect…
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Double-Boiled Pear
Double-Boiled Pear. Cough, cough, cough. This is one of the ailments I most hated and it pains me to see my kids coughing. Seemingly that the flu season is getting more frequent compared to probably a decade ago. The Paediatrician clinic seems to be always packed kids with runny noses or cough. When you have…