Loh Mai Chi (糯米糍)

Ingredients

The dough
2 pkts glutinous rice flour
- split 2/3 of 1 packet and mix with 1 cup/250ml hot water and 1/2 cup white sugar
- remaining 1 1/3 packet mix with cold/ room temp water

1/2 cup oil

? Wheat starch - have read it stops the dough from going hard / dehydrated the next day . Haven't tried it yet.


Filling ideas
Peanut butter and crushed peanuts
Black sesame paste with black sesame
Chestnut paste with roasted peanuts
Lotus seed paste with peanuts


The dusting
None - serve in sugar and ginger soup
Desiccated coconut
500g Fried rice flour (microwave 3 times on high for 1 min)

Method

In a bowl, pour in approx 2/3 of 1 packet glutinous rice flour. Add 1/2 cup white sugar. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add 1 cup/250ml hot water.
Stir to combine until a sticky paste forms. It doesn't have to be perfectly combined.

Add the rest of the glutinous rice flour in 3-4 batches, adding a bit of cold water at a time And combine to form a dough.

Add the oil when a dough is almost formed.
Kneed the dough at the end to work it a bit. Form a roundish ball and cover with plastic or a damp cloth to prevent from drying out.

Add more flour/ cold water until the consistency is right. The dough should be smooth, not sticky to the hands, very pliable. If done quickly enough it may still be warm.


To make the balls, divide the dough into ~20g lots. Eg roll out a sausage o dough and cut at even intervals.

Roll each portion into a ball, flatten and add filling. Seal the filling inside to form a round ball. Set aside on plastic. Make sure the balls don't touch before they go In the freezer.

Freeze until ready to use. Or, if using fresh, boil water and pop them in the pot until they float to the top.

Roll/ coat with dusting of choice. Or serve with sweet ginger soup.

Chinese new year eve dinner

Pasta and veggies

Chicken Pasta made with tinned tomato and egg
Veggies boiled up from frozen except carrot

Simple
Cheap
Nutritious

And Delish!!

Custard tarts ( some coconut & custard )

Faluda

Cheese and onion bread plait (tangzhong method)

Image 1: Cheese and onion plait

Food synopsis: Soft bread plait, with shredded tasty cheese and onion braided throughout the roll. Topped with extra cheese and onion.

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Was still soft even after 3 days sitting in the cold.


Method (from what I remember):
Make dough according to Tangzhong method
Divide a portion into 3 - roll out as strips ~20 cm long
Plait the strips
Sprinkle grated cheese and finely diced onion pieces on top
Bake for ~25 min or until brown!

Mashed taro chickees

Image 1: Mashed taro chickees

Location: Mei Jing Chinese restaurant, 703 Boronia Rd, Wantirna

Food Synopsis:  Smoothly mashed  purple and white taro/yam, deep fried to form a crispy and airy shell. The little chicken is born by decorating with peanuts for the beak, hands and feet, and something unknown for the eyes...