Showing posts with label Peranakan Food 娘惹美食. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Singapore’s Favourite 9-Layer Kueh (九层糕)

It seems that people are craving for anything colourful. The rainbow cakes craze has been hitting bakeries and cafes around the world.
But, stand aside, rainbow cake. We love colours, and so are our ancestors!

Singapore has its own version of colourful steamed cake called 9-layer kueh, which is coated with a different colour on each layer, long before the entrance of rainbow cake

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This 9-layer kuah is a concoction of the Peranakan Chinese or Straits-born Chinese. Peranakan referred to the descendants of Chinese immigrants who married local women when they settled down in the Malay Archipelago during the 15th and 17th centuries.
Therefore, this nonya tea-time treat has its influences from both Malay and Chinese cuisines. Malay has similar colourful cake known as Kek lapis, except that it is baked and not steamed. And steamed cake, such as Nian gao and Huat Kueh, are commonly found on Chinese dining table during festivals.

Other than its colourful appeal, this smooth steamed cake is blended with coconut and pandan, which give it a fragrant smell and flavoursome taste

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Check out the traditional handcrafted process of this Singaporeans’ well-loved Peranakan sweet treat detailed by Yeong Dong Lin’s mother, Christina Chew Kim Lan, on My Singapore Food websitehttp://mysingaporefood.com.
Each of the 9 layers is made with patience and delicate care, and can be peeled off layer by layer when eaten.
“My great-grandmother used to sell this colourful kueh. She passed away before I was born. I grew up eating this kueh, so I felt as if I knew her, even though we never met,” said Yeong.

Watch the process:


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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Ang Mo Kio Nonya Kueh


This shop offers one of the best Ang Ku Kueh in Singapore.
Here is the website of Ang Mo Kio Nonya Kueh –http://amknonyakueh.com/content/main/index.html
Mr Ronnie Yeo, 53, who helps run the family-owned Ang Mo Kio Nonya Kueh at Hougang Avenue 3,
confidently told us that the stall’s ang ku kueh stay tender for 24 hours.
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Though it is called Ang Mo Kio Nonya Kueh, the shop actually is located at Blk 7 Hougang Ave 3

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A Busy Sunday Morning
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All kinds of Kueh (bite-sized snack or dessert foods) on the table….
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Lumper Udang – “Heybi-hiam” in glutinous rice
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‘Heybi-hiam’ glutinous rice – The filling inside is ‘Heybi-hiam’ which is Spicy dried shrimps sambal….
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Popular durian skin ang ku kueh
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The skin is so smooth! With Durian Taste….I must say they are yummy!

Below is a review of Ang Mo Kio Nonya Kueh from The Sunday Times!

Thng Lay Teen
Sun, Dec 16, 2007
The Sunday Times
IT IS not easy to find ang ku kueh or red-tortoise cake with skin that stays soft overnight.
This steamed glutinous rice flour kueh filled with green bean or peanut is best eaten soon after it’s made because the thin, stretchy skin turns stiff if you keep it for more than a day.
But Mr Ronnie Yeo, 53, who helps run the family-owned Ang Mo Kio Nonya Kueh at Hougang Avenue 3, confidently told me that the stall’s ang ku kueh stay tender for 24 hours.
True enough, they were still as good. The skin, which is not too thick, does not stick to the teeth, one of the attributes of a good ang ku kueh.So I kept a couple aside and tried them the next morning.
One of the secrets to the soft skin, Mr Yeo says, is that corn oil is mixed into the dough. Although no coconut milk is used, the kueh is fragrant.
His family also uses glutinous rice flour and pounded glutinous rice to make the chewy skin.
FAMILY RECIPE: Ronnie Yeo, who runs Ang Mo Kio Nonya Kueh, says corn oil helps his ang ku kueh to stay tender overnight.






The recipe comes from his mother, Madam Tan Lee Keow, 80, who learnt to make it from her China-born mother-in-law.
Madam Tan started taking orders for the kueh about 30 years ago from friends and relatives who liked what she made.
To cope with the growing demand, she rented a factory in Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 1 to make the kueh, and then moved to a shop in Hougang about four years ago. The spritely woman leaves the running of the business to her children but she still helps out at the shop.
Her kueh comes in five flavours: green bean, peanut, salted bean, durian and coffee, and these are priced at 35 cents and 60 cents each. They are also packed in boxes of five and 10.
I like the salty bean filling wrapped in a black sesame skin best.
As you bite into it, you first taste the slight saltiness, then the sweetness of the smooth green bean filling and you appreciate how well the contrast works.
The skin is made from black sesame seeds which are skilfully fried till fragrant and then ground, before being worked into the glutinous rice flour.
I also like the traditional ang ku kueh, which comes with a smooth green bean filling.
Another must-try is the Teochew png kueh (glutinous rice kueh), packed with diced mushrooms, dried shrimps and roasted peanuts.
Good-quality dried shrimps give this kueh oomph, and lends the rice a natural sweetness. The kueh also come in boxes of five and 10 but you can get individual pieces at 35 cents and 60 cents each.
ANG MO KIO NONYA KUEHBlock 7, Hougang Avenue 3, 01-62
Tel: 6455-4839
Open: 7.30am to 5.30pm, closed on Mondays
After Enjoying your Nonya Kueh, and please take a look at the beautiful paintings below! ^o^
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Peranakan Food - Chinta Manis: "Sweet Love" in Singapore

Inspired by the rich tradition of Peranakan food and culture, Chinta Manis is Singapore's first truly authentic Peranakan Café and Patisserie. 


(Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era.)

Meaning "Sweet Love" in Malay, Chinta Manis combines both heritage and innovation by serving a range of Nyonya Kuehs and Desserts, Western Cakes, Savoury and Sweet Pastries, local Peranakan delights. 


(From - http://www.chintamanis.com.sg/chinta-manis)


Chinta Manis  authentic Peranakan Café and Patisserie.


Cakes!




 authentic Peranakan kueh, Ondeh Ondeh, agar agar




Kueh Lapis (Cakes of many layers)






I bought Ondeh Ondeh and Rainbow Agar Agar


Rainbow Agar Agar (Jelly) ... So colourful!


Ondeh Ondeh (Sweet Potato Glutinous Rice Balls)

Inside of the ondeh ondeh


$0.70 for ondeh ondeh, $0.90 for rainbow agar agar...


Lapis - layered cake
  



Nasi Peranakan Istimewa - this costs $7.80!

Nasi Lemak Istimewa - this costs $4.90...



Nyonya Mee Siam - $4.80

Assam Laksa costs $4.80...

Assam Laksa 

I am not sure what is this. Some sort of glutinous rice dessert.


Chinta Manis 'Pandan Chiffon '

Chinta Manis 'Pandan Chiffon '

Chinta Manis 'Pandan Chiffon '

Mango Sago Agar Agar and Chendol Agar Agar


Mango Sago Agar Agar


 

Chendol Agar Agar



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