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Hi everyone, it is such a wonderful start for me after a short holiday. I hope you had a wonderful day too.  I ask ‘A' a good friend for a favor. After the favor is done, I said 'Thanks dear!' (to be thankful and polite of course :D) She post a request in return. Guess what she request? She said' Just cook that yummy abacus beads of yours for me, ya!'  I remember the last time I cook Yam Abacus Beads for her was quite sometimes ago. I have cook with Yam  here and with Potato here and now i am going to cook it with pumpkin. Interesting right??  Yam Abacus beads is a mixed of yam paste with tapioca flour. It is mixed into a dough, then cut into small piece and round them into abacus shaped bite-sized. It is then boiled in water to cook. When it is cooked it is soft and chewy then it is stir-fry with chinese mushroom, black fungus, cuttlefish, dried prawn and mince meat. This dish is very addictive, it is very flavorful too.   Today i simply chang...

Best recipe for everyone event is baking and cooking with pumpkin this July. It is a post together time for BRFE today. We are sharing pumpkin 'Bao zi'. Literally mean pumpkin steam bun in Chinese. I choose to share my old recipe which I love very much. The skin of this 'Bao zi' recipe is soft and the texture of the boa zi is fine and a little bit chewy. I was thinking of making some chicken char xiu bao zi (bbq chicken steam buns) for my boys to bring to school. When I dig in my freezer for chicken fillet ... Oops! chicken fillet is out of stock. No choice. I switch to make yam bean and mince meat bao zi. I have some yam bean and  2 packs of mince meat so this is the only ingredients for this simple pumpkin steam buns. Although it is simple but they are tasty :D Yam bean Pumpkin Steam Buns Recipe adapted from here   (revisit) Makes 14  Ingredients for steam bun skin: A. (mixed just prior to using) 2 tsp instant yeast 100-120ml wat...

Kids  are on school holidays this week . My kids would request what they like to have for breakfast on holidays :D On school days, time is always constraint and rushing, they have no choice but to have what i prepared for them :p  We would only eat out on Sunday morning after attending Sunday mass.  This is a highly recommended Pumpkin Bread. It is healthy with pumpkin added and its texture is fluffy, soft and chewy. Further more it stays soft for 2 days. (my bread never last for3 days :p)  I like to make them into mini loaves, simply  because they are easier to slice and store. My kids like it in smaller slice too. Pu mpkin bread. Love this soft and fluffy bread pair with sweet and sour taste of the roselle jam.  柔软的南瓜面包, 香带QQ的口感! 配上落神果酱,好好吃!! Thanks to Sean for sending me some popular vouchers. I use them to bought this wonderful cookbook (in chinese version) by a Japanese blogger - Horie Noriko Simple roselle jam. I did not ble...

I am using my iPhone (hotspot) connection to write this post..:D My internet connections at home (wifi) have been dead for a few days. It actually not that stable since last month but on and off i still can connect and online. But this few days it is worse. Totally dead!!! Doesn't know what happens :( Have been calling the network company to come and fixed but still doesn't help >< Hopefully tomorrow they will send some help to fixed my connections problems... 很气啊!! >< 这几天家里网络出现了故障, 都完全不能上网. 现在用'爱疯- iPhone' :p 的'热线'爬上网来发贴子:p 叫了人来修还是没修好呢! 希望明天来修的那个人会修的好 :o ************************************************************* This is again another using the mashed pumpkin that i have left in the freezer.  I am still posting a mushroom dish..lol Why?? I must try this because this is new to me :D It is my first time cooking with porcini. Porcini is an Italian mushroom. Porcini Mushrooms  are known for their subtle, distinctive flav...