ShareSomeone asked in my previous post (though I have forgotten who or which post) to show her a photo of the traditional double boiling pot I mentioned.
Usually, if I have time, I will use this pot to do the double boiling. If I don’t time to wait for the longer cooking time, I [...]
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Traditional double boiling pot
Kitchen enzyme is the craze now
ShareAfter three months of making kitchen enzyme at home, I finally harvest a 1.5 litre bottle of brownish liquid that smells like those apple cider vinegar. I also tried my hands at making fruit enzyme at home and am into making dragon fruit enzyme now.
Back to the kitchen enzyme, it seems to be [...]
Premium XO sauce without ham – taste, use and photo
My eldest son, the chef-wannabe tried the sauce from he bottle and he told me, “Chey…just like the dried shrimps in oil that you bought.” *kicks self* I spent RM18.88 to learn that.
Oh ya, avoid ordering any dish with XO sauce because it is going to cost you a lot since the sauce alone is so expensive.
How to make the cookies you bake crispy?
ShareBaking cookies is not difficult because most recipes do not need moulds or cookie cutters. You just need to spoon the cookie dough into the baking tray and bake. Though you may follow the recipe 100%, sometimes, you may not get crispy cookies but soft ones. So, what are the factors that [...]
How heavy is one cup of butter?
ShareAre you frustrated with recipes calling for 1 cup of butter? I do. I cannot fill up a cup with butter because it will be a messy job. So, I have found the mystery of the weight of a cup of butter.
A cup of butter weighs 227 grams.
In Malaysia, most brands of [...]
