Category: Ingredients

Candlenuts = buah keras

Every time I see these candlenuts or buah keras, I feel like popping them into my mouth because they look so much like macadamia nuts.  It is about the same size and colour.  But candlenuts are very, very cheap and has almost no taste except for some oiliness. Yeap, I did bite a bit yesterday…

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What do I do with vanilla pods?

Hehehe, I bought a RM16 fresh vanilla pod but I don’t have the faintest idea what to do with it.  Jamie Oliver has several nice recipe for vanilla custard but I am not too confident with making custard pudding from scratch. It comes in airtight, sealed bag so I haven’t open it to smell the…

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