Messy Witchen

Messy Witchen

Where kitchen & mess go hand in hand!

Sweet Peas With Tomatoes

I have a love-hate relationship with sweet peas. Haha I haven’t had sweet peas in months! *was hating it

But today I found a packet of sweet peas in the fridge. *love at first sight all over again LOL

Sweet Peas With Tomatoes

I thought I’ll cook this sweet peas with a slight twist. Come join me!
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Chinese New Year Cookies: Pineapple Tarts

Who loves Pineapple Tarts? Who? Who? Raise your hand please!

NOT ME! Hahaha
Sorry. I’m just not a pineapple person. :P

But my sister is. She’s a HUGE fan of Pineapple Tarts and also you may already know – Kuih Bangkit. Every year without fail she will bake one or two batch of pineapple tarts for Chinese New Year.

Pineapple Tarts

We have several Pineapple Tarts recipes ranging from the traditional crumbly type to Nyonya and Portuguese version. Tried all of them and she loves the crumbly type the most. So here I am sharing with you the recipe accompanied with step-by-step pictures.
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Marble Butter Cake & Kaya Swiss Roll @ Yut Kee Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur

Marble Butter Cake @ Yut Kee Restaurant

All my life I’ve known Yut Kee Restaurant as the kopitiam that produce SUPER DUPER delicious Marble Butter Cake and Kaya Swiss Roll. So when I read other blogs reviewing Yut Kee’s Roast Pork Roll, Pork Chop, etc… I had only 1 question mark hanging above my head…

“Is this the same Yut Kee Restaurant that sell the yummy Marble Butter Cake and Kaya Swiss Roll?”
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Chinese New Year Cookies: Kuih Bangkit

Kuih Bangkit is one of the classic Chinese New Year cookies (others are Kuih Kapit @ Love Letter and Pineapple Tarts) loved by Malaysians. What’s loved about this traditional Nyonya cookie is the aromatic smell that welcomes you the moment you bite into the crispy outer later and then got jolted into a world of melt in your mouth excitement. Oh yeah!

Kuih Bangkit

To be frank with you I’m not a big fan of Kuih Bangkit but my sister is such a HUGE fan of this cookie. So much a fan that she stubbornly picked up a cookie that has fallen on the floor and intend to bake it. Horror! Thank God I was able to coaxed her and finally got rid of that 1 piece of ‘dirty’ cookie. Haha [Read more →]

Preserving Fresh Herbs By Freezing

Fresh Rosemary

In Malaysia it’s quite difficult to get hold of fresh herbs like rosemary, thyme, oregano, marjoram… except basil which I have successfully grew. The only place we can stock up on these herbs is from the hypermarket/supermarket. However most of the time I’m using only a portion of the herbs, the rest will be kept in fridge. And they won’t last long… a week or two later they will be thrown away. What a waste ya?
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