Messy Witchen

Messy Witchen

Where kitchen & mess go hand in hand!

how to

Grandma’s Nyonya Chang Rice Dumplings + Step By Step Pictures On How To Wrap Chang

Chang, Zong, Zongzi… they all mean 1 thing; glutinous rice with yummylicious fillings wrapped in bamboo/lotus/banana leaves. Chang is eaten on the 5th day of the 5th Lunar Month which is today in fact, 16th June 2010. :) First I need to clarify something. My grandma is not a Nyonya but she learned how to [...]

Preserving Fresh Herbs By Freezing

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 [...]

Buying, Choosing & Cutting Avocado

Before this year avocado is a foreign fruit to me. I have read & heard a great deal of goodness about this fruit (lower our LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol & increase our HDL ‘good’ cholesterol levels) but I never came close to buying & eating it. One reason is because we don’t grow avocado in Malaysia. [...]