Desserts: Mini snow ice

Singapore's desserts are , so colourful , you can find them in every food centers   they are hot or cold, sticky or clear, wobbly or firm, healthy or sinful, just pick the one you love......these sweet temptations I just can't resist.

This new dessert snow ice is not our local dessert, I think they come from Taiwan?!  They are just good for out hot weather here!

Singapore local desserts

I like the mini corn snow ice (right). a lot of sweet corn paste is pour on to the snow ice.

This is my first try on snow ice, I did Miniature Ice Kachang before, but snow ice is the first time. Will look better next time.

Miniature Ice Kachang

Miniature curry puff

Do you like curry puff? I do, so making miniature curry puff is always my favourite.
If you don't cut the curry puff into half, from the outlook, it is also looks like a gou仔, ( the one we eat during Chinese New Year)

                      This is my smallest miniature curry puff I have made.

Miniature Nonya Kueh

Nonya Kueh  is one of my favourite snack in all time. They are called Nonya or Straits Chinese because these kuehs  are first made by them  


Nonya kueh are made from a variety of fulsome and flavored ingredients such as coconut, sweet potatoes, tapioca, palm sugar and pandan.


When I was a young girl, I helped my aunt to make these nonya kuehs and sell. So I actually know how to make the real one, but the one you see below are my handmade miniature clay nonya kuehs, cannot be eaten.


Miniature kuehs take a lot of time to make as they are so colourful . To get these correct colors  is a great challenge . I usually make the one I like most .

        I love nonya kuehs. These are my handmade miniature clay food : Nonya Kueh

Which one do you like?

All the names of these kuehs are in Malay , my Malay is very poor so I actually don't known their name  (only know 1-2 names only) So when I want to buy the real kueh ,I will always look for it and point it to the seller.  

                               The kuehs on the left hand side are all my favourite.

                                                             This is not the smallest that I have made.

Miniature Bakua & pork floss

I promised my student to make this miniature clay bakua and pork floss for her. Here they are.

 It is so difficult to get the right colour of the bakua. I have tried so many times, and I think this one is the closer colour I can get.
Beside the bakua is the miniature pork floss.

                                  my handmade clay local snack: miniature clay bakua and pork floss

Miniature clay food: Huat Kueh & pao

There are many miniature clay paos on the table, so cute and real, like to have one?  did you know when pao meet huat kueh is meant pao huat (包 发）? and do you know when a pao cut into half means? “包开” and do you know “包粽”（中）means?

(人的想象力非常丰富，若没有包开，包中，包发，请不要怪我。Don't blame me when nothing happens!)  But I believe in  praying.

I like to  make pao because I think because it is one of the simplest miniature creations but be careful, not to make dirty them as they must be totally white.

“包开”

花样发糕

Miniature nonya kueh

If you love miniature kueh, I think below are some of the kueh you can try, they are quite easy to make.

                       there are paos, ang ku kueh, rice kueh, and egg tarts.they are all made with clay

  note: apply varnish when the clay totally dried,(and also not too much)  or not you will not see the lines that  I have cut on top of the kueh

below is done by one of the student, not much different from mine, right? step by step you can make it! ( varnish not applied yet) the lines of the kueh are clearly seen.

                                                                 

miniature popiah

Do you love popiah?( spring roll) I love very much. I have made one before but not very good. This is the second time I try, better than before. Hope you like it.

I eat popiah without chill so the one I made before is plain without chilli, than a friend said that , when she think of popiah is  bright red chilli with a good mix fresh vegetable; so I added chilli this time. Thanks Eunice.

miniature roti prata

It looks simple and easy to make this mini roti prata but I tried many times in order to get the right colour and the surface .

I think I can still make the curry better.

Miniature Lao Po Ping

This is my handmade miniature  Lao Po Bing (老婆饼）,one of the traditional Chinese snack

Miniature Huat kueh

Miniature Huat Kueh ( steam kueh) 

Mini Brown huat kueh

Most popular is the orange colour huat kueh 

Huat kueh is always the most popular thing for offering . With bao together is called (bao huat 包发) .

Miniature nonya kueh (Part 2)

The double layer plate is made of metal I bought during my last trip to HKG. I made some  miniature (super mini sizea) nonya kueh & pastries to match this tray. They look perfect.

Above miniature nonya kueh is placed in another type of plate.

miniature waffle ice cream

I love waffle with ice cream very much but I seldom buy them for snack as I can eat a lot in one time. So I handmade it. Here are some of my miniature waffle with ice cream..........

above are real size of peanut waffle

This miniature waffle with 3 ice cream and cream

above is my newly made square waffle with ice cream and cream with chocolate syrup

So, which is your favourite dish? By the way I make the cute little plate too. you can use colour tape to decorate it, very lovely, right?

miniature ba zang (粽子）

Although Ba zang festival (端午节）is already over but in Singapore you can eat ba zang anytime .I love nonya zang. What about you ?

When making miniature ba zang , try to make a small one as the smaller it is, the cuter it is. (but a bit difficult to wrap)

Miniature Moon cake

Moon cake festival is coming soon, so it is time to eat moon cake!