Saturday, March 27, 2010

A few things I tried

I bought the durian chips which I had blogged about earlier.. It was about $3 for one container. The chips contain dried durian and palm oil, and are quite crisp. The chips don't smell as strongly, but there is still that unique smell. They're okay (I'm not so crazy about the palm oil.). I prefer the fresh stuff!

I tried a couple Chinese recipes. Both are pretty simple recipes and only require a few ingredients. I'll try to remember to take pictures next time! The linked web pages below contain pictures already though, and mine turned out similar, although maybe not as perfectly round. :)

The first is a scallion flatbread. It's kind of like scallion pancake, but not as thin or as oily. See here for the recipe. I like rolling and flattening the dough (like playing with playdough!)

The second is a dessert - glutinous rice balls in a ginger-sugar syrup with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds sprinkled on top. (It's known as tangyuan, but this version is not served in a soup.) See here for the recipe.