Soft Boil Eggs

Getting the perfect soft boil eggs isn't easy on a stove. We can control the time but cannot control the temperature, sometimes getting overboiled eggs, sometimes getting undercooked eggs.. 

With the Thermomix, you can do the perfect soft boil eggs every single time now!

Ingredients:

4 Room Temperature Eggs

Water

Method:

	Cover	Time	Temp°C	Speed
1)  Place eggs into simmering basket and add water till half the level of eggs.	-	-	-	-
2)  Place simmering basket into TM bowl.	Yes	12 min	70	3.5
3)  Remove the simmering basket using spatula and let the eggs cool for 5 mins before cracking open.	-	-	-	-

Notes: You can cook up till a maximum of 7 eggs (in a single layer) in the simmering basket. If your eggs are big (more than 60g) cook eggs for an addition 1 minute.

Nian Gao

Its the Lunar New Year soon! One must have on Lunar New Year is the Nian Gao, or the Glutinous Rice Cake. Nian means 'year or sticky' and Gao means 'high or tall'. The Chinese believe that if you eat the Nian Gao during this time, you will have a better year ahead.

Some believe that this Lunar New Year sweet sticky snack is an offering to the Kitchen God, with the aim that his mouth will be stuck with the sticky cake, so that he cannot bad mouth the human family in front of the Jade Emperor.

So, instead of buying one this year, why not make it and share this goodness with your family and friends and let us all have a great lunar new year ahead!

Ingredients:

500 g Water
500 g Glutinous Rice Flour
100 g Brown Sugar
100 g Raw Sugar
250 g Golden Syrup

Method:

	Cover	Time	Temp°C	Speed
1)  Line a container (I use 8 inch diameter by 2.5 inch depth) with banana leaves.	-	-	-	-
2)  Add water, brown sugar, raw sugar and golden syrup to mix. While machine is mixing, gradually add in the glutinous rice flour from the top of the lid.	-	1 min	-	4
3)  Cook the mixture.	Yes	15 mins	100	3
4)  Pour the mixture into the container with banana leaves. Add 1.2L of water in the Thermomix bowl and steam the mixture on varoma tray.	-	60 mins	Varoma	2

Note: If you are using a container of deeper depth, steam the mixture longer.
You can create a 'cap' using baking paper and put it on top of the nian gao. This is to prevent the steam water from dropping down onto your nian gao. If water touches your nian gao, the part affected will be more pale in colour.

Happy 2017!

Happy 2017 everyone!

It has almost been a week since 2017 has started. I would first like to apologise for the lack of updates in this blog last year end. My goal for this year is to post at least one recipe every fortnight. If you have any recipes that you would like to see here, please leave a comment in the comment box below. Do give me some time to look for a good recipe and test it out before sharing it here.

Chinese New Year is coming right up and everyone will be busy getting new year goodies. I will be posting some CNY goodies very soon too, so do check back regularly!

I wish all my readers good health, lots of happiness and success in this new year. Happy Thermomix-ing!

With lots of love,
Yilin & Mei
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