029. Cantonese ginger milk pudding

(Date: 24-26 Feb 2013. The 29th recipe in 2013)

I found the following few recipes online but what I found really useful is a science project. A group of secondary students in Hong Kong had investigated the optimal temperature, ph level (aciditiy) and other factors for making this traditional dessert. To me, it's like a myth buster and truly enlightening. The pdf file can be found here. Other recipes I found online include: Magic ginger milk pudding, Ginger Milk Pudding, a Natural Custard by Taste Hong Kong, Ginger Milk Pudding by Kitchentigress, Wikipedia: Ginger milk curd

I have then experienced a bit to find the optimal temperature & ingredient ratios via 4 different attempts (using same kind of milk, sugar & the same knob of ginger).

daikon turnip pudding

(Date: 5 Feb 2013)

The 25th recipe in 2013. This recipe is heavily adapted from "Savoury Kagoshima Thick Cut Daikon Turnip Pudding" from a cookery class organized by Intercontinental Hotel. I basically followed the ingredient ratios with some modifications. A very different method had been used to make the puddings though.

Chinese new year pudding

(Date 2 Feb 2013)

The 21st recipe in 2013! This recipe of Chinese new year pudding, a.k.a. Nin Go (年糕)  is from a fellow blogger Sally Ho, which can be found here (link). 

Chinese greens with oyster & ginger

(Date: 27 January 2013)

The 18th recipe in 2013, and the 8th Nigel Slater's one. "Chinese greens with Oyster & Ginger" from Nigel Slater's The Kitchen Diaries. Ok. I know it sounds weird for me, a native Chinese from Hong Kong, to use an Englishman's recipe to make Chinese greens in oyster sauce. But as part of my journey following Nigel Slater's footsteps in understanding more about food & cooking, why not? (I boiled the Choi Sum in a different way than suggested by Nigel Slater though...)

Instead of steamed rice, I serve it with plum-flavoured Japanese buckwheat soba noodle. The only reason to do so was the fact that the soba was expiring in March. The aesthetically appealing pink & green combo was a bit beyond my expectation.