ONDE ONDE part deux
if there is anything that singaporeans value more than their lives, it got be numbers..
first there is TOTO and 4-D then now there is the PSI showing the severity of the haze problem.
my students constantly updates me about it. their parents too. they always run out on the pretence of going to the toilet but goes to their room to switch on the tv and then rushing back to tell me about it..
"cher, the PSI now 80 leh.. last night was 130 loh"
"yup. it was really hazy on my way here. but thankfully we are indoors now"
"yah loh. 130 leh. so smelly"
"yup. i thought you went to the toilet? back so soon?"
"oh yah. haha. but i want to see the psi mah. now 80 leh."
*waits for response from me to escape doing work.
"so what are you waiting for?"
"cher, i can't see a thing when i am outside"
*looks at me expectantly
"alright. that's it.. continue doing your problem sum"
"awww.. can don't give so much homework today?"
"no. psi very high. i am not in a good mood. quick do your work. now now now."
*enters student's brother
"cher, now the psi 85 leh"
now.. finally.. after much deliberation.. i decided to blog about ONDE ONDEs
yup. actually i am feeling lazy.. it must be the haze... bleah
alright!
it is a delicate mission.
how to get the dough right and all.. how to get it all springy and stuff while maintaining the shape so that it doesn't burst when you boil it. yup they burst sometimes in the hot water and it isn't pretty. the art of making the dough.
but its boring and my mum was in charge of it so lets skip on to the next part which is the fillings and the rolling.. both impressively important parts. mainly because i was involved in it.
fine! this is the dough! very nice i must say.
on to the next part. chop chop!
and this is the filling. gula melaka. meaning brown sugar in english for certain people that do not understand ... yes you "indian people" person. never mind. private joke. its not racist. not everything is racist. call me yellow skin then, i don't care.
must be gula melaka. the flavour.... mmmm... mmmm... yummy. its more aromatic and it really oozes out.. mmmm..
then you must divide the dough. awww.. my mum has really cute hands.
not funny. but whats more to say? oh the dough is green because some pandan leaves extract is added to it.. all natural colour.. nice. i wonder if chili onde onde exist. i am into red now.. hmmmm..
after which you fill up the dough with small chopped up pieces of gula melaka in the middle and roll them into balls. the sugar is in solid block form at room temperature. it melts after boiling. then rehardens again.
of course the nicer ones are done by me. which ones you say? there, the nicer ones loh.. my mum cares naught for appearance. not a aesthete.
the rectangular ones are mine too. cos i put more gula melaka in them and making them into this shape is for easy identification after its boiled. bring on the sugar high, baby! hehehehe!
they float!
after dropping them into the steaming hot water to boil, wait for them to rise to the top.. stirring them won't really make them rise quicker but i do that anyway.
toss it in a layer of shredded coconut. mmm... getting close to eating time.. i don't care much for this but it prevents them from sticking to the plate
Chang chang! looking all tempting ... mmmm..
this is my rectangular piece.. so adorable... so much more gula melaka!
see! i wasn't lying... it oozes out! mmmmm... the skin is springy and chewy just like it should...
i'm sorry that you can't get to taste this (no.. not really) ... but its delicious.. its everything i described...
actually the gula melaka leaves a sourish aftertaste... i think my grandma kept it for too long. you know old people. they hoard things.. its a war thing.
and actually my rectangular piece was really too sweet. too much of the good stuff.. and my mum was "i told you so" which she did not. dots. but mine is definitely prettier.
onde onde has to be made fresh and then eaten. else the sugar will harden after 10 mins. very quick.. and reheating it is hazardous. i steamed it the next day and the filling became watery and the skin much harder.. and as i bit into it, it squirts all over the newspaper i was reading and onto my nose. not fun at all.
yup thats all... i am thinking of baking a cake next time. hehehe!
first there is TOTO and 4-D then now there is the PSI showing the severity of the haze problem.
my students constantly updates me about it. their parents too. they always run out on the pretence of going to the toilet but goes to their room to switch on the tv and then rushing back to tell me about it..
"cher, the PSI now 80 leh.. last night was 130 loh"
"yup. it was really hazy on my way here. but thankfully we are indoors now"
"yah loh. 130 leh. so smelly"
"yup. i thought you went to the toilet? back so soon?"
"oh yah. haha. but i want to see the psi mah. now 80 leh."
*waits for response from me to escape doing work.
"so what are you waiting for?"
"cher, i can't see a thing when i am outside"
*looks at me expectantly
"alright. that's it.. continue doing your problem sum"
"awww.. can don't give so much homework today?"
"no. psi very high. i am not in a good mood. quick do your work. now now now."
*enters student's brother
"cher, now the psi 85 leh"
now.. finally.. after much deliberation.. i decided to blog about ONDE ONDEs
yup. actually i am feeling lazy.. it must be the haze... bleah
alright!
it is a delicate mission.
how to get the dough right and all.. how to get it all springy and stuff while maintaining the shape so that it doesn't burst when you boil it. yup they burst sometimes in the hot water and it isn't pretty. the art of making the dough.
but its boring and my mum was in charge of it so lets skip on to the next part which is the fillings and the rolling.. both impressively important parts. mainly because i was involved in it.
fine! this is the dough! very nice i must say.
on to the next part. chop chop!
and this is the filling. gula melaka. meaning brown sugar in english for certain people that do not understand ... yes you "indian people" person. never mind. private joke. its not racist. not everything is racist. call me yellow skin then, i don't care.
must be gula melaka. the flavour.... mmmm... mmmm... yummy. its more aromatic and it really oozes out.. mmmm..
then you must divide the dough. awww.. my mum has really cute hands.
not funny. but whats more to say? oh the dough is green because some pandan leaves extract is added to it.. all natural colour.. nice. i wonder if chili onde onde exist. i am into red now.. hmmmm..
after which you fill up the dough with small chopped up pieces of gula melaka in the middle and roll them into balls. the sugar is in solid block form at room temperature. it melts after boiling. then rehardens again.
of course the nicer ones are done by me. which ones you say? there, the nicer ones loh.. my mum cares naught for appearance. not a aesthete.
the rectangular ones are mine too. cos i put more gula melaka in them and making them into this shape is for easy identification after its boiled. bring on the sugar high, baby! hehehehe!
they float!
after dropping them into the steaming hot water to boil, wait for them to rise to the top.. stirring them won't really make them rise quicker but i do that anyway.
toss it in a layer of shredded coconut. mmm... getting close to eating time.. i don't care much for this but it prevents them from sticking to the plate
Chang chang! looking all tempting ... mmmm..
this is my rectangular piece.. so adorable... so much more gula melaka!
see! i wasn't lying... it oozes out! mmmmm... the skin is springy and chewy just like it should...i'm sorry that you can't get to taste this (no.. not really) ... but its delicious.. its everything i described...
actually the gula melaka leaves a sourish aftertaste... i think my grandma kept it for too long. you know old people. they hoard things.. its a war thing.
and actually my rectangular piece was really too sweet. too much of the good stuff.. and my mum was "i told you so" which she did not. dots. but mine is definitely prettier.
onde onde has to be made fresh and then eaten. else the sugar will harden after 10 mins. very quick.. and reheating it is hazardous. i steamed it the next day and the filling became watery and the skin much harder.. and as i bit into it, it squirts all over the newspaper i was reading and onto my nose. not fun at all.
yup thats all... i am thinking of baking a cake next time. hehehe!
posted by flower power honey bananas at 1:08 PM
2 Comments:
Mmmmm yum yum yum!!!!
Man your blogs are hilarious. I think you should be a comedy writer or something... so cool to read about you putting so much effort into that psle kid sounds like an amazing relationship!
And and you HAVE to VISIT THIS GALLERY now!!! It's like the cutest thing ever!!! Apart from you of course. And the black squirrels. Actually the only cute ones are the red squirrels.... but yeah they're soooooooooooooooooooo cute!!
Blog more for me!! =)
haha.. it is China people ok.. Indian people not I start one... =X
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