Healthy Mung Bean Korean Pancakes

Besides dessert, do u know that mung beans are also great for savoury dishes?

INGREDIENTS

For the Pancakes:

½ cup mung beans

1/2 cup evaporated milk

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons sugar

½ cup (75g) rice flour

1 cup of chopped chives (scallions and leeks are good, too)

1 cup of corn

a couple Tablespoons oil for pan-frying (I used sunflower)

For the Dipping Sauce:

3 Tablespoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon sesame oil

¾ teaspoon sugar

¾ teaspoon gochugaru (Korean red pepper flakes) or ½ teaspoon common red pepper flakes

2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak mung beans in warm water for at least two hours or overnight in the refrigerator.

Drain the mung beans and add just enough water to cover and boil until soft.

Mix the pancake ingredients using food processor.

Heat a large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat for about a minute then add 2 teaspoons oil to the pan. 

Place 1 Tablespoon of the pancake batter in the center.

Swirl the pan gently to redistribute the oil and cook the pancakes until the edges look browned.

Flip and cook the other side.

Repeat into batter is finished.

Make the dipping sauce by mixing all the ingredients together. 

Enjoy! Serve with the pancakes while they are still hot.

NOTES

-This recipe makes about 20 mini pancakes.

Soy Bean Bread

We love to make fresh soy milk at home. But what to do with the leftover bean paste? Sometimes we add some rice flour and deep fry the dough made into small balls. But making them into bread loaves is probably much healthier.

Ingredients

Cooked Soy Bean Paste (wet)220g

High protein flour 250g

Instant yeast 2 tsp

Sugar 2 tbsp

Salt 1/2 tsp

Sunflower oil 15g

Place the ingredients in that order into the bread pan. Be careful to separate yeast from sugar and liquid.

Choose option 1 basic bread, light crust and 500g loaf. Start the bread machine. I love my Kenwood BM250.

Make sure the dough is well mixed when the machine beeps

Tada-- warm bread after 3.5 hours!

Lazy Keto Semolina Cake

Semolina is flour made of durum wheat which is commonly used to make pasta as it is high in gluten and protein content. Read more about semolina here.

Ingredients

110g melted unsalted butter

3 eggs

Suji - 1 cup (roasted)

Coconut- 1 cup (desiccated )

Oats- 1/4 cup

Yogurt- 1/2 cup

Milk- 1/2 cup 

Baking powder- 2 tsp

Dates- 8-10 pieces

Almonds -8-10 for garnishing

Cinnamon- 1 tsp

Roast suji.

Roast Oats for 2-3 mins.

Boil pitted dates with milk. Cool aside.

Whisk eggs with butter.

Whisk yoghurt.

Blend everything for 1min.

The batter should be just quite thick.

Pour the batter in a greased baking pan.

Refrigerate the batter for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven for 10 mins at 180 degrees.

After half an hour, take out the batter and cut into shapes and place chopped almonds on each piece.

Bake the cake at 180 degrees for 30 mins.

If done, let the baking pan stay in the oven for 10 mins.

Let the cake cool down completely.  It's best eaten while warm.

Low Sugar Low Fat Baked Cassava Cake

I love posting recipes without too many descriptions. Let's get on to it!

Ingredients

1egg

0.5kg frozen peeled tapioca (cassava)

2.5 tablespoons tapioca flour 

1 tablespoon sunflower oil (extra for greasing)

25g caster sugar + 25g erythritol

260ml Ayam Brand super light coconut milk 

¼ teaspoon salt

5 fresh or frozen pandan leaves

Dessicated coconut

Instructions

Blend Pandan leaves with coconut milk. Sieve and set aside.

Peel and grate tapioca using food processor.

Remove any tough roots that may be present after shredding.

Using a large bowl, combine the tapioca, tapioca flour, extra virgin olive oil, sugar, egg, salt and pandan leave mixture, mix and stir thoroughly. 

Let the mixture infuse for about 30 minutes.

Grease a non-stick 8 inch square cake pan and pour the cake mixture into the pan.

Sprinkle dessicated coconut on top of the cake.

Preheat fan-forced oven to 160C.

Bake in the preheated oven for 80 minutes or until the top of the cake browns.

Remove from oven and let the cake cool completely before slicing with a greased knife.

Lazy Keto Bread Machine Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

1 eggs add milk until 95ml liquid 

113g mashed pumpkin

144g bread flour

48g wholemeal flour

48g coconut flour

1 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 tablespoons sugar

1/2 teaspoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

500g loaf 

Use preset 3 wholemeal, light crust. Be sure to add the ingredients in according to the listed sequence. 

Be careful to separate yeast from all liquid and sugar in the beginning. 

Tips for using coconut flour

If you are adding coconut flour to a gluten-free flour blend or substituting it for flour in a regular recipe,  substitute coconut flour for up to 20% of that blend. The liquid and/or fat combination needs to be increased by about 20% (fat preserves the long term moisture of the final baked product). 

Coconut flour typically call for a lot of eggs. Every 1/4 cup (30.8g) coconut flour typically requires one egg for both moisture and structure.

When storing coconut flour, it’s best to keep it airtight and refrigerated since coconut flour absorbs moisture.

Kuantan Highrise Investment | Kuantan Waterfront Resort City Tour

Highrise is becoming a popular option in Kuantan City. Unlike other major capital cities in Malaysia, Kuantan is surprisingly laid back without traffic congestion. The city also maintains its old fashioned charm boasting many beaches including Teluk Cempedak, Bukit Pelindung and parks like Taman Gelora. When we first heard of Kuantan Waterfront Resort City, we were intrigued. It's a comprehensive resort city concept that encompasses 3 decades of developmental plan.

Swiss-Bel Hotel and Imperium Residence are their pilot projects. The soft launch was just in February 2020. However, we only managed to visit recently after the Movement Control Order as they were closed until May 2020.

Swiss-Bel Hotel and Imperium Residence Kuantan

Jalan Kampung Tanjung Lumpur, 

Perkampungan Tanjung Lumpur, 26060 Balok, Pahang 

https://g.co/kgs/S9H2Jr

Swiss-Bel Hotel Kuantan IG

Kuantan Waterfront Resort City IG

Imperium Residence Kuantan IG

Featuring 27 floors and 712 units, Swiss-Bel Hotel and Imperium Residence are two impressive high-rise in Kuantan City just across the river in the area called Tanjung Lumpur. The area is guarded and gated but the multilevel parking is free at the moment. Most of the relating project will be built on reclaimed land including a shopping center, a hospital, a theme park etc.

Overlooking the South China Sea, the scenery is spectacular with Tembeling Resort in view. 

Level 5 is where the gymnasium, playroom, outdoor playground, outdoor jacuzzi and the swimming pool complex is located. The reason why I said it's the swimming pool complex because there are multiple levels/types of pools featuring a river shaped pool, an infinity pool and a children pool which is also a mini water theme park. Warning! It can be extremely difficult to drag the children from the area. It took us 1.5hours. Lol.

We had the chance to view both the studio unit as well as the family unit with 2 bedrooms. Each type is also divided into city view versus ocean view. It's a completely different experience to see Kuantan so high up. A luxurious existence indeed.

For foodies like us, all day dining options like Swiss Cafe offer classic Malaysian and Western food choices with a breathtaking Seaview. 

Our lunch date- fish& chips, seafood penne, lemon cream seabass with a refreshing PAM (pineapple, apple and mint juice without sugar). Taste was great, ingredients were fresh but portion was on the small side and we hoped there was more variety on the menu.

3pm onwards there's also high tea set for 2 if you feel peckish. Our set had fried breaded chicken breasts, blackcurrant jelly, peanut butter brownies  , scones with cream and strawberry jam. Also a huge pot of hot coffee and fresh fruits. The set was enough to feed 2 adults and 2 children if you are not too hungry. We preferred a stronger coffee though.

The opposite restaurant, called THERE restaurant,  is a fairly good Western/Italian restaurant. Dinner was served-- braised duck leg, braised lamb leg, seafood bouillabaisse, spaghetti carbonara, grilled chicken chop. 

Night view of the area.

If u feel adventurous, there's also activities like paddle boat, cruise, horse riding and mirror in the sky photo taking. 

For those interested to have a look, please do contact Imperium Residence to redeem a tour of the property as well as a complimentary high tea set. We had a very enjoyable afternoon and the area is definitely great for families with young children like us to hang out. 

Sun Fong Restaurant Food Review

Sun Fong Restaurant is one of our favorite dinner spots in Kuantan! However, due to RMCO, this was only our second visit this year. Our first visit was pre CNY gathering with my colleagues.

Sun Fong Restaurant

174, Exit Jalan Teluk Sisek, 25050 Kuantan, Pahang
016-678 3998
https://g.co/kgs/546JSL

We had dinner for 5 adults and 2 children that night. 

We highly recommend their steamed mantou with fish fillet. The fish fillet was coated with a layer of flour and honey then deep fried to crispiness. With the soft and warm mantou, it's a welcoming contrast in texture and a heavenly combination.

Braised pork ribs was finger licking good. The ribs were marinated to perfection. The ribs were served in its entirety. They were best consumed warm using the hands with the sticky sweet sauce coating the ribs and the caramelized marrow ready to be crunched on.

Chicken slices coated in flour, deep fried and coated with orange juice, sprinkled with ground peanut.

Salted egg pumpkin was always a great hit. The saltiness went very well with the sweetness of the pumpkin with a contrast of the grittiness of the coating versus the soft and fluffiness of the pumpkin slices.

Assam fish was very flavoursome with just the right amount of spiciness. The pineapple, lady finger and tomato slices were a heavenly combination with the soft fish which soaked up the spicy and soury gravy. Shark is a specialty in Kuantan and I think everyone should try.

Claypot salted fish sweet potato leaves was a great hit! It was slightly on the salty side but the fragrance of the salted fish levelled up the sweet potato leaves.

Steam tofu is an all-time favorite of my children. But we prefer a bigger portion of tofu.

Overall, we had a positive dining experience. Our verdict is therefore 7.5/10!

Price ++++
Taste +++++
Service ++++
Atmosphere +++