Stay At Home Mom

It has been a rather busy week with all the cleaning and the baking that I’ve been doing. I am sure if the octopus saw me, he would be ashamed of underutilising his tentacles. I’ve just realised that this home cleaning ritual that I go through every year because of the approaching Eid has [...]

Autumn is fast approaching. The leaves have turned a deep shade of red and gold. The wind has become dry and chilly. Even with the sun shining, you will probably backtrack home to get your jacket when the wind hits you or feel miserable for having been deceived by the bright beautiful but not very [...]

The one good thing about the fasting month is that I don’t need to start cooking early in the day. I can wait till evening before I start clanking my pots and dancing to its rhythm in the kitchen. But that also means that I have to think up fast, easy but nutritious meals (this [...]

Ever since I came back from California, I’ve been craving for the Glutinous Rice with Mango dessert that I ate at the Thai restaurant. This Thai dessert comprises of a basic ‘pulut’ recipe mixed with coconut milk accompanied by fresh mangoes. It was really delish with the rice cooked to perfection and mixed with the [...]

Quite a number of malay desserts make use of glutinous rice. Some of my favorites are Kuih Serimuka or otherwise known as Putri Salat and Kuih Lopes. Some others are Pulut Inti, Pulut Panggang and I’m sure many more. However, I wanted to make some pulut to go with the mangoes I bought. It’s a popular Thai dessert [...]