Second day of CNY

We went to Ah Cho's house on the second day of CNY, a family gathering with ah ma's brothers, sisters and all the cousins & relatives.

 

After the lunch gathering, we went to gong gong and popo's house. During Chinese New Year, it is a tradition in gong gong and popo's house that we wish them with new year greetings before receiving our and pau. 

ES in action!

 

 

MS: Gong Xi Fa Cai, Wan Shi Ru Yi, Shen Ti Jian Kang

 

 and LS's turn...

 

Our favourite - gu lou yok

 

 Popo also prepared suan pan zi

 And the so called non spicy " sei dai tin wong ".

 

 With abalone & chicken soup.

 

 

Every year, we received a tin of Love Letter without fail, from my babysitter's daughter.

 

And this year, popo made a loaf of fruit cake... and we had the same back in penang too, by gugu.

 

 We had our lou sang session in ipoh again.

 

Playing with firework outside gong gong's house ....

 

 

Kitchen helpers

MSLS helped to take out the beans

 

 

Ready to send it to the kitchen!

CNY cookies

We made four different types of CNY cookies this year for our relatives and friends.

Melting moments

Golden pineaaple rolls

Almond flakes cookies

 

Raisin walnut cornflakes cookie

First day of CNY

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Getting ready to church on the first day of CNY.

 

Waiting for mass to start...

 

Big tanglung at the entrance.

Lion dance after mass.

Cai qing

Nice & meaningful red pocket bought from church.

 

As a tradition, I put two ang pau under the girls' pillows, ya shui qian ( in mandarin ). Each of us received an ang pau from ES too.

 

This is what she wrote for daddy:

Dear Daddy, Happy New Year! Daddy you will be happy because of me

 

 

CNY eve at Kek Lok Si

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reunion Dinner

Lou Ju Sau

We had an early reunion dinner three days before CNY. This year we can really feel the new year atmosphere as we are with our beloved family members and everybody is celebrating chinese new year here. Ah Ma cooked some delicious dishes for the dinner.

 

Vegetables with abalone

 

Chicken

 

Lobak

 

And chilli sauce - red chilli, gingers, lime, soy sauce, a pinch of sugar ( only prepared during festive season at gong gong's parents house ) 

 

 The boys and girls enjoyed their dinner on their small tables while the adults having their dinner.

 

Daddy bought lou sang back and the kids enjoyed it too....

  

Chinese New Year Cookies : Golden Pineapple Roll

 We used to buy homemade pineapple tarts when I was working.  We like those buttery and flaky pineapple rolls. It just melt in your mouth when you eat it.

And this year, I made some and the girls just love it...

 

 

Ingredients for filling

Source for filling : christine's recipes

 

2 pineapple, about 1600gm, grated

250gm sugar

2 cloves, optional

1/4 tsp cinnamon powder, optional

Method

Shred pineapples finely and sift drip the juice till dry.

Cook pineapple shreds over medium head till dry then add in sugar.

Switch to low heat and keep stirring to prevent it from burning until golden brown and dry.

Leave to cool.

Divide into small parts and form into balls, each weighted  5grams.

   

 

Ingredients for pastry

(A)

147g unsalted butter

24g icing sugar

3g salt

(B)

12g Egg yolk

(C)

9g custard powder

205g Rose flour or all purpose flour

 

1 egg yolk ( to brush on top of each unbaked pineapple roll )

 

Method



(1) Mix all ingredients in (A) until fluffy.
(2) Mix in egg yolk gradually, one teaspoon by one teaspoon.
(3) Sieve all ingredients in (C). Add in and mix well. ( Do not mix too long )
(4) Divide the dough into 10g and roll it into round shape. You will get about 40 smaller doughs in 10mg.
(5) Flatten the middle of the dough and insert 5mg pineapple filling. Wrap it and roll it into round shape. Shape it into pineapple shape ( optional ).
( I find it more easier to handle the dough in an air-cond room )
(6) Cut a few lines on top of the unbake dough before bake, then brush it with egg yolk.
(7) Bake at 160 degree C for about 10- 15 minutes.

 

 

 

 * I am submitting this post to Chinese New Year Delights 2013 hosted by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover *