Pancake

This might not be a typical Desert from Singapore, but from the neighborhood. And foreigners love it:

Pancakes soybeans from jollibean (http://www.jollibean.com/store.htm)

The fluffy Pancakes (widely known in Singapore as Mee Chiang Kue), which come in different sizes, are stuffed with lot of filling. The typical ones are with peanuts inside or with a paste of red beans but you can also get them with cheese or chestnut filling…

 

 

A small pancake costs 70 Cent, a big one 1 Dollar. If you buy more than 1 (and believe us, once you tried them, you will!) you get a small discount.

Hennie's comment: I've tried the different flavours and I'm in love with the one wrapped with red bean! It is not very expensive too! It is really delicious and I want my friends to try it too!

Recipe for such Pancakes!

Ingredients:

• 300 g Cake Flour
• 15 g Plain Flour
• 500 ml Warm Water (approx 40 degree celsius)
• 4 tbsp Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1 tb Baking Soda mixed with 1 tb water
• 1 tbs Yeast

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients throughly and leave to rise for 2 hours. At the end of 2 hours it should have doubled in height.
2. Lightly oil a flat frying pan. Ensure the fire is turned down very low so the base does not burn. Ladle half the batter into a large flat-based frying pan. The height of the Ming Jiang Kueh should be uniform.
3. The batter should cook for approx 4-5 min. Make sure you check on the base to prevent burning. Once the top appears fully cooked through resulting in a spongey and slightly bouncy texture, turn the fire off and sprinkle the peanut filling generously on half the pancake. Fold it into half.
4. Cut to serve.

Where else can you find?

Located are the stores all over Singapore. Just watch out for one…
If you want to try such a pancake from a small stall at a hawker center just go to the Tiong Bahru Market (where you can eat the best Tau Suan in Singapore, we talked about). There is a stall which also sells these lovely pancakes.

Tiong Bahru Tau suan

Tau Suan is a traditional warm desert which is made out of mung beans. It is eaten with some sliced yau char kueh (fried chinese crullers). This desert is sweet as well as a bit salty cause of the yau char kueh (you tiao).




Hennie's Comment:
"I really really like the sweet and salty taste of the tau suan. It taste just right and not too.. sticky. If you like to try this dessert at a traditional place then you must go to “Tiong Bahru Tau Suan” at the Tiong Bahru Market! It is really good and I really love it!"

The Tiong Bahru Tau Suan Stall just won the Hawker Master title 2011 for the best Tau Suan in Singapore. The stall is run by the Sng family for many years, and they still produce the dessert in the traditional way by steaming the beans first, before adding them to the sweetened soup, which is thickened with potato starch and perfumed with Pandan leaves. There are also many comments from others on how generous they are with the mung beans!

This is why this Tau suan is so much tastier than the others!

Guess what? A bowl of Tau Suan only costs you $1. Take a look at the video below, where our foreign friend, Hennie, tried the tau suan and you can see how much she liked it!

Address:

Tiong Bahru Tau Suan
Blk 30 Seng Poh Road
#02-55 Tiong Bahru Hawker Centre
Open: 7.30am – 3.30pm (Closed on Monday)


Other places with nice Tau Suan that you might be interested:
Rong Fa Cheng Tng Stall
22A Havelock Road
Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre

Teck Kee Hot & Cold Dessert (德记冷热甜品) 
2 Adam Road
Adam Road Hawker Centre 
Singapore 289876



 Of course, recipe below for those who loved cooking on their own! :)

Recipe Ingredients

Serves: 4 people

• 150g split green (mung) bean
• 2 pandan leaves, washed and tied to a knot
• 50g rock sugar
• 500ml water
• 1 “you tiao” (fried dough fritters/”you char kway“), cut

Thickener:
40g sweet potato flour (or water chestnut flour), mixed with 125ml (1/2 cup) water

Recipe Instructions

1. Soak the beans in water for 1 hour, drained and rinse again with water. Drain again.
2. Steam the beans for about 30 minutes, or until they are soft.
3. In a pot, add water, pandan leaves and sugar. Bring to the boil, reduce heat, and add in the steamed beans.
4. Before using the thickener, stir the solution again to make sure it is even. Stir in the thickener slowly until mixture thickens (you do not need to add all … stop adding once it becomes the thickness that you like. I used only 3/4 of the amount).
5. Ladle into serving bowls and top with you tiao. Serve hot or warm.

Here you go, with your very own Tau Suan!

Hope you enjoyed our post and stay tuned for more nice desserts! ^^