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Homemade Egg Bean Curd with Braised Mushrooms and Shrimps

  Everyone is familiar with steamed egg.   This is a kind of delicacy that looks simple if you master the technique. Have you ever made egg bean curd or egg tofu with soybean milk. How different of this egg tofu with soybean milk compared with classic steamed egg? There are two differences for both recipes. Firstly, steamed egg using water; egg tofu is using soy milk. Secondly, steamed egg steamed for 3 minutes. Turn off the heat, let it sit in the steamer for 15 minutes; egg tofu steamed for 12 minutes. Of course, the two recipes are eaten differently. Chinese steamed eggs don’t need sophisticated seasoning to impress your palate. Simply add a little light soy sauce and sesame oil. Simply delicious! For the egg tofu, I am going to braise mushrooms and shrimps, serving on the top of the egg tofu.   The egg tofu smothered in a luscious soy oyster sauce with shrimps and mushrooms, had smooth thick sauce.   Ensuring that each bite is delicious and satisfying. In fact, homemade is

Dragon Fruit Jelly Mooncakes (火龙果燕菜月饼)

Tired of traditional mooncakes? Why not try this agar-agar jelly dragon fruit mooncake that has egg yolk in it? It is cold and pleasant. The cool part is that baking is not necessary.  Fruit season is currently in full swing, and prices are reasonably low as well. It now costs Rm9 per kg instead of Rm15 per kg. It's an excellent deal.   I started to think about alternative ways to consume its remarkable beauty and taste besides as a fruit. The Mid-Autumn Festival will take place in less than a month, so this jelly dragon fruit mooncake is ideal. The technique of making agar-agar mooncakes is simple, but the egg yolk that appears when I demold and slice the jelly mooncake always surprises me. I highly recommend mooncakes with egg yolks since they are more attractive.  These jelly mooncakes are made up of three components which are the egg yolk, the filling, and the skin layer.  Let us get all the ingredients to hand to make this refreshing dragon fruit jelly mooncakes.   I