These mooncakes are quite filling and they are usually cut diagonally into small wedges and shared. Lightly knead to combine the melon seeds into the paste. Divide dough into equal portions – weight to depend on the size of your mooncake biscuit mould. Ms Gladis Lin, a dietitian at the HPB, said that Ms Koh’s sweet potato mooncake is lower in calories, sugar and saturated fat than conventional lotus seed paste mooncakes.

The brownie mooncake contains just half the amount of saturated fat in a traditional lotus seed paste snowskin mooncake, while the sweet potato mooncake contains 90 per cent less saturated fat. Lightly brush as thoroughly as possible the top of mooncakes with beaten egg yolk. The salted egg yolk in the middle of the mooncake symbolizes the full moon.

It helps to give a nice browning on the mooncake skin. It is three days to the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated annually on the 15th of the eighth lunar month.

The longer the dough is rested, the easier it is for wrapping and have a finer imprint. Most other kinds of mooncake are baked and so have a crisp outside, while these are uncooked and softer. Press the ball of dough into a lightly floured mooncake mould. Steaming is also healthier than frying, which is required to prepare other types of mooncake filling such as yam, red bean or lotus seed.

This recipe shows you how to create traditional Cantonese mooncakes from scratch without purchasing golden syrup or kansui. The trouble is that mooncakes are calorie bombs full of sugars and carbohydrates, and that is a big no-no for her low-carb-high-fat dieting regime. First, take a lotus paste ball and poke a hole in the middle with your finger. Set aside when done. Cocoa powder is healthier than chocolate because it is lower in fat, sugar and calories. She created the sweet potato mooncake for a mooncake-making demonstration two Saturdays ago. Saturated fat is converted into low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, commonly called “bad” cholesterol. Any mooncake mould of your choice. [email protected]. Traditional baked mooncakes, a Chinese bakery product, are usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn festival. Place the stuffed round mooncake into the mould. We are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Knock out each mooncake from the mould and then chill them. The mooncake skin will become soft and shiny in 1 or 2 days time. If dough is too sticky, add an extra 1 to 2 tbsp of flour.

Instead of egg, she used tofu, making this a cholesterol-free mooncake.

Then baked the salted egg yolks in a 175 degree C preheated oven for 5 minutes. Get a copy of The Straits Times or go to straitstimes.com for more stories.

Delicious meals are meant to be shared …with you! Then make the dough skin by mixing the set aside dough with the all-purpose flour (120g). All Rights Reserved. Cover with cling film and rest it for another hour before filling and shaping. But doing so gave her a new challenge. Ms Koh said sweet potato is a good choice for a mooncake filling as it is naturally sweet and people can opt to use either the orange or purple varieties to lend colour to the paste. Great to serve with a cup of freshly brewed chinese tea. This festival is also known as the Moon Cake Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie 中秋节 ), because a special kind of sweet cake  (yue bing 月饼) prepared in the shape of the moon and filled with sesame seeds, ground lotus seeds and duck eggs is served as a traditional Chung Chiu delicacy. But you can choose as thin as 3:7 or even 2:8 If using egg yolks, place the yolk on weighing scale first, then add lotus seed paste to make up the weight of the filling required. Nor should they attempt to eat an entire mooncake on their own, as a normal-sized mooncake with double egg yolks contains between 890 and 900 calories. Start by making the mooncake skin. Also when reacting with acid, the carbon dioxide released will make the mooncake soft and fluffy. Explore the flavours of Asian cuisine and learn easy rescipes for your home cooking. First determine the weight of the mould by putting some skin dough or filling in cling wrap and push into the mould until it's filled to the brim. Traditional mooncakes have an imprint on top comprising the Chinese characters for “longevity”, “harmony” or “prosperity” as well as the name of the bakery and filling in the moon cake. A traditional brownie, a Western dessert, contains butter, eggs and chocolate, all of which Ms Koh substituted. In a separate bowl, combine flour and sodium bicarbonate, then sift in to the bowl in Step 1.

Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Place the mooncakes in the preheated oven to bake for 10 minutes. Tofu is also high in protein and low in fat. The danger of consuming a large amount of saturated fat is that it raises one’s risk of developing heart disease. Me again ganesrau after 3 years back again this year I will start to do the moon cake again.. Hope you will enjoy making again. Flatten skin dough on palm of hand. Psst! Then store in air-tight container for 2 days. These traditional baked mooncakes, a Chinese bakery product, use lotus seed paste and egg yolk as filling with the skin baked and glazed to a shiny golden brown colour. Turn it UPRIGHT on the surface. With a wooden spoon or spatula, stir to combine all ingredients. They are rich, heavy and dense unlike most western cakes and pastries which are normally light and fluffy. Their creator, Ms Judy Koh, is the managing director and principal chef of Caffe Pralet by Creative Culinaire and 13-year-old cooking school Creative Culinaire The School, both at Eng Hoon Street in Tiong Bahru. Invert the mould and knock a couple of times to dislodge mooncake biscuits. Boil four pandan leaves, lemon, sugar and water together to create the pandan syrup and chill it.2. In a bowl, combine golden syrup, oil and alkaline water using a spatula. Mix to form dough. Mix the roasted melon seeds into the lotus paste. Whisk together the golden syrup, alkaline water and peanut oil until well blended.

There are indeed many varieties of mooncakes available today. Cover with cling film and set aside for 1 hour. Egg wash the mooncake as detailed and thorough as possible so that the final mooncake will look attractive and shiny.

Roll each portion into a small ball shape.

To burn this off, a woman weighing 55kg would have to do one of these exercises: Brisk walk at a speed of 5km per hour for 41/2 hours, do aerobic exercise for two hours or play badminton for at least 21/2 hours. Use your palm to press the ball into the mould, and make sure the edges are flattened as well.