The Little Nyonya

My mom and I have been following the recently popular Singapore soap opera - "The Little Nyonya". *

Fascinated and inspired, I decided to kick-start this blog by sharing the recipe of some of my favorite Nyonya kuih. **

* Quoted from Wikipedia, Peranakan and Baba-Nyonya (traditional Chinese: 峇峇娘惹) are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th century Chinese immigrants to the NusantaraBritishStraits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations, who have adopted partially or in full Malay customs to be somewhat assimilated into the local communities. region during the Colonial era. It applies especially to the ethnic Chinese populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations, who have adopted partially or in full Malay customs to be somewhat assimilated into the local communities.

** Kuih (also kueh, kue, or kway; from Hokkien: 粿 koé) is the term given to various manners of bite-sized food items in the Malay Archipelago, much like Spain's tapas. They are usually - but not always - sweet and intricate creations, including cakes and puddings. Kuihs, plurified kueh-mueh or kuih-muih in Malay are more often steamed than baked, and thus very different in texture, flavour and appearance from Western cakes or puff pastries.