Malaysian sweet dessert of glutinous rice coated with coconut shave and drizzled with thick brown sugar syrup when served.



It's that time of the year again, to start Spring cleaning not only my house but my blog too.

Of late, I have been receiving not one but many spammers clogging my comment box. Some go off tangent totally.



Dear spammers, 
why waste your time and effort to type, and go through the comment moderation only to be deleted in the end.

...and there are some who took some great effort to write in and criticize: the way I write my post, why I didn't use Cup measurement or didn't use metric measurement, or the oven temperature is not in Celcius or Fahrenheit... bla bla bla...
but dare not put their name or email address down, just signed off as Anonymous... act of a coward!!!

To these peeps, I'd say ~
get a life!!! Its my blog, my space. I do what I like and I don't hide behind 'Anonymous'.


My blog is my "happy" place, a platform where this middle-aged, menopausal woman can have her voice heard, through her writing, photography, and cooking...



***Spring cleaning in progress... pardon for some glitches if you see one...***
to my readers, and followers ~ Pardon my rantings... makes me feel better letting off my steam


Keep Calm and Eat some Kuih Lopis





Kuih Lopis is a traditional kuih or finger food, especially among Malaysians living along the Northern corridors of Malaysia.

Kuih Lopis is basically glutinous rice cooked in pandan (screwpine leaves) juice, coated with fresh slightly salted coconut shavings, and drizzled with thick brown sugar syrup.
It is rich in taste but a delight to have as afternoon delight.





As a teen, I didn't have the interest to learn from my mom how to make this traditional kuih (finger food)... why bother, when I can easily find some, perhaps in the stall around the corner, when cravings kicked in.



But things have definitely changed, no more "shop around the corner" to rely on, the only way to douse my cravings is to make my own.
When my mom came over for a holiday in 2007, I took that opportunity and asked my mom to make me some so that I could watch and learn.
....6 years on...
I am sharing my mom's Kuih Lopis.