Rice pudding gets added flavor in slow cooker

The sweetened condensed milk caramelizes during the long, slow cooking to give this rice pudding a pleasant caramel flavor and rich color. This pudding is thick and may be a bit dry for some tastes. Add extra milk for a thinner version.

KUIH BAKUL MAKERS HAVE HANDS FULL

BALING, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- As nien kao or kuih bakul makes an appearanceonce again during the Chinese New Year, the traditional pudding makers arehaving their hands full.For Ngan Chea Khong, 62, and his wife, Tan Chu Chu, 53, they relentlesslychurned out nien kao for the past 30 years using two firewood stoves to steamthe glutinous rice flour pudding to get the original flavours.He said ...

One-pot rice surprise

PETALING JAYA, Feb 4 — Take the best rice, which is basmati, match it with the best spices and herbs, add in meat and bake or roast it for four hours, and you get nasi biryani. The owner of Ma’Cik Biryani at The Curve painstakingly researched the origin of this well-loved rice dish, and traced it back to the Mongols. You can read all about it on ...

Senior menus for Tarrant, Johnson counties

For week of Jan. 23-27

Our Neighbors: School menus

Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. College Station Monday: Chicken quesadilla or burrito, spanish rice, sandwich trimmings, fruit. Tuesday: Hot dog or chef salad, baked beans, baby carrots and celery sticks with dressing, fruit. ...