Nonya Kueh

Hey guys

A favorite snack in Singapore is the Nonya Kueh – a Straits Chinese cake. It is made typically from an assortment of flavorful ingredients including coconut milk, sweet potatoes, tapioca, palm sugar and pandan (Screwpine). While those serve as flavoring, the base ingredient is usually a carb – rice flour, glutinous rice flour, tapioca flour or green bean flour.

Colorful in appearance with strong aromatic scents, these cakes are often served as treats on festive occasions and are perfect with tea. They can also be eaten at any time and are both sweet and savory. For the health conscious, like us, there are even the steamed varieties.

Being high-energy foods, they can boost energy intake between meals. With serving sizes that are small, they will do little damage to your diet if not eaten excessively.

Goodbye Oreos, hello Kueh!

AlejandroQ.