Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Chinese New Year Goodies

Just a little introduction of some of the cookies served to guests during Chinese New Year. Hope they are helpful to my friends and fellow bloggers who do not celebrate chinese new year.

These are baked by my sister in law. They are called peanut puff or kok chai

These are mini shrimp rolls also made by my sister in law.

Mini pineapple tarts-pineapple are favourite during chinese new year because pineapple in hokkien is "ong lai" which meant good fortune coming.

Pineapple tarts

Love letters or egg rolls. Not sure if this is true but it was believed that lovers used to hide love letters in the egg rolls and they are now known as love letters.

Cashew Nuts Cookies

Almond Cookies

Green bean cookies

Kueh Bangkit - Kueh in Malay means cake, biscuits or cookies. Kueh Bangkit are made from rice flour or tapioca flour. These were originally used for offerings for ancestors. Then they were made in the shape of money. Today they are made in various animal or flower shapes.

These cookies were baked by me.

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