Molten Purple Yam Mochi 紫薯流心糯米糍

These adorable, pretty and delicious mochi are Southeast Asian dessert. The texture is similar to the Hong Kong mochi, but with sugar filling. When you cook the mochi, the filling will melt inside, it is so delicious!

I make it with purple yam, you can also use sweet potato or pumpkin. It is very easy to make, perfect snack for any time! 

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Purple Yam Sago Cake 紫薯西米糕(西米盞)

These little transparent cakes are the traditional Hong Kong snack. When I was kid, I always love to eat it. You can easily find on the street, they are very chewy, not too sweet , with red bean paste filling. 

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Purple Sweet Potato Pastry 紫薯一口酥

Purple sweet potato again! How lovely are these little pastry!  Very delicious short crust  pastry with purple sweet potato filling. Not too sweet but very healthy and yummy!

It is very easy to make, you can make more and store the dough in freezer. You can make it whenever you like, and definitely try with different filling…red bean paste, chocolate, jam….all good! Enjoy!

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Mashed Purple Sweet Potato 超簡單紫薯蓉

Every time I buy the sweet potato puree from the store, they are all too sweet and obviously not healthy at all. So I always make my own puree for pastry, dessert and bread. 

This is a very simple recipe, you do not have to ”cook” the puree, but simply mix it with butter and milk, then you will have a very smooth and gorgeous purple puree. 

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