Orr Nee is a traditional Teochew Sweet Dessert made from yam paste.
Getting a good floury ripe Taro Yam is difficult as you may end up with a floury or crunchy texture of the yam. Young taro tends to be more crunchy in texture rather than floury. These type is not suitable for mashing.
Usually a bigger or older taro yam, you will see a lot of purple veins is more likely it will be floury & suitable for mashing.
In the olden days or maybe you may still find in some wet market, some vendors will be willingly to slice off one end of the taro to show you the texture of the taro yam. But nowadays, if you are buying at supermarket, nobody will cut & show that for you anymore. So you need to do some own judgement yourself.
The old-fashioned recipe called for pork lard oil added in with lots of sugar. The recipe below is adding coconut milk (santan), it gives the fragrant as well as some natural oils from the santan. Yes, this texture will be kinda thick, but I like it thick rather than smoother type.
I am not a Teochew, but I just love this sweet dessert very much..
Ingredients (serves 2):
200gm Taro Yam
50ml Water
75g Coconut milk
4 tbsp Castor Sugar
pinch of salt
8pcs Gingko Nuts
Step by Step :
1. Clean gingko nuts, remove the shell & skin.
2. Put gingko in a saucepan & boil with 50ml water. Bring to boil & simmer for 15 mins. Add in 2 tbsp sugar. Turn off heat & set aside to cool down.
3. Cut taro in small thin slice. Steam taro yam for 15-20 mins or until taro yam turn soft.
4. Put cooked taro yam, coconut milk, salt & 2 Tbsp sugar & syrup from the gingko nuts to blend till fine paste.
5. Pour out yam puree into Queen Xense Casserole & cook on medium heat until it starts to come off from the sides (that means the coconut oil is releasing oil). Stir continuously.
(paste getting thicker)
6. The longer you cook, the stickier the texture will be. Remove from heat once it reach your desired texture.
7. Serve taro paste with some gingko nuts as toppings.
8. Serve warm.
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