Or Nee

The recipe for Or Nee- a traditional Teochew dish is really very simple. Or Nee is a calarie filled, sweet dish that gives complete satisfaction. Eat and grow fat mentality people will enjoy this dish. With loads of ginko nuts to complement the dish, you are supposed to be grow more intelligent after consuming this food.

Just now, after following an online blog to bake a Yam Cheesecake, I found quite a bit of steamed yam left behind. Frankly the prospect of eating the Or Nee is more exciting than eating the cheesecake. But I must admit, I enjoyed the process of making the cheesecake than making the Or Nee is quite an idiot proof process.

Yam- steam, mashed.
Oil
Sugar
1 tbsp coconut milk (optional)

Using the neoflam pan, just add a generous dash of oil.
Put the yam in and fry gently.
Add more oil, sugar and continue to stir it.
A distinct bicep is a by product of cooking this dish.

Err.. what are the measurements of this dish? It is simple up to the person.
Generous amount of oil to achieve the gooey effect, sugar to make you high.
Just taste as you stir along. When you get the right taste, add in the coconut milk, stir for one or two more mins and you can stop.

Cook ginko nuts with sugar. Just buy a vacuum pack of ginko nuts, pour the amount you want into a pot, add a tbsp or two of sugar. Cook under low fire for 15 mins. No water is needed.
Add gingko nuts on top of O Nee and enjoy- Teochew enjoyment .

Yam cheesecake

Reading the Food section in Sunday Straits Times is a weekly routine. Last week, an interesting recipe Orh Nee Cheesecake was featured. After some hesitation, I decided to halve the recipe, adapt to the ingredients at home as the ingredients are not cheap.

Crust
70g Oreo Cookies
30g butter melted
20g almond flakes

Cake
1 box Philedelphia Cheese
60g sugar
1 egg
80ml Nestle Heavy cream
120g yam (steamed, mashed to bits)

Topping
120ml Greek yogart.
1 tbsp coconut milk
1 tbsp sugar

Crust
1. Prepare the crust by mising the ingredients.
2. Press them into a pre- alumined lined tin.
3. Scatter almond flakes on top.
4. Put in freezer for 30 ,ins.

Main
1. Beat cheese and sugar for 5 mins on medium.
2. Add eggs.
3. Stop the mixture and stir the ingredients.
4. Add heavy cream.
5. Add yam in.
6. Pour mixture on top of the crust.
7. Bake in water bath tray for 1 hr.
8. Gas mark 4, 170 degrees.

Topping
1. Take cake out to cool for 5 mins.
2. Add topping ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
3. Whisk happily for 3 mins.
4. Pour on top of cheesecake.
5. Bake for 5 mins in gas mark 3 or 150 degrees.
6. Cool for 2 hours and further put in fridge for 6 hours.

Enjoy
1. Put cheesecake in freezer for 1 hour.
2. Take it out, put cutting knife in a cup filled with hot water.
3. Dry knife carefully and cut cheesecake.
4. Dip the knife again in hot water.
5. Dry it carefully before cutting next slice.
Enjoy.

The remainder of the yam was made into Or Nee. Real Teochew taste.
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