Author: Bubbles

La Mexicana $$$ 15/20

I love spicy, deep fried, cheesy food and Mexican tortillas and gorditas are some of my favourite things to eat, accompanied by a Cuba libre. The lovely manager and chef at La Mexicana at the Terrace at Hock Choon have made it possible for me to put on another kilo or two. They import their corn flour from Mexico and make their own corn tortillas. While they do have wheat flour tortillas and tacos etc on menu, they’re pretty savvy on the whole no gluten issue.

La Mexicana
241-B Lorong Nibong
off Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
+603 42535251

  • Allergy friendly: *****
  • Taste: ****
  • Atmosphere: Casual and laid back. Nice outdoor area**
  • Service: ****
  • Cost: $$Mains range between $30 and $5020131028-081946.jpg

Kheer or Indian Rice Pudding

We’ll the nieces were having a sleepover today and in an effort to introduce some indian tastes to their diet, I thought I’d make some kheer. This is a simple dish with lots of happy childhood memories associated with it, as mum or dad would make it for celebrations. I tend to cheat a little as with the Kuala Lumpur heat, spending an hour stirring a pot is not my idea of fun. My youngest niece is lactose intolerant so this version uses lactose free milk and almond milk instead of full cream. Sadly, it did not go down so well with the kids but dad is happy to have more left over for his breakfast and mum sneaked a few portions despite her insistence on wanting a light meal day.

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Ingredients

2 cups cooked basmati rice
5 green cardamom pods
3 cups almond milk
2 cups lactose free milk ( you could just use 5 cups of normal milk)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup raisins (you could add blanched almonds, pistachios and cashews too)

Method

Bring the milk and cardamom to boil and lower heat to medium. Stir in the sugar and let it reduce for 15 mins. Add in cooked rice and leave to simmer for a further 20 mins. Stir occasionally (I stirred in between editing a paper for a conference next week so around 3 times.) Add raisins (and nuts if using) and simmer for 10 mins. It should now be ready to serve. I like it warm and straight out of the pot but everyone else likes it cold.

Kiss kiss,

Bubbles