Tu tu Kueh 7 Nuts
I decided to write about "tu tu kueh" instead of prata.As usual, the first avenue of research is to Google. Try searching "tu tu kueh" and you will come across many local blog entries. Guess this is something that is really singapore. Since there isn't any information on that, there isn't much that I can go on about... other than its one of those yummy things in life.
Its a rather simple bite size thingy and i love it. And i think its always fun to watch the aunties making them -- their rather quick, nimble movements. Hold the mould, fill it with some flour, a teaspoon of filling, more flour, scrape off excess, with a quick gesture, turn it over the steam-plate-like-thing. It reminds me of making sandcastles. The way you pack sand into a cup and turn it over quickly, remove the cup so that the packed sand stays. Something like that. Tu Tu Kueh never tastes as good if I don't get to watch it being made before my very eyes. Same with pratas too. There was this guy at the Engineering fac's canteen who flips his prata in the same beat as his Hindi music int he background. It was rather fun to watch, i was amused. Ohh.. besides tu tu kueh, there is the Malay version, Putu Piring (???). A bigger looking tu tu kueh and filled with Gula Melaka instead. Oh well... i sound fat huh? Talking about food all the time!
Moving on... to nuts! Yeah... i like them too. I didn't have time for lunch today and nuts were my life saver! Nuts are "low glycemic, which means they 'burn slow' and don't cause a surge in insulin levels which can result in a crash in blood sugars." Now I know why even at 5pm, i didn't feel particularly hungry -- must have been the 6 pieces of cashew i had this morning!
"Nuts are a good protein source, and an excellent fuel because of their fat, and to a lesser degree, carbohydrate, content. People recoil at the mention of the word 'fat', but we have to remember that fat is just a fuel to burn in daily activity. If our energy budget is right, the intake of fats and carbohydrates are burned up in daily activity. It is only when we eat too much of anything that trouble starts. Overlaid on this is 'good fat, bad fat'. Nut fats are good because they are unmodified. Some may have useful contributions of omega-3 , sadly deficient in an industrial diet. Some have high amounts of monosaturates, also useful for regularizing blood lipids and protecting from cardiovascular deterioration. Whole nuts 'burn slow', and help equilibriate appetite, damping down 'calory cravings'. In a natural diet, using nuts as an important part of the food mix, and coupled with exercise, it is possible to lose, not gain, weight. Again, excess calories, from whatever source - sugars, starches, fat, or oil - over and above your energy expenditure, will be stored as fat. Nuts in themselves are not 'fattening', lack of exercise and overeating any carbohydrate or fat is fattening. "
Suddenly, I feel like I'm a fan of nuts. Think I will go buy more later. Almonds will be good. Roasted ones. The cashew i bought were salted -- in my opinion, over-salted! (Health benefits aside, the salt will kill u!!). Man can live on nuts alone!! hAhaha..
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posted by eline @ 6:57 PM
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