i wanna make steamed egg custard!

I really want steamed egg custard.. everytime i do it i seem to fail!
the recipe i have in my book has milk, but since i dont drink milk i have none and since its 10.20 at night i cant be bothered to run out and do it.

however, i dont ever recall my aunt using milk in the recipe.. so i did some research and most ppl dont use any milk at all! So i think i will try 2 cups of water and 1 egg and see how that goes.

heres recipe i'm going to try:

ingredients:
1 cup of beaten egg (will update when i know how many eggs that is) 4 eggs
2 cups of water
4oz of rock sugar (100g) not sure how many crystals this will be, but i think i wil just guess lol.

instructions:
- dissolve rock sugar in hot water. Make sure water is fully cooled before adding it into egg.
- online sources suggest lightly beating the eggs to make sure we dont overbeat or add too many bubbles into mixture.
- strain mixture through a wire strainer before pouring into container to strain out any unbeaten whites or bubbles :D
- mixture should make 4 bowls. Steam over gentle heat for 15-20 minutes. I read online that after putting the bowls into the steamer, you should stir the mixture for about 1 minute, and then let it steam for 15-20 mins. Since i'm not using a bamboo steamer, this is be faster, but those who are using bamboo, its recommended to steam longer.

apparently since i'm steaming with a metal steamer i should wrap the bowls with glad wrap to avoid watervapor. i think i will give that a try.

Alrightly. 1030 pm going to try making some custard! yummmm wish me good luck.

update: 10.50

ok i realised after doing all the prep i should have dissolved 1cup of water with the sugar first and then poured in another cup of water to make it cool down faster. lol well we'll see how long it takes for the mixture to cool down.. dont want any scrambled eggs! so i measured how many eggs would be in 1 cup and i used large brown eggs and 4 eggs is about 1 cup. But this probably varies, so you should still just break the eggs into the measuring cup and see how many eggs it will be. Since dont wanna wash any extra stuff, i'm going to use my rice cooker. but since my rice cooker cant fit multiple bowls at once, i'm going to use a big glass bowl and see how that goes. lol.

update: 12.18

no bubbles! perfect! the texture is a little soft in the middle.. maybe next time i wil let it cook longer since the container was bigger.. but it tastes delicious! a little too hot ahhaha cos i was too quick to try! ahhah i think when it cools down it wont be so sooo soft.

ps! i didnt bother with the stirring over the hot water thing because it was in the rice cooker.. but it came out fine :D maybe it owuld have cooked faster if i did that

maybe next time i will try making the salty kind with shrimp and scallions! ahhaha but this is very very soft.. i think if i do the salty kind it will be less water..














ahhaha the missing bit in the bowl is me trying it. Its a little sweet cos i put a really big piece of rock sugar in since i didnt know how to judge portions! hahahha it will be REALLY sweet when its cold but its ok! the point is i got the texture right! :D happy :D