Let’s learn how to make soy milk with only 2 ingredients. This simple process is very easy and you can have thick delicious and hot or cold soy milk. You can make it anytime at home at your convenience. Soy milk is easily available in East Asia and South-east Asia. We get it from the …
How To Make Zong Zi (Vegetarian Nyonya Bak Chang)
My Zong Zi or bak chang is having a make over! As a quest to eat less meat, let us learn how to make Vegetarian Nyonya Bak Chang. It is not Chinese vegetarian as it contains garlic and ginger which is forbidden. It is vegan in the western world, as far as I know, as …
How To make Alkaline Dumplings
Alkaline dumplings or zongzi, is a sweet dumpling, wrapped in bamboo leaves and it is made in conjunction with the dragon boat festival, or Zongzi festival. Also known as Kee Chang, We usually make 2 kinds of dumplings, the savoury ones like the bak chang, filled with meat and this, the sweet type which is …
Pineapple Tarts in 4 Simple Steps
This is the Best Pineapple Tart recipe so far (for me). There are only 4 mains steps so it is super simple. I am using the pineapple jam that I made earlier. The pastry sweet short crust pastry and it nice and crumbly full of fragrance.
Malaysian Chicken Rendang Dinner
Malaysian Chicken Rendang Dinner. It’s here again! Friday Night Take-away 29.04.2022. This coming bank holiday weekend, we are having Chicken Rendang dinner. It is one of our family favourites. A bit of effort ( to those who are not into cooking, this is a lot of effort!) is required to make this. So why not …
How To Make Easy Pineapple Jam
Making Pineapple Jam is easy. We make this jam for pineapple jam tarts. These tarts are very popular during Hari Raya ( Celebration days) or Eid Al-Fitr as know here in the UK. In fact it is eaten all year round. I wanted to post this recipe for Chinese New Year but I had some …
Easy Chinese Blanched Vegetables
The Chinese have a way of preparing vegetables and blanching the vegetables is one of the easiest and finest way of cooking it. This recipe is suitable for vegans and omnis as well. It is a dish that most of us Chinese make as a quick and easy dish. I always make this
Easy & Tasty Stir-fried Nian Gao
We usually serve the Nian Gao, or Chinese New Year Cake, or Tnee Kuih as a sweet dish. I have been thinking about new ways of eating it. This time I decide to make a stir -fry out of it! Nian Gao is usually deep fried with sweet potato and taro. We steam it and …
Pancake Day
Pancake day is about… pancakes. It is also known as Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics,[4] who “make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God’s help in dealing with.”[5] This moveable …
6 Top Tips To Make Nian Gao
Nian Gao is the 1st Chinese New Year cake my late made mother made for the Lunar New Year. As kids we would be very excited as it means Chinese New Year is around the corner It took many hours to steam and negative words are not to be spoken when making it lest …
2 Top Tips To Make Tasty Melt-in-the Mouth Almond Cookies
Almond cookies is one of the Chinese New Year Treats. It is normally made at home around this time. This recipe is really simple. And if you have you have young children, it is a good project for family bonding. I used this time to tell my kids about about my background and family stories. …
News Round Up Veganuary & Chinese New Year
Hello New year, hello New You, Time flies and we are in the middle of the first month already. I hope you have many things planned and done. And most importantly plan time for yourself. Sometimes we forget that we are the most important person to ourselves! My new year resolution is to love and …
5 Top Tips For Kuih Bulu
Hi there, (This recipe was first published on 20.05.2013. It was the old version) Today I am revisiting this recipe. Kuih Bulu or Bahulu is a much loved kuih (cake in the Malay language). I used to make this with my late mother in the good old days. Since moving to the UK, I had …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Hello, Just a short note to wish You a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May 2022 be a better year for all of us. I wish you: Plenty of opportunities to better yourself, More time to pamper and self-care, Great friends and good social support, Be around people you who care for you …
Salted Duck and Chicken Eggs
Salting is one of the earliest form of preserving eggs. In days yonder, we used to keep our own chickens and ducks. We would have loads of eggs and my mum would preserve them by salting. I remember my mum first trying it out ( I am like her, I like to try things). I …