Mooi Choy Khau Yoke is a Hakka dish. As a child my mother regularly cooked this dish. But our version was a bit different. We cut the belly pork into small chunks and stewed it with the preserved vegetable. The taste is similar, but of course the Hakka version is tastier, as it contains more meat. I …
An easy to make stew with lots of flavour. If you are not too much into Chinese Herbs, or you have trouble purchasing them, then this is for you.
Home-made burgers that are easy to make, healthy and you can freeze it as well. Great for busy mums and dads.
Love Food Hate Waste Class – Learning new dishes from the English Participants. Great Tasting Home-cooked Food. Not Available in Restaurants or Pubs!!
Fried Cabbage With Eggs Fried cabbage with eggs is a very common dish. As it is common, every family will have their own way/style of cooking it. I can recall that when I was a teenager, I visited my classmate and spent the day in her home. She had to cook dinner that evening, and …
Char Siew , or char Sio, is a much loved meat. There is Char Siew Pork and Chicken as well. Char Siew pork is one of the main ingredient in Wanton Noodles. Char Siew can be readily bought in Chinese Restaurants and stores. I used to get Lee Kam Kee’s Char Siew Sauce for my …
I have tried to replace high carbohydrate food with low carbo food. I have tried to cook Penang Char Koay Teow using cabbage and it is a success. I am now trying more and experimenting with local ingredients. I will post the Low Carbo and low Cal Char Koay Teow later Zoodles After making …
Assam Prawns (Or Tamarind Prawns) Assam prawns is a much loved dish in many Nyonya homes. All the people that I know cook it regularly. Medium to large prawns are used. It is a very simple dish and takes a few minutes to prepare. I have changed the recipe a bit as the original recipe requires …
The final class for the LFHW class was conducted this week The participants cooked up some dishes applying the knowledge they have learned in the preceding weeks. They made: Tuna Pasta Bake, Roasted Sweet Potato Soup with Bacon and Bubble and Squeak. I have told them that it would be good if they can cook something that …
Love Food Hate Waste class number 2 and 3 went well. In the 2nd class, we were so busy that we did not have enough time to stop and take some photos. The food was eaten quickly. We had Penang Fried Noodles, Braised Pork in Soy Sauce or Tau Ewe Bak, and Blanched Vegetables. All …
Further to my earlier post, on the LOVE Food Hate Waste sessions, here is the recipe for the Fried Left-over Pork and Chicken. I have the recipe for coking rice porridge, or congee. However, I have not be able to get a good photo of it. I will post the recipe when I have a …
Today I conducted a cooking session for Love Food Hate Waste in Barwell. It is part of my volunteering work with LFHW We shared information about food wastage and how to avoid wasting food. This actually translate to a saving of £50 to £60 per family if we were to be more careful about handling …
Fried rice is one of the easiest and most basic of all the rice dishes. There are many variants, Nyonya fried rice has dried prawns and the Thais have pineapple fried rice. The Malays have their own version as well. This recipe is a very simple one and uses common ingredients found in any kitchen. …
Chinese New Year is not officially over yet. We celebrate it for 15 days, until the 15th day of the lunar calender. So I am still entertaining my guests. Not that I have a lot of guests, though. Last week, we invited the neighbours – not many, only a few, over for some dinner …
C Boxing Chicken Boxing Day is long gone. And Chinese New Year is around the corner. Boxing Chicken is not exactly a Nyonya recipe, but it has been around for ages. It was very popular in the 70’s and 80’s, and then it was not seen again for a long time. I suppose the …
