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 …
Kiam Chye Ark Update: I have made a video on this. Please click on the link to watch now it is made. Chinese New Year is coming, so I though it would be a timely to share a recipe which my family will be having during New Year’s day. This is a very traditional …
This recipe is an all time favourite. Every family have their own style. Restaurants serve this dish in all its variants. Most restaurants, unlike the sophisticated ones in UK, the ones in South East Asia are the found in shop houses know as ‘Tai Chau’ or ‘the Big Fry’- probably referring to the big …
Chunky Skinny Chicken Stew The days are shorter and the cold weather has set in. It is time to take out the slow cooker to make stews and soups to keep us warm in the wintry days. Winter makes one hungry, too. I find that I have to eat more, perhaps we need more …
Blanched Vegetables This is a super easy and cheap dish. A dish that is so simple and that I would normally do when I am short of time. It goes well with rice and another protein dish to make a balanced meal. Ewe Chye means ‘ Oiled Vegetables’ in the Hokkien Dialect. This simply means …
One more use for the Vietnamese Chicken Tastes Yummy on a Jacket Potato. If you want a healthy meal, top your jacket potato with a portion of Vietnamese Chicken.
Vietnamese Chicken I had tasted different versions of Vietnamese chicken before. But the one that I liked was while living in Subang Jaya was the one in the Vietnamese Restaurant called – what else, Vietnamese Kitchen. Here is my version. Serves: 4-6 with rice and vegetables Prep time: 15 minutes …
Char Koay Teow- Penang Fried Noodles This is a Penang speciality. It is Penang’s most famous dish – Char Koay Teow or fried noodles. You can use any type of noodles, but the most common is soft rice noodles, ready sliced into thin shreds. You can also use yellow noodles, eggs noodles, bee hoon (rice …
Serves: 4-6 Difficulty: Intermediate Cost: ££ Time: 30 mins prepare, 30 mins to cook I used the shell of the crab recipe ( previous post ) to cook the soup. I usually use prawn shells. If you do not usually use …
Recently, I came across live crabs in the high street! This is truly a rare occasion as this is t the first time I have ever come across live crabs in the UK. I know one can get it in Birmingham China Town. But Hinckley, it is like finding gold. So yours truly bought 2 …
For this recipe, I tried to use the easy method, by not grinding or using the food processor or blender. But unfortunately, I could not find ready pounded lemon grass. so I still had to pound it! So far, using the ready made ie, powder form is much easier. Good for the busy person. This …
We had this dish frequently during our childhood and we loved it. I cook this frequently for my children. It is a wholesome comfort food. I have added potato as my daughter loves potatoes. As a child, we sometimes buy this dish from the nearby coffee-shop when my mum was too busy to cook …
This is a simple dish made from a cheap and nutritional fish – Mackerel. Although the fish has a strong flavour, it goes well with spices. I now grill the fish instead of frying – which we do in the good old days. I am now trying to maintain my goal weight and hence I …
