Easy Egg Fried Rice 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.
Easy Prosperity Money Bags
,As the name implies, prosperity money bags are just the appropriate dish to be served in auspicious occasions like Chinese New Year. These easy to make bags contains jade and, silver and gold!
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How To Make Easy Spring Rolls
These spring rolls are so easy to make. My version is close to the fresh ones that we used to have when we were kids. The fresh version is still available in the streets and markets. Jicama is the vegetable for fresh spring rolls or popiah as we call it. I remember when I was …
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How To Get The Crunchiest Fritters for Banana and Sweet Potato
Eating crunchy and light fritters is one of the joys of life. Back in Malaysia, we come across a hawker in Penang who sells the crunchiest and lightest banana and sweet potato fritters. He sells chempedak when in season, too. The secret to the crunch is that he fries the banana or chempedak or whatever, …
It’s November! Are you into all the festivities?
November! How time flies, soon it will be Christmas. Happy Diwali!! … Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire night are the main celebrations in November. Don’t forget Singles Day 11.11 which is a Day in China, where unmarried people have a day of their own, as opposed to Velentine’s day. And Black Friday, too! Singles day …
Kuih Bingka Ubi or Cassava Cake
Kuih Bingka Ubi is a baked tapioca cake. It is a Nyonya cake and are enjoyed all over South-east Asia. This type of cake is very similar in Singapore and Malaysia. Also known as cassava, tapioca is common in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and other areas where the climate is tropical or sub-tropical. Each country …
How To Eat Rambutans Part 1
Rambutan is so named as the word ‘rambut’ means hair in the Malay language. Therefore, rambutan means a hairy fruit. The outer skin of this tropical fruit is hairy and leathery. Inside this hide a juicy fruit that covers the seed. It is this layer of juicy ( well almost always juicy, but there are …
Penang Nyonya Fish Curry
This post was first published Sept 14 2014 Penang Nyonya fish curry has tamarind as well as coconut milk. A true fusion of Asian flavours . Comprising sourness from the tamarind, creaminess of coconut and savoury from the salt. In addition, the sweetness is from the vegetables and coconut milk.
Snow Skin Moon Cakes with Many Types of Fillings
No Bake, No Steam Snow Skin Moon Cake I made snow skin moon cake! I used many types of fillings, in addition to the normal lotus paste and salted egg yolks. Coconut and mung beans from my previous bakes are used as fillings, too. There are so many computations. I like using the adzuki bean …
Shanghai Moon Cakes – a Cheats Method
The moon cake is an important item in the Mid-autumn festival. This is also known as the moon-cake festival. Moon cakes are made and offered as prayers items. The 8th Lunar month of the Chinese lunar calendar will be here soon. This is an important date in the Chinese calendar as like Chinese New Year, …
How Open And Eat A Mangosteen
Mangosteen is not an easy fruit to open and eat. If your are not in a country where mangosteens are available, I am sure you would be wondering how to open the tough skinned fruit to get to the delicious, sweet, sourish and slimy fruit that I do not know how to accurately describe the …
Sweet Potato Donut, Kuih Keria
Sweet Potato Donut, or kuih keria, is one of Malaysia’s favourite kuih. It can be found in the school canteen, in the streets, night markets, morning markets and gerais (small eating stalls). You can get it almost anywhere where there are street food and shops. Keria is enjoyed as a breakfast item, for afternoon tea …
How To Enjoy Mint, Tea, Ice And More
Mint is a refreshing herb that is enjoyed as a drink, and is an important herb in Nyonya cuisine. Mint tea is refreshing , and it is used to flavour summer drinks and cocktails. When made into ice cubes, it refreshes whatever drinks that it is put into. I grow mint in my garden, actually …
Vegan and Gluten Free Butternut Squash or Sweet Potato Layer Kuih
Butternut squash or sweet potato steamed kuih is very popular in Malaysia. Originally it is made with sweet potato. Sweet potato is easily available in in Malaysia and Asia. Coconut and tapioca flour are also easily available. These are the common ingredients found in Asia. Butternut squash is a good replacement for sweet potato a …
Crystal Dumplings or Chai Kuih
Crystal Dumplings or Chai Kuih is also know as Soon Kuih in the southern part of Malaysia. This is one of my favourite Chinese snacks. When I was growing up in Malaysia, my neighbour from 10 doors away used to make this. As they are of the Teochew dialect and we are Hokkiens, their festivals …
