Happy Winter Solstice and a Merry Christmas to you! I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very great end to this year. May 2024 be a fantastic year for you. I haven’t posted for a while as I have been really busy training to be a coach. I have been coaching …
Today we are making an easy dish, crispy fried tofu. There are only 4 easy steps and we use 5 main ingredients, and the best thing is that it is vegan. It is such a simple dish to make and it is good served as a snack too. It makes good finger food in parties. …
This is a very easy Chinese dish, Chicken in Oyster sauce. Most families would have their own version. This version is very simple to make and every Chinese kitchen should have all the necessary ingredients. I cook this when I run out of ideas or when I am too busy to look up and try …
Honey Sesame Chicken is an easy recipe to make. It is not exactly a family recipe. It is a western version of Chinese food probably invented in the west. My daughter loves to have this especially in the services. Services in the UK means a rest area along the highway or motor way. There are …
How to make spiced salted duck and chicken egg yolks? Salted eggs are a favourite amongst the Chinese and South-east Asians. It is an established way of preserving eggs and can be found in many cuisines, like Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesian, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc
Crispy Duck Breast is a recipe that I do when I want to have duck but when I am not willing to spend that much time to prepare a roast duck, Chinese style. This duck recipe is pan-fried duck breast and takes about 30 minutes to cook, if you do not want to add the …
Youtiao, or Chinese doughnut is an easy snack to make. No Yeast! No Oven! Super fluffy and crispy! It’s vegan, too. It uses only 6 ingredients commonly found in the kitchen. We have 4 simple tricks to make this really easy. You Tiao (油条), or we call it You Zha Gui (油炸鬼) in Cantonese, or …
Sambal Serai Prawns or Creamy Prawns with lemongrass, cashew nuts & coconut milk is not a common dish Nyonya dish. This is what I know.
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 …
This best crispy chicken wings is a heathier recipe than fried chicken wings. It is oven baked. There are 5 top tips and a secret ingredient to make it crispy. And with my favourite sauce… A tangy sauce. The recipe is easy and tasty and we walloped 1 kg in 1 sitting, which is actually …
Pandan Chiffon Cake can be considered as Malaysia’s favourite cake. However Malaysians like the cake to be really soft, so much so that I find that it is to the point of being quite tasteless. What one gets when eating it is that it is spongy and not much substance, ie, too much air in …
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 …
How to make roast pork, crispy roast pork belly Chinese Style? Good question. Roast pork belly, or sio bak (Hokkien)or siu yok (Cantonese) is easy to make. But the process takes over a day or 2 depending on how long you want to treat the rind. In my pervious recipe, use salt to draw the …
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 …
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
