Soy pudding is nutritious and is very popular with the Chinese and South-east Asian communities. Also known as tofu fah in Cantonese, or Touhu hua in Hokkien, or DouHua in Mandarin.
Easy Honey Sesame Chicken
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 …
Spiced Salted Duck & Chicken Egg Yolks
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 Recipe
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 Chinese Doughnut – Vegan
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 …
Baking Powder vs Baking Soda, Its Uses And How To Test That It Is Good
Baking powder vs Baking baking soda, or bicarbonate of soda is a great conundrum for cooks and bakers. Here we see its uses and how to test that it is still good.
Sambal Serai Prawns or Creamy Prawns with lemongrass, cashew nuts & coconut milk
Sambal Serai Prawns or Creamy Prawns with lemongrass, cashew nuts & coconut milk is not a common dish Nyonya dish. This is what I know.
How to Make Soy Bean Milk Easy Home Recipe
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 …
Best Crispy Chicken Wings Oven Fried
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 (update)
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 …
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 …
How To Make Roast Pork (Crispy Pork Belly Chinese Style)
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 …
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 …
