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 …
Kuih Ee Kuih EE is a sweet made on a festival called ‘Tang Chek’. This day actually falls on Winter Solstice. When growing up in Malaysia, my mother would make this the night before. The children were then rounded up to make the balls. It was actually quite time-consuming to roll the balls in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Recently my sisters came over to the UK for a visit. And so they brought with them, among other things ( I had list), a Ban Chian Koay mould, as well as the ingredient ‘cukor’ – a type of ginger that gives a special flavour to Penang Nyonya cooking. Now I can make Ban Chien …
Garlic Crisps and Garlic Oil Serves: Difficulty: easy Cost: £ Makes ½ cup (approx) Garlic Crisps and oil is one of the most important ingredients in a Penang Nyonya Kitchen ( Mine, at least). Garlic Oil is used to flavour soups, steamed fish, porridge, meat and savoury cakes. Shallot crisps and Shallot oil is made …
Frozen quid rings are easily obtainable in Chinese or Asian supermarket. It saves a lot of time preparing it. Of course, if you prefer to use fresh squid, please do so. Frozen squid rings are normally frozen in an ice glaze and it adds to the weight of the squid. To get 500g of squid, …
Chye Poh Nooi s an old time favourite. It was around for as long as I can remember. I cooked it when I was a kid and remember having them for lunch or dinner. It is very simple to make. We used to use the salty preserved radish that came in a whole piece, and …
Ingredients: 4 Chicken breast or thighs (deboned, skinned), or a mixture of both To pound in a pestle and mortar: 4 cloves Garlic 4cm Knob of ginger 2 shallots Marinade: 4 tsp Light soy sauce 2 tsp Dark soy sauce 1 ½ tbp 5-spice powder ½ tsp White pepper powder 2 tbsp Runny honey Method: …
This dish was a favourite of ours when in Malaysia. My husband loved this dish. We first came across this in The New Formosa Restaurant in PJ. The boss, Mrs Lee, a Taiwanese, is a lovely woman. Her restaurant serves Taiwanese food. My niece and nephew,and later my children loved the Candied Yam. This is …
Wonton is a favourite Chinese food, well-known all over the world. Wonton comes in various types of fillings. It is usually pork, and sometimes prawns. The version that I am making is pork wonton, with a bit of prawns for the crunch. I can recall my childhood days in the little hometown called Kepala Batas, …
