This is the place I like to share the recipes I adapt and create with love and care. I hope you find as much joy in trying these recipes out as I did preparing them. Cheers!
This dish, Hong Bak/Babi Hong/Braised Pork in Fragrant Spice Sauce, is a Penang Peranakan dish. The essential ingredients for this dish are the cekur root (sar keong/kencur/lesser galangal) and coriander powder. If you can’t get hold of fresh cekur root, substitute with the powder form which you can purchase from Chinese medical halls in Malaysia/Singapore. Here’s the RECIPE, happy cooking!
Read MoreYou need a Fruitcake in a jiffy? Or you have no time to soak fruits for the Fruitcake? Don’t worry, try this RECIPE for Boiled Fruitcake. No soaking of fruits are required and it’s an easy recipe. These are non-alcoholic cakes that even young children can enjoy.
Read MoreShepherd's Pie is a savory minced meat pie with a topping of mashed potato. It is also known as Cottage Pie or Hachis Parmentier. The RECIPE has many variations, but the defining ingredients are ground red meat cooked in a gravy or sauce with onions and other vegetables. It is always topped with a layer of mashed potatoes before it is baked. Lamb is the obvious choice of mince for Shepherd’s Pie but beef or pork can also be used. Here’s our version of Shepherd’s Pie.
Read MoreToday's RECIPE is an iconic Chinese Malaysian/Singaporean dish ~ Marmite Chicken. Don't like Marmite? No problem. Just replace with Bovril or Vegemite. You can also cook with ribs or any white fish. Choice of meat is up to you.
Read MoreIt's not difficult to salt Duck Eggs at home. Here is the RECIPE for Homemade Salted Egg and Salted Egg Yolk. Salted egg yolks are widely used in Chinese cooking so it’s really useful to make some to stand by.
Read MoreHere’s a delightful way to eat papayas. Let's have some Papaya Sweet Soup as a warm or chilled dessert. Try the RECIPE and enjoy the dish!
Read MoreIt’s not Christmas without the Christmas Cake or Fruitcake. Here is the RECIPE for a lighter moist version of the Christmas Cake, the Light Fruit Cake. It is basically a butter cake with fruit mix added. This is an easy recipe with no egg separation.
Read MoreThese tasty shortbread cookies have an interesting texture. Our JAM RECIPE today has a subtle orange flavor from the added zest. Make these Jammy Shortbread Cookies and enjoy them with your tea or coffee. The browned crust is the best part of these cookies. Dust them with icing sugar if desired to make them look more festive.
Read MoreToday's RECIPE is simple and healthy. Steamed Chicken with Goji Berries and Red Dates can be prepared and cooked in a jiffy. The chicken is juicy and flavorsome.
Read MoreToday's RECIPE is a traditional favorite but this one is the vegetarian version. They are easy to prepare and bake and you'll get melt-in-the-mouth cookies that will disappear quicker than you make them!
Read MoreNot to be confused with the Eastern European Borscht Soup, today's RECIPE is a cross between a beef stew and minestrone soup. This is Chinese Borscht Soup. It's a hearty soup that goes well with garlic bread.
Read MoreThis No Bake Cheesecake is a crowd favorite dessert at parties and gatherings. It is pretty easy to make - just whip it up and freeze. This RECIPE is the classic vanilla No Bake Cheesecake. You can switch it up with your favorite flavors by adding fruit puree, cocoa powder or coffee powder.
Read MoreThis is a good dish to go with steamed rice. Stir-fried Egg Tofu with Minced Meat, Baby Corn and Mushrooms is an easy prep and quick to cook. Try the RECIPE today!
Read MoreThese tarts are so good to eat. They are pretty easy to make. I have used purple sweet potatoes for these but you can substitute with the orange or white flesh ones. Try the REFCIPE for these Sweet Potato Tarts and you won’t regret it!
Read MoreHere’s a light sponge cake with a delicious frosting to go with it. It is made without baking powder/soda and without butter. Try this RECIPE for Chocolate Sponge Cake with Chocolate Cream for a birthday or celebratory cake. Great for chocolate lovers!
Read MoreThis dish may have a cutesy name but it is a delicious dish to eat with either hot steamed rice or rice congee. Char Liap Liap in Hokkien or Tau Kok Lup/Chow Lup Lup in Cantonese, the literal translation is Stir-fried Small Pieces. Most likely it is named so because the ingredients are cubed into tiny pieces before stir-frying.
Read MoreWe have made these fluffy and tasty buns so many times that the recipe is already memorized. Here is the RECIPE we used for Soft Milk Buns using Tangzhong method. This bun dough is also a good base for buns with fillings. Divide the dough into 14 pieces and fill them with 1 tbsp of your desired filling ~ coconut, bean paste, sesame paste, crushed peanuts and sugar, sardines, tuna, chicken and potatoes or chicken floss and mayonnaise.
Read MoreThis is the the RECIPE for Gula Melaka Kuih Bingka Ubi/Baked Palm Sugar Cassava Cake. It’s fragrant and sweet - perfect with your cup of tea or coffee.
Read MoreHere’s a delicious way to eat lamb shoulder. This Lamb Shoulder Curry goes well with rice or roti. It is aromatic and the meat is so tender it falls off the bones.
Read MoreSibu Kompia is a Fuzhou delicacy a.k.a. Fuzhou bagel. This Kompia/Kompiang/Guang Ping is popular in Sarawak and is slightly different from the Sitiawan Kompia. We will share the recipe for Sitiawan Kompia some time soon. Meanwhile enjoy baking these Sibu Kompia and eat it with the filling as shared here.
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