Seafood Marinara

A simple lunch. Nothing fancy but just an easy to prepare recipe with some left over frozen prawns and fish. Why not? Ingredients( 2 servings) 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 onion(white onion), finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1/2 cup white wine 3 cup tomato sauce(I use can tomato) 8 prawns peeled and deveined 1…

Fried Rice W’ Lamb Cutlets

I gave myself a dinner treat  today cooking  french cutlets accompaniments fried rice and some fresh shredded cabbage and red capsicum with mint sauce. Ingredients( Fried rice, 2 serves ) 2 strips bacon 2 sausages 2 tbsp diced onion 1/2 cup peas 1/2 cup bean sprouts 1/2 cup julienne carrots 2 eggs 2 bowls steamed…

Lemon Sauce On Salmon With Capers and Dill

Another Salmon dish for my family member who loves fish. It is a simple recipe simply baking it in the oven till slightly crisp and cooked with side dish, veggies(poached for healthier version). Ingredients Salmon ( 1 piece, 200gm ) carrots and green beans ( adequate for 1 serve ) Lemon Sauce 1/2  lemon 1…

Homemade Chicken Rice

Today I cooked Hainanese Chicken rice for my family. Hainanese chicken rice is our all time favorite delicacy without doubt. It needs no introduction and you can have quite a few variations to prepare this recipe. Take it easy, be happy, relax and cook the way you want it to call your style of Chicken…

Gremolata Spaghetti With Fresh Seafood

Gremolata is a chopped herb condiment made up of chopped flat-leaf Italian parsley, garlic, and lemon zest. Yes, I am cooking Italian today. Ingredients ( Serves 4 ) 2 large handfuls chopped flat-leaf Italian parsley 3 tsp grate lemon zest 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 400g spaghetti 3 tbsp virgin olive oil ( I used…

Economical Rice Fish And Veggies

This evening I cooked this meal for my family. As for the rice, I did a tomato rice version instead of simple plain steam rice. This set meal reminds me of the days back home where you would find at the hawker stalls, various dishes of meat, vegetables, soup, curries and other savories accompaniment with…

Grilled Spicy Seafood In Banana Leaf

I was ‘browsing’ thru my mind wondering what should I cook with this coral trout which I just bought yesterday. As I brought out the fish I saw a packet of banana leaf sitting in the freezer which I bought weeks ago. An idea pops up and I decided on this recipe, grill and wrap….

Good Old ‘Rasam’ Days

Just the other day when Beena says she can cook very good Rasam, I believed her just by the look of her eyes, she meant business ya!  Hmm…. true enough when she gave me a tub I could already sensed it was good stuff. To me Rasam is like a gem. When I was younger,…

Salmon W’ Garlic Sauce

One of my family members loves fish very much and I would always oblige cooking any specialty dish as food always bring people together or even closer. Haha!  🙂 Ingredients ( 1 serve ) 200g salmon steak, wash and pat dry Handful of brocoli ,cut in portions, wash and drain Method Bring a small pot…

Spiced Corn Rice

My family has been requesting me to cook corn rice for a long time. As I recollected the days we had this wonderful dish so often. It was on special occasions my family would look for an old Malay family friend to cook this corn rice for us. We also had tomato chicken curry, sambal…