Braised Pork Belly with Salted Vegetables

This dish is often related to ‘Tau Yu Bak’ which is braised pork with soy sauce. However there are many variations to preparing this dish which usually consists of pork  and may include mushrooms, beancurd sticks, beancurd puffs, sea cucumbers, pig intestines, chestnuts, hard boiled eggs and some preserved salted vegetables. We could had this…

Pan Fried Fish w’ Paprika

Another simple and easy fish recipe of the day! Ingredients ( serves 1 ) 1 piece white fish fillet pinch of salt, some ground black pepper some paprika 1 tbsp olive oil some butter some lettuce 1 lemon wedge Method Season fish with paprika, salt and pepper. Heat olive oil and butter in pan and…

Tasty Grilled Chicken Wings

Love it! This recipe is simply awesome and it reminds me of home and how the hawkers usually grilled the wings over charcoal fire and sometimes serve this with satay. Accompanied with fresh lime squeeze over the wings and fresh sambal chilli. Ingredients ( serves 4 ) 10 chicken wings some honey(add in some white…

Fried Rice with Fish

A bit of imaginatiion is need for this dish. I had fried rice and a piece of fish for lunch easily prepared, no fuss. Just thaw the frozen mixed vegs and pan fried the fish. How simple is that! Ingredients (serves 1) 1 bowl cooked rice(best overnight rice in fridge) 1/2 cup mixed frozen vegetables(thawed)…

Steamed Chicken With Fried Garlic

There are many ways of cooking chicken. One of our favorite recipes of course is poaching or steaming the chicken as the meat is not overly cooked. Not so oily in the case of deep frying and stir frying. Simple and straight forward if you have some garlic, fresh chillies, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil…

Stir Fry Mixed Vegetables

We often called this dish ‘chap chye’ meaning mixture of vegetables. It can be more colorful when adding cabbage, brocoli, mushrooms and beancurd sticks as well. Accompanied by steam rice but preferably plain porridge. Ingredients (serves 2) 100gm cauliflower 1 cup glass noodle(soaked) 1/2 carrot, sliced 1 cup black fungus( reconstitute ) Seasoning 1 tbsp…

Quick Sweet Sour fish

Got some white fish fillet dusted in cornflour seasoned with salt and pepper, shallow fry and set aside. The rest is simple preparing the sauce to go with it. Ingredients (serves 4) 350g white fish fillet( I use basa fillet ) 1 stalk spring onion, sliced 1/2 tomato sliced 1/2 onion sliced some corn flour…

My Kind Of Nasi Lemak(Fragrant Coconut Rice)

Everyone in my family loves Nasi Lemak. It’s just like having chicken rice every day. The main ingredient is the fragrant coconut rice and chilli Sambal which would make great difference to the dish if it s right on taste. Accompaniment usually fried anchovies, cucumber slices, fried peanuts and hard boiled eggs or omelette. As…

Sweet Dough Bread II

This is yet another recipe for sweet dough bread I got from a recipe book. Its texture turns out soft and sweet. Depending on how much sweetness is added, you can eat straightaway or spread jams on it. Good for breakfast and tea. Ingredients A 600g high protein flour 1 1/2 tsp instant yeast 1…

Quick Laksa With Fish cakes

Laksa is also considered a delicacy you can find mainly in Singapore and Malaysia. There are many variations cooking this dish. All I need are some fish balls, cuttlefish cakes and with some yellow noodles to cook up this dish. A few fresh ingredients essentials for a good stock. Ingredients ( serves 2 ) 200gm…