Winter’s here and so we need to keep ourselves warm. Soups are healthy dish filled with fresh ingredients that s good for the young and old. During winter, we tend to drink less water because we don’t feel thirsty. Hence our body can drift to dehydrate mode. Therefore, we should consume more liquid during winter…
Category: Vegetables
Cold Bittergourd Salad With A Twist
I met someone very fascinating when he spoke about the finest journeys of his lifetime. CY shared with me some of his memorable food experiences when living abroad. It may felt no surprise to me anything ‘about food’ for some of the places kinda sound familiar to me. It’ s because I may have read,…
What About Tempeh?
If you don’t know Tempeh, let me introduce briefly. It is soya bean patties originated from Indonesia. There are many ways of cooking tempeh. Usually, easily and commonly they are deep fried coated with tumeric powder and eat straightaway accompanied with rice. I did a shallow fry with a short braise cooking method. To some…
Sayur Lodeh(vegetables curry)
This recipe turns out delicious and very close to the taste of my hometown. It is originated from Indonesia and said to include jackfruits, mixed vegetables, spices and cooked with coconut milk. Traditionally this dish is accompanied by some rice cakes called Ketupat(lontong) and topped with chilli paste. You can lessen the dried chillies if…
Quick Stir Fried Garlic Chives
One of my favorite vegetables is the garlic chives with flower buds. Preferably fried with egg as omelette or on its own. It is easily cooked so a quick stir fry and hot wok is essential. Ingredients( serves 4 ) 1 tbsp oil 1 tsp chopped garlic a bundle of garlic chives chopped into 5cm…
Curry Mix Vegetables
Anything with curry is always appetizing. Agree? Unless you don’t like curry or spicy food at all. I have added jackfruit pieces, glass noodle, beancurd sticks along with the usual cabbage and carrots into the curry. Simply add any vegetables you like, whatever suits you. Ingredients( Serves 4 ) 200g cabbage 150g carrots, sliced 1…
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…
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…
My Mom’s Special Popiah(Spring Roll)
My mom’s a very special cook with many wonderful recipes learnt from my grandmother in her younger days. I remember how she used to bake all her cakes using steam. She had many orders then and they just loved her fruit cakes. Those days ovens are unheard and not so accessible. Amongst her many delights…
Stuffed Mushroom W’ Chicken
I always wanted to try cooking stuffed vegetables like mushroom,capsicum,tomato, egg plant etc with savory fillings as they really look pretty, colorful and captivating.They seem simple to prepare. For the first time, I am trying on some chinese ingredients for marinade. Ingredients (serves 4) 4 large field mushrooms(remove stems,chopped finely) 250g minced chicken 1 tsp…
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