Today’s lunch menu features a delicious one-pot meal as I’ll be dining alone. Cooking for myself can be challenging, as I aim to create a balanced meal with protein, fiber, and vegetables while limiting the variety. For this reason, I stir-fry chicken with mushrooms for my midday meal. A noteworthy practice in typical Chinese stir-fry …
In this article, I am delighted to show you my take on a classic Chinese comfort dish – steamed eggs with minced pork. While you might not find this particular delicacy at your local Chinese restaurant, it is a favorite home-cook dish among Chinese families. The preparation’s simplicity and high nutritional content make it ideal …
Cabbage is a widely popular vegetable in Chinese cuisine and is commonly enjoyed worldwide. It is more accessible and affordable than leafy greens like bok choy and choy sum, especially in non-Asian countries. While I was in New Zealand, cabbage was my favorite vegetable. Now that I’m back home in Malaysia, I have since cooked …
If you’re looking for a soy sauce recipe with a twist, Daging Masak Kicap, a traditional Malay soy sauce beef dish, is what you need. While it may not be as well-known as stir-fried meat with soy sauce, it is a common and beloved dish in Malay households, prepared by families for generations. The key …
Prepare to be amazed by this ridiculously simple yet utterly delectable Malaysian favorite- fried turmeric chicken (Ayam goreng kunyit). However, I must caution you to be on guard against those sneaky fingers attempting to steal bites, as once you cook up this dish, its irresistible flavor will attract friends and foes alike, leaving your portions …
Traditionally, sweet and sour pork ribs are made by frying them until they turn golden and crispy, followed by braising them in a sticky sweet and sour sauce, resulting in a delightful combination of chewy texture and crunchy caramelized surface, bursting with flavor. The ingredients for this classic Chinese cuisine include pork ribs, sugar, vinegar, …
Beef Madras is a curry dish made with tender beef and aromatic spices. It is a rich, fragrant, and relatively hot curry that can be served with flavored rice, naan, and cooling raita (yogurt salad) for a complete meal. The key features of a Madras curry are hot and spicy, with vibrant deep reddy brown …
Wat Tan Hor is a Malaysian street food dish that consists of flat rice noodles slathered in rich egg gravy with a combination of meat, seafood, and vegetables. The noodles are wok-fried until they develop charred bits, giving them a delicious and fragrant wok hei (aroma). Wat Tan Hor (Wat Dan Hor) is the phonetic …
Bombay potatoes (aloo Bombay) are a beloved Indian dish. I love Indian food. A few days ago, I ordered takeout from an Indian restaurant for dinner, with Bombay Aloo as one of the side dishes. After I tried it, I reckoned it was easier to make than I first thought, as most ingredients are available …
As a child in a typical Cantonese household, bean sprouts stir-fry was a staple dish at our dining table. My mother would prepare it differently, from stir-frying soybean sprouts with meat to simply sautéing mung bean sprouts with garlic. However, as time passed, I stopped making these simple dishes for a long while. Recently, I …