Print PDF Great to make ahead of time and freeze for future use; this is one of my more popular dishes at Leichhardt Market Saturday mornings - Sui Gow photo taken by Andrew of Rosey Photography - http://roseyphotography.blogspot.com/ RECIPE Filling - 500g chicken mince 250g fresh shelled prawns – minced ½ can water » Read More
10 Must-Have Malaysian Pantry Ingredients
August 24, 2011 by
Print PDF 'Must have' in the sense that they're what I would personally get if I were limited to only 10 items - again, depending on your own (Malaysian) cultural upbringing, you might have a vastly different list to mine. Will elaborate on these another time along with suitable recipes. As mentioned in a previous post, when hunting down » Read More
10 Common Misconceptions About Malaysian Food
August 24, 2011 by
Print PDF Based on my own real-world interactions over the course of the last decade of running a Malaysian food business, here's my list of 10 things people get wrong about Malaysian food - It equates with Malay food - Malaysia is a country of immigrants - our food is influenced by Malay, Chinese, Indian and Eurasian cooking styles and » Read More
How to Cook Char Kway Teow (CKT)
August 18, 2011 by
Print PDF I asked a quick question online today and based on the Facebook and Twitter responses, the one Malaysian dish that most people would like to learn to make is Char Kway Teow, ie. stir-fried fresh rice noodles. At least among my customers/followers anyway - so here’s my take on it. First, a quick rundown of some CKT facts - I feel » Read More
How to Cook Coconut Rice
August 10, 2011 by
Print PDF Growing up with rice as a staple I kind of assumed everyone knew how to cook it. That was, until I came to Australia. Most people nowadays know enough to get by, but for those still struggling with it, here’s my two cents’ worth - Tips - There are lots of different types of rice – short grain, long grain, sushi rice etc. etc. » Read More
Malaysian Pantry Ingredients
August 3, 2011 by
Print PDF First off, thanks to my Malaysian friends Nirmala, Marinna, Hazel and Muna for their contributions – before I draw up the list, I wish to point out that their input reflect the following – - Some do a lot of cooking; others, as with most busy, working women nowadays, either don’t, or they use commercial, prepared » Read More
Acar Recipe
July 27, 2011 by
Print PDF Recently, I was asked to contribute a recipe for a pocket cookbook that was to accompany the latest issue of a food magazine. I submitted a recipe for my acar - Malay Vegetable Pickle - and as promised, once published, a copy of it was sent to me. The Good - it was a collection of Malaysian recipes from such celebrity chefs as Rick » Read More
How to Make Popiah Filling
July 19, 2011 by
Print PDF I guess having posted about making popiah skin it's only appropriate I follow up with the rest of the ingredients to complete the dish :) (this is a second upload with the staticky audio sorta fixed) » Read More
How to Make Popiah Skin
July 7, 2011 by
Print PDF This is the second edit of the same video posted earlier, with the static in the audio removed. Here are some points to add to the instructions - - The Ikea pans used in the video are this model - http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40165895 (SKÄNKA) - they come in diff. sizes and I think mine are 30cm. - I bought » Read More