I’m constantly amazed at the popularity of pre-cooked or de-shelled prawns in seafood shops here in Australia, over and above the raw, shell-intact varieties. To me, if they’ve been pre-cooked, the shells (not to mention the meat) have lost most of their flavour, and if they’re peeled and treated (ie. what we Asians called “restaurant…
A quick and easy salad using cooked local mushrooms and fresh herbs. Recipe and instructions by Chef Kamsin of Shangri-La Chiang Mai. INGREDIENTS: 500 g Straw mushrooms 80 g Shallots 20 g Ground rice 20 g Spring Onion 10 g Chilli flakes 80 g Galangal 10 g Kaffir lime leaves, chopped 3 tbs Fish sauce…
I’ve been making my own range of Curry Pastes and Sauces for a number of years now, and they’re based on the SAME recipes I used for my Concord restaurant menu and my (very popular but now discontinued) frozen meals range. If you love Malaysian curries but find the effort involved in tracking down ingredients…
Print PDF This is the first in my new series of Asian Cooking 101 – Tips and Techniques, and I’m starting off with how to make your own crispy fried onions or fried shallots. Click here to watch on YouTube >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdQ2jxKzk4c I use the term interchangeably because they yield very similar results – you can…
Print PDF Yes it’s been awhile! Here’s the recipe to a quick-and-easy Chicken Rendang dish that I prepared via Google Hangout (ie. Live Internet Broadcast) a couple of weeks back – Easy Chicken Rendang – 2 TBS Mak Siti Rendang Spices Powder, mixed to a paste with some water 4 TBS Carotino Red Palm Fruit…