During a visit to Ikea Tempe Paul Gray had a craving for Swedish meatballs, but because we were short on time, and also remembering that I had just made some beef balls in the last couple of days that were sitting in the fridge, we decided to tackle turning them into a budget-friendly Malaysian-inspired iteration…
Paul Gray is adding a “budget eating” angle to our South Africa Meets Malaysia broadcasts. In this session, he tackles turning a cheap cut of meat into tender steak.
What South African and Malaysian dishes we cooked up to take with us on a church camp to supplement the food that was going to be served onsite, to make our stay more culinarily memorable.
South Africa Meets Malaysia – cooking steak South African-style, accompanied with Malaysian sides
Chef Johari Edrus of Masters of Malaysian Cuisine’s recipe for an iconic northern Malay dish called Bihun Sup Utara
Nasi Kebuli is a fragrant rice and crispy chicken royal dish that’s famous the Malaysian state of Pahang. The word “Kebuli” is an abbreviation of the royal honorific “ke bawah duli (yang maha mulia)” (kind of like “his Majesty” etc.). I didn’t grow up in Pahang so this backgrounder on Nasi Kebuli is courtesy of…
As someone who’s run a Malaysian food business for decades, I’m always trying to strike a balance between maintaining “authentic” flavours while cutting down on time spent in the kitchen (thanks to labour costs and staff shortage issues). My friends at MyBlueTea.com.au recently sent me some samples of their natural pandan powder (made from pure…
I mentioned in the past that the keep warm setting on your electric cooker – eg. your rice cooker, slow cooker or Instant Pot – could theoretically be used if you’re too cheap (I’m kidding) for a sous vide unit. I had the chance to test it out with my Lao-style grilled ox tongue recipe…
Lao-style grilled ox tongue is one of my favourite dishes in the world, but the traditional method of tenderising the ox tongue using shredded green papaya has never really turned out to my satisfaction (to be fair, I only tried it a couple of times). I finally decided to use my sous vide unit and…
Steamed minced beef with rice is one of those dishes I no longer see at yum cha, but I remember it quite well from my weekends as a trolley pusher plus kitchenhand at Choy’s Inn restaurant in Chinatown. The beef mince is actually the same as what’s used for San Chuk Ngau Yoke ie. steamed…