This recipe for Malaysian Prawn and Pineapple curry is adapted from the Fish Curry I used to sell as part of my range of frozen meals at markets around Sydney and at my restaurant, and it was very popular in particular among those who like their curry mild, rich, and gluten-free (I used a particular gluten-free mushroom seasoning in it in lieu of » Read More
7 Ways To Use Malaysian Satay Sauce (Kuah Kacang)
January 27, 2022 by
When I started my food business, my specialty was satay (bet you didn't know that) - I used to cook them on charcoal grills and sell them at the monthly Kirribilli and Mosman Markets in the mid-90s, back when I was still working in an office during the week. And I used to make a disproportionate amount of satay sauce ("kuah kacang" in Malay) to go » Read More
Ginger Crisps – 9 Ways To Use Them In Your Dishes
July 21, 2021 by
Ginger is widely known for its health benefits, and most people would be familiar with using it to add flavour and aroma to their dishes. If you’re Malaysian like me, you probably use it regularly in curries, stews and in “tong sui” (sweet soup). I’d never tried consuming ginger as a crisp, however, until My Blue Tea sent me a jar of Borneo » Read More
How To Use Malaysian Curry Powder
July 16, 2021 by
I grew up with Malaysian curry powder - we used it in all our cooking; not just in curries. It was (and still is) so much a part of my life that it took my own daughter, Becky, (yes, I do have a grown-up daughter who’s married with a kid, etc.) to make me appreciate its distinctive flavour. Link to watch >> » Read More
Live Cooking Videos From My Desktop (Lenovo Legion 7 Review)
May 26, 2021 by
A few months ago, while on a late night Zoom call, my suburb was hit by a mass power outage. I was plunged into the dark in the middle of my living room, and my meeting was prematurely ended because of the internet modem shutting off along with everything else that ran on electricity. There wasn’t much else I could do, so I shut down my laptop and » Read More
Durian Fest Sydney 2021
May 24, 2021 by
Want to know a secret? Several years since quitting Orange Grove Markets, I’m still adjusting to not having to get up at 4am every Saturday morning. It still feels strange for me not to be loading up my vehicle and rushing to get to the market to get set up and start cooking. Weekends now mean sleeping in, and coming up with creative ways to » Read More
How To Cook Chilli Mud Crab
August 10, 2020 by
N.B. Please note that I've switched email providers so the link to sign up for recipes as displayed in the video is now expired. Please join my regular mailing list (there's a subscribe form at the bottom of this post to do so - the one that says "Join Jackie M for an Awesome Culinary Experience") if you want to keep up-to-date with all my » Read More
Lenovo Yoga Active Noise Cancellation Headphones – Review
August 2, 2020 by
About 2 weeks ago I received a set of Lenovo Yoga Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) headphones to review, which was pretty timely because if you've been following my live cooking videos you'll have noticed the loud chirping noises courtesy of the birds on my balcony interfering with my broadcasts of late (I think they're attracted to the » Read More
How To Cook Pandan Chicken Curry & Pandan Rice
March 12, 2020 by
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 » Read More
My Malaysian Cookbooks Free For A Limited Time Only
December 18, 2019 by
Folks, this is your chance to get the eBook versions of two of my Malaysian cookbooks (along with a bonus Asian Pantry Ingredients Guide) - Truly Malaysian Street Food At Home Truly Malaysian Breakfasts Check out the video to see what they look like >> And all you have to pay is the cost of the USB drive to be shipped out to » Read More