It's been a while since I last posted a Malay recipe. This is what I made last week with opor ayam (creamy chicken). The pineapple was spicy, sharp and sweet, the chicken was mild and creamy, perfect match. This pineapple curry is one of my favourite [...]
Pajeri nanas (pineapple curry)
Posted by yanti on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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Kidney and liver rice wine vermicelli noodle soup ????
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Rice wine and sesame oil vermicelli noodle soup ????? is a celebration dish, very popular with Fuzhou ?? and Hokkien (Fujian) ?? people. Many after-birth mums will eat this, not sure if the doctor will recommend if the mum is breast feeding because [...]
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Beijing Pizza ????
Posted by yanti on Tuesday, February 23, 2010
???? Jiu Chai Hu BingSome people called this Beijing pizza, it's an old Beijing style snack 'xiao chi ??', made with a thin crunchy cornmeal crust topped with Chinese chives (garlic chives), egg and a little dried shrimp for a more savoury flavour. [...]
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Fried nian gao (egg fried sticky rice cake)
Posted by yanti on Monday, February 22, 2010
This is a simple breakfast common during the CNY season. Nian gao will harden after a few days, most people will fry it with egg to soften the cake and also given it a nicer flavour. Sometime if I have sweet potato and/or taro I would use them to sandwich [...]
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CNY Day Seven Auspicious food (?? ???)
Posted by yanti on Sunday, February 21, 2010
Most Chinese are very superstitious, I know we are a weird bunch, many of the things we do and eat around CNY can all relate to some meanings, mostly something to bring auspicious lucks. Any thing bad is usually avoided or not permitted like no sweeping [...]
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What Some Native Chefs Are Cooking
Posted by yanti on Friday, February 19, 2010
The Mitsitam Cafe�s Mexican Hot Chocolate1 gallon milk1/2 stick mexican or regular cinnamon3 pcs arbol chilies1 pc pasilla pepper, or dried poblano1 cup sugar3 pieces mexican chocolate1 cup cocoa powderHeat milk with cinnamon [...]
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Soy Sauce Poached Chicken ??? and Master Sauce ??
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I love poached chicken, the meat is so juicy and tender. That is why I love Hainanese Chicken rice. Another of my favourite is soy sauce chicken (See Yau Gai ???). This poaching liquor is a mixture of light soy, dark soy, sugar and spices normally referred [...]
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Buddha's Delight or Monk's Vegetables ???
Posted by yanti on Tuesday, February 16, 2010
On the first day of CNY many Chinese. especially Cantonese, will go meat free. Many will cook an assorted vegetarian dish using dried vegetables, edible fungi, tofu products and fresh vegetables. This dish is normally referred to as Buddha Delight or [...]
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Celebrate CNY Eve with Fu gui Ji ???, aka Beggar Chicken
Posted by yanti on Saturday, February 13, 2010
Our New Year's Eve dinner highlight was a Fu Gui Ji ???, commonly known as beggar chicken (??? chi gai zi) or (??? jiao hua zi). I preferred to called it Fu Gui Ji ??? for this occasion because fu gui ?? means fortune and prosperity.This beggar chicken [...]
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Happy Tiger New Year
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????!Happy New Year!??????!Greetings from Lucky Tiger!The following phrases are Tiger greetings. May sound a bit stupid translated to English, but quite sweet in Chinese. ????????? Lucky Tiger wishing you rolling in with money in the coming year [...]
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Red bean and coconut sticky rice cake ??????
Posted by yanti on Friday, February 12, 2010
This coconut flavoured sticky cake/pudding with cooked red beans is another Cantonese favourite for CNY. I made some the other day but I have to say I much preferred the old fashioned plain brownish rice cake. Here is a recipe if anyone is interested.This [...]
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Crunchy peanut crescents ???
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Yau kok zai ??? are crunchy peanut crescents, a very popular snack for CNY especially Cantonese. I have been making these since I was a kid, it's a must have this time of the year. I like to make mine really tiny, it's labour intensive I quite enjoyed [...]
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New Year Rice Cake ??
Posted by yanti on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Rice cake or nian gao ?? is something nearly every Chinese family will have for CNY. The two words ? nian and ? gao rhyme with the Chinese greeting phrase ???? nian nian gao sheng, literally translated as higher year after year or simply you will prosper [...]
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Candied lotus seeds ???
Posted by yanti on Tuesday, February 9, 2010
During CNY many Chinese will have a box of candied fruits and nuts at home to welcome friends and families when they visit and also given them as gifts. Popular candied stuff like candied lotus root slices, lotus seeds, red dates (jujube), kumquats [...]
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Chinese dumplings - Jiaozi ??
Posted by yanti on Monday, February 8, 2010
I love Chinese dumplings and I am sure many of you too. There are hundreds of different kind of Chinese dumplings, from quite small and dainty to golf ball size, so many different methods to wrap, so many different types of pastry and infinite types [...]
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Yeung Ji Gum Lo ????
Posted by yanti on Sunday, February 7, 2010
Here is another request from a reader for a recipe.Yeung Ji Gum Lo ???? is a cold Chinese dessert created by some Hong Kong restaurant in the '80. It's quite a refreshing dessert soup which is creamy, sweet and fragrant from mango and pomelo. Very simple [...]
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Zha Jiang Mian ??? - Fried sauce noodles
Posted by yanti on Thursday, February 4, 2010
Zha Jiang Mian ??? is fried sauce noodles, I called it Chinese spag bog. These noodles are very popular in most parts of Northern China, especially Beijing.Koreans are also fan of zha jiang noodles, similar name called jajangmyeon. The sauce Korean used [...]
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