A plateful of Malay goodness

My dinner last night,- sambal tumis telur, cut into halves- nasi minyak serai (lemongrass oily rice) with crispy shallot- keropok (prawn crackers)- cucumber slicesHere is the recipe for the rice. I use 50:50 basmati and red rice. This red rice is Thai, bought from oriental supermarket.Nasi Minyak Serai (Lemongrass Oily Rice)Ingredients: (enough for 4), cup size 250ml1 cup basmati rice1 cup red

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Sambal Tumis Telur (sambal eggs)

Born and breed in Brunei Malay food and cooking play an important part in my foodie life. Authentic Malay food is not easy to find in the Western world. I am so glad I have learnt enough to cook myself some decent Malay food before hopping on a plane over here to England many years ago. Clearing the cupboard yesterday I found a jar of sambal tumis I made a while ago. Sambal tumis is very

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Sesame, spring onion and chicken flavoured crackers ???????

This morning I suddenly have a craving for some Pop Pan spring onion crackers, I was too lazy to go down to the shop. I thought of making something similar. I had a tub of chicken stock jelly with fat collected from roasting a chicken. Thought it might be a good idea to use that to flavour these crackers. No sure how this concoction would turn up I just mixed the dough, rolled it out and baked

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Xinjiang chicken stew ?????

Xinjiang da pun ji ?????, translated as Xinjiang big plate/bowlful of chicken. Xinjiang is the North West part of China, Muslims majority. I found this chicken stew recipe a while ago, very similar to Sichuan spicy flavour which I like a lot. What special is no water is needed just plenty of beer to stew the chicken. I just got to try this recipe. Here is a big wokful of this stew, colourful and

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Fermented beancurd flavoured chicken nuggets with basil ?????

Fu Ru Yen Shu Ji ?????. This recipe is a delight from Taiwan, though not super healthy it's finger licking good. I have made this several times. Chicken has lovely flavour, the coating will stay crunchy for quite long time and the fried basil chips so crunchy they melt in the mouth. The recipe is easy as long as you have some fermented beancurd and some fresh basil.Here is the recipe if you like

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Boiled chewy sweet potato chunks ???

Has anyone tried something like this in Taiwan or Taiwanese restaurant? This is a bowl of chewy sweet potato chunks called 'dee kwa yuan ???' or 'fun shu yuan ???', a popular Taiwanese dessert. These chunks are similar to Cantonese glutinous rice balls 'tang yuan ??' but much chewier. The first time I made this dessert following a recipe I found on the internet, it was far too chewy for my taste

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Stuffed pancakes with garlic chives ????

A simple dough and some tasty garlic chives filling make really good stuffed pancakes or pasties. This is a classic Chinese snack called jiu chai hur zi ????. In Chinese it means garlic chive box, box being the pastry. This snack is one I like to make for weekend brunch, simple and filling. What is garlic chive or jiu chai ??? It's a vegetable similar to spring onion (scallion) but the green '

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