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Gujarati-Style Spicy Potatoes

April 28, 2013

This Gujarati-style potatoes recipe will tease your taste buds in a roller-coaster ride. Why I said that? You’ll get all sort of tangy-spicy-aromatic punch in this dish. It’s interesting and wonderful. For me that is. ;) This is yet another recipe from the cookbook ‘Cooking with Asian Roots’. Gujarat is a state in Western India [...]

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Creamy Lemongrass Sambal Prawns

April 7, 2013

Who’s a lemongrass fan? Me! Who’s a prawn lover? Me! Me! Who’s a sambal fan? Oh yeah… Me! Me! Me! This dish is basically made for ME! Haha Its taste is just like what I envisioned and the zing it provides makes you keep wanting more and more. Enough said. ;) (tsk sorry lame intro [...]

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Hakka Pork Belly With Yam

January 15, 2013

Pork belly with yam (芋头扣肉 wu tau kau yoke) is a Hakka dish and it’s one of my favorite Chinese food. Just thinking about it ahhh… lau hau sui (salivate). Problem is not many Chinese restaurant offer this dish in their menu. Ummph maybe coz this dish is of Hakka originated and my town consist [...]

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Beancurd With Minced Pork & Mushrooms

March 19, 2012

Hey beancurd lovers, here’s another delicious tofu dish produced by using the very basic of ingredients. Sometime simplicity is the best. The original recipe involve the use of a sizzling platter. Because I have none, the only difference is that mine won’t be sizzling hot! Yummmeeeeeeeee!

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Steamed Soft Beancurd In Country Style

February 24, 2012

Hmmm why is this dish called country style? I’ve no idea. Most probably due to the use of fermented bean paste. Just like the Japanese with their miso (fermented rice/barley/soybean) and the Korean with their doenjang (fermented soybean paste), we Chinese have fermented bean paste or more commonly known as taucu. I don’t think anyone [...]

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Stuffed Lotus Root With Mushrooms

January 13, 2012

Happy New Year everyone! This first post of 2012 is themed lotus root. As Chinese New Year is around the corner I will share 1 or 2 CNY dishes with you all (provided they are yummy of course) and this is one of them. Lotus root is one of the many auspicious Chinese New Year [...]

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Steamed Homemade Egg Beancurd with Filament Sticks

November 23, 2011

Steam Homemade Egg Beancurd with Filament Sticks

Have you tried making your own egg beancurd/tofu? Why not? It’s super easy, super fast, super delicious and most important of all it’s homemade. What you need is just 3 basic ingredients: plain soybean milk, eggs and cornstarch. I’ve never thought it would be this easy: mix, steam and eat! Haha This dish is perfect [...]

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Fried Prawns With Salted Egg Yolk

November 3, 2011

Ahh… salted egg yolk, my love! How are you? Long time no eat you! Hahaha :D When it comes to salted egg yolk in Chinese dishes, the most obvious choice is the partnering of prawn with this sinful duck egg. And the favorite way to cook it is either with butter or kam heong style [...]

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