Prawn Siew Pak Choy

Prawn Siew Pak Choy

Bring to boil a pot of water, add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of palm oil before adding siew pak choy. Allow the leaves to turn dark green before draining it. Set aside to cool and arrange on plate.

Angel-hair Pasta with Shrimps and Macedonian Fruit Compote

Angel-hair Pasta with Shrimps and Macedonian Fruit Compote

Ingredients 200 gr. angel hair 400 gr. shrimps 300 gr. fruit salad compote (it included pear, peach and cherry in syrup) 1 green pepper, julienned 4 broccoli florets 1 carrot, julienned 1 tsp salt Pinch of ginger Pinch of onion powder Pinch of garlic powder 2 tbsp peanut oil Instructions I was in a hurry, [...]

Cooking with Dried Mushrooms

Cooking with Dried Mushrooms

Dried mushrooms have intense flavor.

Steamed Crab

Steamed Crab

Cooking time : 45 minutes Ingredients : 1 crab (average weight 500-600g) 10 small chillis 10 cloves garlic 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 tablespoons fish sauce To Grill : 3 tablespoons butter Black Pepper Method : Clean the crab, put it inside a steamer. Steam for 10 minutes. Remove the crab fr0m the steamer and [...]

Stir-Fried Lala Clams Home-cooked Style

Stir-Fried Lala Clams Home-cooked Style

Back in the fishermen village of Pontian (well, it’s quite a bustling town now) and Kukup, seafood especially prawns and crabs are cooked in tomato sauce. Sometimes, a little bit of chilli is added to make it spicier

Stir Fried Lala with LemonGrass and Bird’s Eye Chilli

Stir Fried Lala with LemonGrass and Bird’s Eye Chilli

Another lala recipe? Forgive me but I am quite a fan of lala clams and since the lala clams were looking really fresh in the wet market, I couldn’t resist getting my hands on 1 kg of these sweet tasting clams. Initially, I had wanted to whip up a kamheong lala dish but later realised [...]

Scallop Congee

Scallop Congee

Scallop Congee is one of my most oft cooked congee for weekend lunch. Okay, make it Scallop Porridge for those who are more familiar with the word porridge. Actually, it’s the same. And whichever name you call it, it will still taste as good though I suspect the word “congee” sounds much more sophisticated and [...]

Sambal Eggplant Recipe

Sambal Eggplant Recipe

Sambal Eggplant is a well-known Nyonya dish that loved by those who have “hot tongue”, don’t get me wrong, what I mean here is those who love hot and spicy food.  It is not difficult for one to notice that most Nyonya foods are hot and fishy,whe-re dried shrimps are added in most of the [...]