tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86989685173804689992012-02-19T11:30:46.451-08:00Simple Recipes taken from mysimplefood.commysimplefoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914139099166180780noreply@blogger.comBlogger741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-61523909289046078962010-09-20T15:53:00.000-07:002010-09-20T15:53:28.792-07:00

Simple ingredients :1 1/2 cups all purpose flour1/2 cup sugar1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large)1 large egg1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted1/2 cup milk3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips or more :)Simple steps :1. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Mix mashed bananas, egg, melted butter and milk in another bowl.2. Stir banana

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Simple ingredients :Pork Balls1 lb of minced pork1 big onion or 3-4 shallots. (diced fine)Some diced water chestnut (as desired)1 TSP of salt and 1/2 tsp of pepper, 1 TSP of soy sauce, 1 TSP of rice wine2 TSP Corn starch to bind the meat and ingredients togetherOther ingredients8 pcs of big Chinese mushroom - (Soak in water till tender) - Cut half or quarters depending on mushroom size.2-3 cloves

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Simple ingredients :1. 8 - 10 Big Prawns (keep the shells and head intact). You can use tiger prawns.2. 1/2 Stick of Butter (60gm)3. 200gm Evaporated milk4. 3-4 Small chilies (chilli padi)- reduce if you cannot take the spice5. 5-6 strands Curry leaves6. 2-3 cloves oof garlic (chopped till fine)7. 5 tablespoon of oil for fryingSimple steps1. Heat oil and fry the prawns with some curry leaves till

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Simple Ingredients :1. 3 eggs2. 3/4 cup sugar3. 1 1/4 cup flour (sifted)4. 1/4 teaspoon baking powder5. 1 teaspoon vanilla essenceOil to brush the mouldSimple Steps :1. Preheat kuih bahulu moulds in the oven for about 10 - 15 minutes. I brush the mould with some cooking oil before putting it into the oven.2. Next, whisk the eggs and sugar with a hand whisk or a stand mixer until light and fluffy

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Simple Ingredients :Soup base :-1) Prawn's heads and shells - from 1-2 pound of prawns2) Pork ribs -1 pound3) Water - 10 bowls (approximately 2 liter)4) Rock sugar - 2-3 small pieces.5) 2-3 cloves of garlic and ginger (chopped fine)Chili Paste :-1) 20 dried chilies (soaked to soften)2) 5 fresh red chillies3) 6 shallots (peeled)4) 4 cloves garlic (peeled)5) 2 TBSP of water6) Dried shrimp -

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Simple ingredients : Part 1 Filling:1/2 cup of finely diced chicken breast meat2 large potatoes (boiled and diced)1 medium red onion (finely chopped)Curry mix - mix together with 1/2 cup of water to make paste2 tablespoon of meat or chicken curry powder1/2 teaspoon chili powder (as desired if you want it spicy)1/2 teaspoon turmeric powderSeasoning1 teaspoon sugar1/2 teaspoon black pepper1/2

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You see, I can't move on.I am sentimental and I just can't give this up.So what am I going to do with this site.This will be filled with just recipes for all the dishes I make.You will find photos, recipes - ingredients & how to make in this blog.If you wanna know more details of my details culinary adventures or mis-adventures, please continue to support me at http://www.mysimplefood.com/

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I am not good at break-ups. I don't handle them well. I usually try to avoid them.So even though I should have parted with you a long time ago after finding someone new, I still hung on.Hanging on because I don't want to hurt you and I don't want to feel hurt.But I know I am not being fair to either of you. I am not able to devote my love and time equally. More often than not, I am confused on

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Have you heard of Chili Pan Mee? Please read my posting on MySimpleFood for the most popular Chili Pan Mee in KL. This posting on how to make homemade chili pan mee is dedicated to Chiro who has been waiting for me to post this recipe like...forever. I just did not have the time to post it up. But at last, I did.When I was in the States, I gave myself a challenge that I will make Chili Pan Mee. I

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Kaya in Malay means Rich! But in Malaysian food context....it is the name for coconut egg jam. I searched wiki and it's explanation of using the word "rich" in Malay is based on its golden color. Hmmm...is that true??Anyway serikaya (called in Indonesia) or simply just "kaya" (in Malaysia) is made from coconut, milk, pandan leaves and sugar. This is my second posting on making this. I can't

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Sayur lodeh is a popular Indonesian vegetable stew in coconut curry. This dish is also very popular in Malaysia and Singapore and essentially served in Malay homes and restaurants. Honestly, I have never been a fan of this dish as I prefer chicken or meat curry vs vegetable curry. But then, my Hubby-D loves this dish and I had an easy solution to make it, thus I made it much to his surprise!

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I can't believe I made this! Doesn't it look lovely? Please click here to read how I got this inspiration.Below is the step by set recipe. Trust me, it is easy.Simple ingredients - ( I have made some changes to original recipe)Dough : 4-ounce package yeast 1/2 cup warm water 1/2 cup scalded milk 1/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter or shortening 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg 4 cups of all-purpose flourFilling: 1

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Homemade meat balls. Ahhh!! For as long as I can remember, since young I only had homemade meat balls. My family do not eat out very often and even if we ate out it would be mostly Chinese food. Therefore, I have always had the impression that meat balls are made at home. Of course now, you can get pre-packed meatballs from supermarkets easily.I will share with you my simple recipe of homemade

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I wrote about "How to cook the perfect fried rice" in mysimplefood.com a few weeks ago. I realized that I never did a posting on fried rice despite cooking in regularly in my kitchen. To me, fried rice is such an easy dish. All I need is overnight rice and then I can throw in whatever ingredients into the fried rice. This time, it will be a very basic and simple fried rice. I only need 4

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I have to thanks Precious Pea for this inspiration. I tried to make my own prawn mee a few months back but I was making an abridged version aka "the cheat version". Link here. I used the soup base from an instant noodle but added all the condiments so that it looked like a prawn noodles that I was ordering from a hawker stall in Malaysia. It was a nice Saturday morning breakfast thrill to

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Mee Siam, which means "Siamese noodle", is a dish of thin rice noodles (mee hoon, vermicelli) in spicy, sweet and sour light gravy. Honestly, I have never really eaten a proper mee siam with gravy. This is because I love fried mee hoon and I don't like it with gravy. So in Malaysia, whenever I have mee siam, I always decline the gravy.Thus, when I decided to make mee siam, I searched the net for

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I should call my recipe Rice Cooker Chicken Rice as I don't have a claypot and I just use the easy way out of a rice cooker. Since it is home cooking, I think the rice cooker is the easiest way to bluff my way through for this rendition of claypot chicken rice. Simple ingredients -1) Chicken Thighs (2 pieces) - cut up to smaller pieces. You can opt for just chicken breast too. Marinade with dark

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Prawn Sambal or know more as "Sambal Udang" in Malaysia is traditionally a Malay dish. "Sambal" is a spicy condiment used especially in Indonesia and Malaysia, made with chili peppers and other ingredients eg pounded shallots/garlic or coconut.I had a packet of Brahims "Sambal Tumis" and it's expiring soon so I just had to cook it. I can't remember when I bought it (must have been from my mom's

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What is lotus root? To put in plainly it is the root portion of a lotus plant. :) It a commonly found in Asia primarily Chinese cooking. The exterior of this root is covered with a peel that is a reddish brown color and it has a whitish interior. The meat of the lotus root has a texture that is slightly crunchy, and mildly sweet. Lotus root can be eaten raw in salads, stir-fried with vegetables

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I am super excited. I bought my own domain name!!So now I have http://www.mysimplefood.com/ that solely belongs to me! On this site, I will capture my passion for food, from restaurants that I visit, food that I eat, vegetables from my simple garden and definitely simple recipes from my simple kitchen.So what's gonna happen to this current site. Hmmm, I am gonna keep it and keep updating my

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-74343459895737488642008-10-17T01:00:00.000-07:002008-10-17T01:02:35.252-07:00

Ahhhhh.....siew yoke (Cantonese for roast pork) is really one of my favourite pork dish. I just love the texture (of fat and thin meat) and the crunchiness of the crust. After consulting many recipes, I decided to go ahead and put them all to good use. Let's see how my "siew yoke" turned out.Step 1- Prepare 3 long slices of pork belly. Washed and dried. Just rub with some salt, pepper and five

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-37477584415250996132008-10-15T02:12:00.000-07:002008-10-15T02:14:08.505-07:00

I like preparing simple dinner at home but yet it looks like we are eating in a restaurant. Or at least I try to make it look like we are having a beautiful dinner at a fancy restaurant. But I make sure it requires just minimal work.This time, I did not need to even fry anything, just boil and also using the oven.Step 1 - Get a baked rotiserrie chicken from your local supermarket. The ones I get

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-35202226003480483852008-10-05T21:36:00.000-07:002008-10-05T21:53:11.750-07:00

I can't help it. I just needed to share about this. I feel like a proud parent. The first "fruit" of my vegetable garden. My chilli plants are sprouting babies!! I started a vegetable garden in my back yard 3 months ago. I wasn't sure if anything would come out of it. But slowly and surely my vegetables started sprouting. I have since eaten 2 type of veges grown from my garden. One is potato

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I started a food blog out of interest and with the intention of archiving my recipe for future reference. I am so happy that many of you like my blog and thank you for constantly visiting and giving me your feedbacks via emails and also comments on my blog.Thank you Foodbuzz for inviting me into the Foodbuzz family. I am so happy with my very first payment for my blogging and it came from

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-76035713930417682992008-09-22T01:39:00.000-07:002008-10-27T05:42:20.383-07:00

I never thought of cooking myself a plate of Char Kway Teow. When I was in Malaysia, it was readily available in nearly every hawker center. So all I needed to do was drive out to any hawker stall and just order "1 char kway teow, no 'si ham', yes chilli" and within minutes I would be enjoying a hot yummy sizzling plate just like picture above. But now here in US......it is just not the same. I

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-31571590367546138472008-09-19T00:14:00.001-07:002008-09-22T01:28:57.711-07:00

After successfully making my wonton dumplings, I decided to try something a little bit more adventurous and try to make fried wonton. The ingredients are the same and the process to wrap the wonton is also the same.Please refer to this link for my earlier recipe. Steps 1-7 are essentially the same.Simple ingredients -1) Minced pork (500gm), minced onion or shallots (2 pcs), green onions -

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Inspiration - I have to confess that I am not a fan of tofu. All tofu fans - please don't boo me. I am just not a bean person! :) But my Hubby-D loves tofu so as a good wife, I try not to deprive him of tofu.The only tofu that I eat is Japanese tofu which I was made to understand that it is made of egg thus minus the tofu taste. Since I am no expert in tofu, I just made a very simple and fast

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Ok, this is really simple and I do think that it is rather yummy. If you want a quick hot soup after a hard day's work, give this a try and let me know if you like it.Simple ingredients -1) Some prawns2) Some seaweed - it is dry so soak it a few times to get rid of the dirt.3) Some fish balls, sotong balls - whatever you like.4) Some carrot5) Some napa cabbage.6) Soup base - anchovies (boiled) or

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-48682137675052119612008-08-27T16:07:00.000-07:002008-08-27T16:42:53.623-07:00

Inspiration - I heard that it is very easy to make, especially when you have day old bread. So I have been itching to make it. I have some leftovers of organic whole wheat bread and I really wanted to get rid of it. So I bravely ventured into making bread and butter pudding even though I am not a fan of this dessert. Ok the simple ingredients - 1) Bread - 5 slices2) Butter3) Milk4) 2 eggs5)

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Inspiration - I hardly ever fry chicken at home. Few reasons - 1) KFC taste must better 2) So much easier to buy outside vs frying myself 3) I feel really guilty when I see the amount of oil I need to use to fry chicken. So for taste, convenience and price and less guilt, buying fried chicken from outside works just fine for me.However, I decided not to bake or roast chicken today and my mouth

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-57599813492777230762008-08-19T12:17:00.000-07:002008-08-19T19:28:56.117-07:00

Since I made loh mai kai, I decided to go for an another recipe, an easier version, more or less same ingredients but definitely tasty and yummy. Loh Mai Fan or just plainly called Glutinous rice, I often find it sold in Malaysia at morning market and night market (pasar malam) alongside the fried meehoon, mee and the different assortment of kueh. It is surprisingly easy to make and pretty fast

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-22874698122190188962008-08-13T08:44:00.000-07:002008-08-20T09:22:51.289-07:00

My 2nd attempt in baking after my successful Cereal Cookies.Now for my favourite cake - Marble Cake. I searched and searched the internet for various recipes and found some that suited the ingredients I had in the pantry. Ah yes, I don't go buy whatever ingredients I need for a recipe, usually I try to find a recipe and more often I combine recipes to suit whatever I have in my pantry. Then I

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-44524351107665009022008-08-09T06:56:00.000-07:002009-01-08T00:17:18.750-08:00

Since I started this food recipe blog, I became more aware of my cooking and what I put into my cooking. I also realize that my cooking is pretty basic and I just use a couple of basic must haves ingredients. I love Chinese food best and I think that these are my basic must haves....For a simple meal, if you have these seasonings in the kitchen...you are set for a delicious meal.1) Salt. This is

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-81339258175609645542008-08-08T08:58:00.000-07:002008-08-20T09:23:09.302-07:00

This is totally non-halal and delicious....My favourite porky pork! This was my recipe and how I made it back in Malaysia. See Link. BUT now here is US, I somehow feel the need to be healthier or maybe since I cook inside ( windows are not opened at my house) , I prefer less deep frying. My kitchen can't take it. So I discovered that you can kinda get the nearly the same effect with an oven.

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-56827307214810506252008-08-07T09:44:00.001-07:002008-08-08T08:58:48.662-07:00

Inspirations - I go for everything simple and fast and this dish is definitely it. Kinda boring if we always just fry the egg. There are loads of variations to frying eggs. This time, I am using french beans. See my previous posting for Eggs with preserved turnips ("chai poh)Anyway for this, as you can see, we only need 2 or 3 eggs (put some salt & pepper and beat) and chopped french beans.Simple

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-37482607107407324242008-08-06T09:39:00.000-07:002008-08-07T09:41:20.625-07:00

To all food bloggers out there....(the one who cooks or have recipes to contribute) read this.I stumbled upon this Blog - My Steamy Kitchen and she has a fantastic blog on recipes.It's her birthday 8 August...so auspicious huh?? and she is running a contest for quick 15 minutes meals.Just submit your entry and stand a chance to win a Flip Video Ultra.Go to link here!Go for it!

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-3147750062533873552008-08-05T14:45:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:06.077-08:00

Inspiration - In Malaysia, I hardly ever go to a Korean restaurant, just a few times to Korean BBQ in Ampang but that was many years ago. Here in Dallas, Korean restaurants are pretty popular and the food is really good too. So this is a Korean Bulgogi dish and it turned out really yummy too. Very simple cos I had some help with the marinade. :)Bulgogi Meat Marinade from Asian Home Gourmet.1)

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Inspiration - This is a really simple dish. Somehow, ginger and chicken go really well together! I like mine with lots of gravy to just pour over my rice. Try it.Simple ingredients -1) Chicken Breast. You can also use whole leg of chicken (chopped to mid size pieces) - Marinade with salt, pepper, ginger juice, sesame oil, soy sauce and cornstarch2) Loads of sliced ginger3) Garlic and some

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-844934769793457172008-08-04T09:56:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:07.972-08:00

Inspiration - Hmmmm, this dish is to die for. Famously known in Cantonese as "Ham Yee Fa Lam Po" literal translation - Salted Fish Pork Belly Claypot. The combination of salted fish with the succulent pork belly stirfried in claypot over blazing fire....ohhh! I am getting hungry just thinking about it. I can eat two bowls of rice just with this dish. Whatmore, it is pretty simple to make and I

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-67221130892979980822008-07-31T14:28:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:09.795-08:00

Cereal Cookies!! I actually made cereal cookies!!I have never baked in my life! I looked thru some recipes trying to figure out the ingredients which are all new to me. For eg. What is the difference between baking powder or baking soda? Anyway, I still don't know, so for baking, I will just follow the recipe. No guess work. No agak agak unlike my normal Chinese cooking.With my new mixer waiting

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-59131872860877943472008-07-30T09:13:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:10.796-08:00

Inspiration - Alright...it is not authentic but conceptually it probably works. I don't know where Hakka Mee originated from, but as long as I can remember the most authentic is from Seremban cos in my opinion nothing in KL comes close to the ones from Seremban. People from Seremban would know of the popular shop (near market, opposite post office) that sells only Hakka Mee - the worst service

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-88109590858484243782008-07-30T08:03:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:12.046-08:00

Inspiration -I discovered it is so easy to roast a chicken. Just marinate, throw it in the oven and pretty quickly you have dinner ready. Since this is just my 2nd roast chicken, I decided that I need to spice it up. Click here for my previous entry on Roast Chicken. http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/06/roast-chicken.htmlThis time, I have four ingredients - chicken, potato, rosemary and

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-43523640841846987662008-07-25T09:37:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:12.360-08:00

For many cook experts and even non cook experts, I know this is nothing but for me...yooohooo!! This is my first baby.......I never owned an electric mixer before and never baked in my life. I've always wanted to and now I can look at baking recipes and hopefully bake some cookies, cakes, breads etc. Hubby-D found this great Kitchen Aid deal on the internet and I was just thrilled when it arrived

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-67082666514186146812008-07-22T13:24:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:13.316-08:00

Inspirations - I usually would not buy nor cook this but BH brought this over and asked me to try. I am sure this has been stored in his house for sometime oredi and he would not be cooking it and probably just wants me to cook this for him. Anyway, it looked easy enough since it is instant mix. All you need is milk and just add the mixture.In a pan, put in the milk and bring it up to a boil.Add

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-87664770471571883992008-07-22T09:21:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:14.107-08:00

Inspiration - Now, this is definitely a home-cooked dish. Again, a regular feature by my grandma and now my mom and now myself! I don't find it in many restaurants in Malaysia but I know in PJ Seapark, there is this restaurant that serves this. I can't remember the name of the restaurant but some of their other signature dishes include the deep fried fish (with soy sauce as base) and also their

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-61671463510793849952008-07-22T08:35:00.000-07:002008-11-22T22:24:57.379-08:00

Inspiration - For as long as I can remember, this dish is called "min fun keuh"(cantonese) or "mee hun ker"(hokkien). I grew up with my grandma cooking this dish so I thot this was only made by my grandma. He he he, of course when I enter the whole of hawker food, I realized this dish is widely available and called "pan mee". I don't know why it is called pan mee (cos maybe they make the dough

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-46548045518979142552008-07-15T10:21:00.000-07:002011-10-20T12:03:57.654-07:00

Inspiration - arhhhh...isn't it yummy......everytime I look at the photos, I feel like eating it up. I was determined to make my own Loh Mai Kai...translated Glutinous Rice with Chicken. This is a normal dim sum dish though the Chinese restaurants in Dallas usually have the rice wrapped in lotus leaf. So I kinda miss my round shaped loh mai kai, after researching some recipes on the net, plus

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-14325295810772066712008-07-15T10:04:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:18.470-08:00

Okra or actually I grew up knowing this as ladies fingers. Hmmm, it seems people here in US only calles it as okra... Anyway, when I was young, I would refuse to eat this. Kinda afraid of the slimy feeling. Anyway, I have since come to like this dish very much, and my mom taught me a trick to reduce the slimy effect. It is a very simple dish and all I used was a bunch of okra, washed, pat dry

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-8416610935505033042008-07-15T08:50:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:19.696-08:00

Inspiration - I was looking for a hearty chicken rice meal but I wanted to make it really really simple and really really fast. My hubby was coming home for dinner soon. So with a little "help" and doing some short cuts with the chicken preparation, I actually made a yummy meal.Simple Steps -1) I used this ready made spice (Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice from Asian Home Gourmet) for the rice

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-14360303173608498102008-07-15T07:48:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:21.464-08:00

Inspiration - Someone commented that my wan tan mee recipe did not have wan tan (dumplings) at all. Ha ha....I guess I was really focused on the mee portion. Somehow, in Malaysia, whenever I go out for wan tan mee, I am only thinking of the mee (noodles) and of course the char siu. The wan tan soup on the side is kinda just a side dish. Maybe that is just the case in Malaysia. I know in HK and

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-46569723357643375802008-07-07T09:54:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:22.842-08:00

Inspirations - This is probably my 3rd time making it and I am determined to get it just right. Actually my first two attempts were not too bad, only that it was a bit too hard cos there were a lot of ingredients and not enough water. So this time....I will remember to add more water and not be afraid that it will not harden.Please refer to my earlier entry to the full recipe and step by step on

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-54787901264436684252008-07-07T09:34:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:25.225-08:00

Inspiration - OK, So I miss Malaysia and how I took for granted all those years when I can just go out and literally get wan tan mee anywhere at anytime. It is difficult to find the dry wan tan mee here cos mostly they have the Hong Kong style which is soup-based with big wan tan dumplings. I want dry wan tan mee..so I make myself loh. You notice that my "charsiu" is not really "charsiu", I just

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-9214227840030578662008-07-07T09:26:00.001-07:002008-11-12T23:43:26.585-08:00

Ok...I have not seen this in Malaysia so naturally I was kinda curious on exactly what this is, how it taste blah, blah, blah. Essentially this is the healthy version for eggs as it is fat free and cholesterol free. Good alternative huh for the health conscious. Don't ask me what it is made of bcoz I have really no idea. But I decided to cook this and see if it is like the real thing. Inside, it

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-62070170499558985212008-06-26T09:41:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:27.750-08:00

Oops, I wanted to submit this entry to Weekend Wokking, a world-wide food blogging event created by Wandering Chopsticks celebrating the multiple ways we can cook one ingredient, but as usual I always do last minute and then I realized that the last day was June 29th and not June 30th for submission. So I am too late but the host this month is Todd and Diane of White on Rice Couple. If you would

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-57961470860526544172008-06-23T07:29:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:28.455-08:00

Inspiration - I googled and apparently french beans is the aristrocrat of all beans. Hmm, I wonder what that means but anyway, it is such a versatile veggie and can be cooked in a lot of different versions. This recipe here is just a simple one which you can cook up in less than 5 mins.Simple ingredients :-1) A handful of french beans, cleaned and cut.2) Some prawns3) some dried prawns4) Garlic,

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-20310298284708463622008-06-23T06:58:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:29.039-08:00

Inspiration - Before I came to Dallas, I use to stay in PJ Malaysia. I remember whenever I eat around PJ SS2, Seapark, Chow Yang restaurants for dinners, nearly 90% of the time, I will see "the Kaya lady". She is a neatly dressed woman walking around with a basket full of kaya. She will go from table to table saying "homemade kaya", "homemade kaya". My usual comment about her is that she moves so

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-70252974782509498992008-06-20T11:20:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:30.236-08:00

Inspiration :- This is a tribute to my grandma, she is a wonderful woman, she may have love-hate relationships with the family but we all know deep down she is a woman who worked hard all her life to raise 5 kids and now trying to grow old gracefully. As far as I can remember, tracing back to my childhood, she has always cooked this spicy dish. In Hokkien "har bee luah" literally translated to "

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-50521577975978955152008-06-13T13:24:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:30.663-08:00

Inspiration - Ok Ok, I kinda cheated. Did not make the soup from scratch. I had a little help from this pkt of instant prawn mee noodles I brought specially from Malaysia. But, but, please give me credit that I need put a lot of effort to make it look like I was ordering a delicious prawn mee from a kopitiam. Ohhh! I miss being able to just go out to any hawker stall and just order anything

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-26313492877268368172008-06-13T13:16:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:31.222-08:00

Inspiration - If you all don't know, I am now in Dallas USA and have been just cooking lovely homely Malaysian food. Since I am in a cowboy land whereby they barbeque and oven roast or microwave almost everything, I told my first attempt at roast chicken would be appropriate.Simple ingredient -1. 2 whole chicken thigh2. Vegetable - err lookd like cucumber but it's not, ohhh! the name just escapes

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-48578118471439618592008-05-27T11:04:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:32.636-08:00

Inspiration - nothing really, kinda tired of fried eggs or the onion fried eggs and I think Chai por (pronounced in hokkien) eggs are a nice twist to ordinary fried eggs. Now, I need to find out exactly what "chai por" is in English - hmmm could be some sort of radish or I really am not sure. Do help if any of you knows.Simple ingredients -1. Chai Por - you can buy the chopped ones or they do

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-2329086815886527112008-05-01T11:37:00.001-07:002008-11-12T23:43:34.325-08:00

Inspiration - It was a cold Sunday in March here in Dallas and I was craving for some hot steaming bak kut teh. B-boy was coming over for lunch and he is on a "NO-carbo" diet so loads of pork would suit him just fine. And I have packed different packets of ready made bak kut teh seasoning from Malaysia. So the menu for today - Sichuan Bak Kut Teh. Essentially it just has more pepper for the spice

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-7802167264716592842008-05-01T11:25:00.001-07:002008-11-12T23:43:35.638-08:00

Inspiration - My sis-law Lynn was so nice to give me a bunch of different quick recipe seasoning from Asian Home Gourmet (which I later realised it is sold here in US too). So I decided to try the Thai Green Curry. It looked simple enough.Simple Steps :-1) All you need is some chicken breast (cut in cubes). I only had some carrots in fridge so I used that plus one big onion.2) Remove the

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-41437806315950108282008-04-24T08:45:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:40.866-08:00

Inspiration - My contribution to Chinese New Year cooking. This year is the first year I have to spend New Year's eve away (the reality of being married) but I got to come home on 1st day of CNY and I decided to make radish cake. This is my 2nd attempt - thanks for my Auntie Judy's recipe!Simple Steps :-1) Get all ingredients ready. This is the most tedious part of the work. All the chopping and

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-79051562033035600022008-04-24T07:16:00.001-07:002008-11-12T23:43:42.425-08:00

Inspiration - Oh well, it was few days before CNY in Feb 2008 and I was feeling particularly festive and wanted to impress my mom with a Chinese infused dish for dinner. As usual she was like....don't mess up the kitchen!! I said, don't worry you will be impressed with me. Actually I was at Soos's house during her hse warming and she made this and I was really impressed and have been meaning to

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-61360795843215830402008-04-18T09:18:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:44.014-08:00

Inspiration - Fried mee hoon - I love! Seriously, I can just eat and eat and eat meehoon until I am so stuffed. I just love something about the texture of fried mee hoon. I was home with dad one Saturday afternoon and I decided to whip up a some delicious mee hoon or known as vermicelli.Simple Steps :-1. Soak and Drain the mee hoon in water.As you know, I always just search my house to see what I

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-66526738019694006902008-04-11T09:36:00.000-07:002008-11-12T23:43:45.489-08:00

Ok my friends....I have been missing in action. No excuses, just been lazy to blog. That does not mean I stopped cooking, infact I have been taking photos and archiving it all, waiting for the time I get off my lazy bones and start blogging again. So this simple dish and the next few dishes would have been dated a few months, weeks ago. :)Inspiration - As you know already, I just love to check

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-91625939007383172642008-01-06T04:33:00.001-08:002008-11-12T23:43:46.567-08:00

Inspiration - Folks...this is my most fav dish. Trust me...I love it and it is lovingly called porky pork. It is like "siew yoke" but the taste is different. It is just yummy yummy. I can't describe it, you have to try to make it yourself. Just do it!Simple steps :-1) Firstly the pork. You have to buy pork with half fat and half lean meat. In Chinese, my mom calls it "far yoke" aka "flower pork"

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-25024705303512996532008-01-05T04:30:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:43:47.611-08:00

Inspiration...ok ok this is not by me, my mom made this..it is one of her popular and delicious dishes that I approve of :). I like it and it is really simple to make so decided to include it in my simple kitchen. Trust me..it is yum yum.Simple Steps -1) The fish. Seriously I don't really know the different names of fishes, thus also creating a lot of hesitation whenever ordering in restaurants

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-5555885138489575952008-01-03T17:46:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:43:48.195-08:00

Inspiration - I needed breakfast, I still have the "yuk kon", mom bought bread, and so I decided to do a slight spin to my "yuk kon" sandwich. Nothing too mind-blowing - simply added egg.Simple Steps -1) Honey Oat Bread - Mom bought this from Berry's Cake House.2) Hard Boiled egg - mash it up and add a bit of mayo. you can add a bit of salt for taste if you like.3) Get the "yuk kon", lettuce,

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-20788130987098006452008-01-02T04:59:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:43:49.102-08:00

Inspiration - Hmm..hmm..this is a definitely a Malaysian favourite - Dried Slice Pork or famously called "yuk kon" (in Cantonese). You can eat it on its own, eat it with bread, eat it with rice etc. Though you can get this from the Dried Slice Pork shops anyday but this is much more in demand during Chinese New Year. Friends and relatives would buy it as gifts when they go house visiting. I had a

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-9555965163503114692008-01-01T01:40:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:43:50.027-08:00

Inspiration - This is really easy. The super picky food person ME only really like longan tong sui so what better way but to make it. I actually made it 1.5 mths ago for my hubby. I feel very much like a Hongkie wife. Well you know, in the TVB series they always have tong sui for supper. This is the 3rd time I am making it and this time to celebrate the new year 2008. Tong sui according to old

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-59938009735332938712007-12-31T08:24:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:43:51.502-08:00

Inspiration - Hmmm... I love "Lai yau" prawns (buttered prawn). Not really the prawns but those tiny strands of buttered egg "hair". This was supposed to be my first attempt of making it today but unfortunately I did not manage to buy evaporated milk (which is a key ingredient). No worries I remember I bought a packet of crispy Prawn cereals which serves the same purpose. Effort made simple ! It

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-12380841401455345112007-12-31T07:40:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:43:53.048-08:00

Inspiration - Tong yuen or tang yuen is glutinous rice flour dough with different fillings (red bean, peanuts, sesame seeds, plain etc) served in ginger syrup soup. My advise don't bother trying to make the tong yuen on your own cos it is so easy to get the ready made ones from supermarket and mind you it is delicious. Of course this is the ones with fillings which I seriously think it is just

Pebblesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-12686738769018318522007-12-28T07:45:00.000-08:002009-02-28T07:29:44.352-08:00

I am no chef, I don't refer to recipe books, I cook occasionally and I am also very particular about food (meaning - a lot of food I don't eat) but I enjoy cooking. This food made simple idea came up hoping that it can help more wannabe cooks to try their hands on this art of cooking. Now I call it art cos I sincerely believe that cooking is not science, it does not require strict and complicated

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