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Kung Pao is a famous Chinese cooking method that loved by many Asian. There are Kung Pao Chicken, Kung Pao Squid, Kung Pao Pork and Kung Pao Prawn, among all these dishes, Kung Pao Chicken is the most popular one.

Kung Pao is originated from Chinese Sichuan. Like other dishes, Kung Pao was adapted by Southeast Asian and had been modified according to the taste of the local people. If you are not aware, the original Sichuan Kung Pao cooking style has no onion added in, nor carrot.

Though Kung Pao Chicken is the most well-known Kung Pao dish, Read more

Asparagus With Prawn Recipe

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“Most guys love asparagus!”

I am not sure is that a myth or is a real claim, but one thing I am sure is: I love asparagus very much! Asparagus is not only delicious, it is also a healthy vegetable with lots of nutrition. In fact, it has detoxifying and diuretic effects where its fibers help us to clean out our gastrointestinal tract.

One of the famous recipes of asparagus can be found in Southeast Asia is Sambal Asparagus. No doubt cooking asparagus with sambal is a tangy dish, but somehow, Read more

“Most guys love asparagus!”

I am not sure is that a myth or is a real claim, but one thing I am sure is: I love asparagus very much! Asparagus is not only delicious, it is also a healthy vegetable with lots of nutrition. In fact, it has detoxifying and diuretic effects where its fibers help us to clean out our gastrointestinal tract.

One of the famous recipes of asparagus can be found in Southeast Asia is Sambal Asparagus. No doubt cooking asparagus with sambal is a tangy dish, but somehow, Read more

“Most guys love asparagus!”

I am not sure is that a myth or is a real claim, but one thing I am sure is: I love asparagus very much! Asparagus is not only delicious, it is also a healthy vegetable with lots of nutrition. In fact, it has detoxifying and diuretic effects where its fibers help us to clean out our gastrointestinal tract.

One of the famous recipes of asparagus can be found in Southeast Asia is Sambal Asparagus. No doubt cooking asparagus with sambal is a tangy dish, but somehow, Read more

Egg Foo Yung Recipe :

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Egg Foo Yung The Popular Chinese Egg-based Dish

We all love eggs simply because eggs are so delicious, yummy, full of nutrition, and of course it’s rather cheap if compared with other food. Egg Foo Yung is the most popular egg-based dish in Chinese cooking. Almost every Chinese had this dish at least once in his life. It is also the favorite dish of Moms because can easily get applause from children and adults. For those who are still fresh in cooking and looking for some easy to cook recipes, Egg Fu Yong is definitely a good choice to make.

If compared with the traditional Chinese style Egg Fu Yung, there is no chillies added in. But hey, this is Southeast Asian food, Southeast Asian love hot and spicy stuff. It is not a surprise that Southeast Asia version of Egg Foo Yong has chillies inside.

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Hor Fun Recipe – Char Kuey Teow

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Sambal Eggplant Recipe

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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,where dried shrimps are added in most of the time. Well, this is the uniqueness of Nyonya cuisine.

Surprisingly, I just found out that only Malaysian people call eggplant as “brinjal”, it is not found in most of the dictionaries! Due to my curiosity, I started to investigate the reason behind it. And guess what, I got the answer Read more

Mango Sticky Rice (Khao Neow Mamuang)

Mango can be found in abundance in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand and Malaysia. Without doubts, mango is loved by many Southeast Asian, including you and me. Recently, there are plenty of mangoes sold for very low price in the market, since I am a mango lover, I have bought 4 kilograms of mango to enjoy!
With so many mangoes stored in my fridge, I started to think of making some desserts with mango, hmm, how about the mouth-watering Thai dessert: Khao Neow Mamuang? Read more

Fried Bean Sprouts With Salted Fish

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Quick Chinese Recipes – Fried Bean Sprouts With Salted Fish

Bean Sprouts, vegetable that widely used in Asian cooking which are relatively cheap if compared with other vegetable you can find in fresh market. This stir-fry favorite vegetable is proven by US researchers that could play an important part in boosting male fertility. Oh yes, no kidding.

A study at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio showed that to make healthy sperm in large quantities, the body needs a good supply of vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant that protects cells against damage by harmful molecules called free radicals. Just half a cup of bean sprouts provides 16 per cent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C for a man. It’s not just dad but baby Read more

Dry Curry Chicken – Rendang Ayam

If you can make curry chicken, then it won’t be any problem for you to cook this dish, Dry Curry Chicken. The method used to make this dish is almost same as the method used to cook Curry Chicken with Potato. However, both give different sensation.

Of course, the later brings stronger taste as it has been cooked for longer time and has absorbed all the coconut milk. Also not forget, the later used less ingredient too! Read more

Recipes For Chinese Food – Hairy Gourd With Tofu Recipes

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Recipes For Chinese Food Hairy Gourd With Tofu Recipes

Recipes For Chinese Food

Most people claim Tofu lacks flavor, tasteless and boring, in fact this white substance doesn’t look very appetizing to many people, especially to kids. However, despite its boring image, tofu has loads of nutritions, it is high in calcium, iron and B vitamins, but low in fat and sodium. Tofu is a excellent source of protein too! Tofu is good for individuals who have trouble digesting meat, or suffer from medical conditions such as chronic heartburn. And you got to believe this, tofu has been credited with offering protection against diseases such as cancer and osteoporosis! The best thing is, Tofu is very cheap and sold everywhere!

Hairy gourd aslo known as small winter melon, Mao Gua, Seng Gua, fuzzy squash and hairy squash, which can cool down our body heat and provides great nutrition to our body too. Putting these two high nutrition ingredients together to make this well-known Southeast Asian Chinese cuisine, is definately a wise selection! Read more

Loh Mai Kai Recipe

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When talking about Loh Mai Kai, an image automatically pops up in my mind: tangy steamed glutinous rice topped with chicken, char siew and mushroom. Well, yes, there is how a traditional Loh Mai Kai should be, either from the high class restaurant or from the roadside kopitiam.

I wonder, since Loh Mai Kai is the must try Dim Sum, why don’t we add more ingredients to it, for example: lap cheong (Chinese sausage) and hardboiled egg? Since more is better than less! Read more

Nasi Lemak Special Recipe

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Nasi Lemak Special Recipe

One of the must try Southeast Asian Food is the dish I am going to share today, Nasi Lemak. Nasi Lemak or direct translation “Fatty Rice” can be found widely in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. It is treated during breakfast, lunch, tea break, dinner as well as supper, well, that’s right, Nasi Lemak is a single dish meal that can be eaten all day long in SE Asia!

The name, Nasi Lemak or “Fatty Rice” sounds a bit scary especially to those who are concern about their diet. “Fatty Rice” – hmm, there must be lots of fattening ingredients added in to cook this dish, like animals’ fats or something like that.

Guess what, coconut milk is added in to cook the rice! Read more

Chinese Cuisine Recipe – Loh Mee

Chinese Cuisine Recipe

If you like noodle, then you should have tried Loh Mee before, or at least you have heard it before. Same as other noodle dishes, i.e curry mee, laksa, wat tan hor, and etc, the soup/gravy play the most important role. Of course, using fresh ingredients is also an essential to make yummy noodle meal.

Basically, Loh Mee is one of the great Southeast Asian foods: wheat noodles in a dark, thick corn starch egg gravy. When talk about Loh Mee, the most famous Loh Mee in Malaysia is Ulu Yam Loh Mee. For you information, Ulu Yam is a name of a place, located somewhere not far away from the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Well, the gravy of Loh Mee is exactly same as the one of Wat Tan Hor, except dark vinegar is added in. That is why it is dark in color.

It is never difficult to cook Loh Mee, in fact, you can make your own version of Loh Mee – just add your name to the Loh Mee, for example, Qi Loh Mee.. hehe.. Read more

Authentic Chinese Food Recipes – Yong Tofu

Authentic Chinese Food Recipes

This authentic Chinese food recipes : Yong Tofu aka stuffed beancurd, is claimed as the infamous Chinese dish that is well adopted by other races, including Malay and Indian. Yong Tofu is actually a healthy dish which can provide balance nutrition to our body, as the main ingredients used are vegetable and fish paste, which give us low fat, high fiber and protein, and most important, it is very yummy!! Read more

Chinese Food Recipies – Wonton Soup

smooth wonton

If you ask me do I prefer Fried Wonton or Wonton Soup, I would say all depend on what mood that I am having at that moment. If I am having “party mood” and want something more exciting, I will definately go for Fried Wonton, because it is crunchy, a little bit like snack or finger foods.

On the other hand, if I would like to have a peace of mind, calm and relax sensation, then I will choose Wonton Soup, as it’s clear, sweet and smooth, dipped with light soy sauce, oh, simply irresistable.

Sambal Petai Special

If you are looking something that goes really well with steamed rice, then I will suggest you to try this Sambal Petai Special. Why? First, look at the picture below – the Sambal Petai Special >>>

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What are you thinking? How about one big bowl of hot steamed rice? Yup, just the picture alone can make one mouthwatering, imagine its tangy gastronomic aroma… one more bowl streamed rice please!

I have introduced Sambal Petai Recipe in my previous post, the way of making this Sambal Petai Special is similar with the method used in Sambal Petai, what makes the difference is I am going to add long bean into this dish. Read more

Vietnamese Cabbage Rolls

healthy dish from Vietnam

Vietnamese food, one of the healthiest cuisines in the world, consist of many different blends of herbs and spices, minimal use of oil and small amount of meat, is very suitable for nowadays lifestyle, where people are getting more and more conscious about their health and diet.

The dish I would like to share today is a very healthy Vietnamese food, called Cabbage rolls, where cabbage leaves as wrappers, while pork meat and prawn as filling, then simmered in chicken stock soup. And the best fact of this dish is, it’s no oil at all! Yes, totally oil free, and not hot too (what a surprise for Southeast Asian food huh!)! You may want to add this dish to your diet food list if you want to Read more

Fried Glass Noodle with Bean Sprouts

Fried Glass Noodle with Bean Sprouts

There are many single meal dish can be found in Southeast Asia, usually it is either rice or noodle, like Chicken Rice, Asam Laksa, Kow Pad Gai, Char Kuey Tiew, Claypot Yee Mee, and many many more! Well, since rice and noodle are the staple food of this region, many wonderful rice and noodle dishes have been created.

Glass Noodle, or Cellophane Noodle, is a special noodle that made from mung bean (green bean). I wonder why it is not green color or at least it should be yellow-ish, really cannot imagine how it could turn to transparent when it is cooked? Do you have any idea on this? Wanna share with us?

Oh yes, back to the topic: fried glass noodle with bean sprouts or called Chau Dong Fen in Cantonese (some call Char Tong Fun), is a very delicious single meal dish found in most of the hawker stalls in Singapore and Malaysia. Bean Sprouts play a very important role in this dish, it gives the special fragrance and crunchiness to the dish. Of course you can still make a good Fried Glass Noodle without bean sprouts, actually there’s no right or wrong in cooking, just follow your taste, that’s it! Read more

Sweet and Sour Chicken (Ku Lou Yok)

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mouth watering sweet n sour chicken

Chinese version of sweet and sour chicken is very much different from the western version, it is treated as a dish that served with steamed rice in Chinese society, usually with other dishes as well, like one plate of stir fried vegie and a bowl of soup. While western version of sweet and sour chicken is normally served as an appetizer, and definitely not served with rice.

For Chinese in Southeast Asia, it is commonly called Ku Lou Yok. Well, most of the time pork meat is used to make this dish, but when it is replaced with chicken meat, the result is just the same: Delicious! Due to its great presentation and savory taste, it is loved by the people here, in fact it is a very famous Chinese cuisine that can be found in any Chinese restaurant in Southeast Asia.

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Yam Cake Recipe

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Chinese Yam Cake

Today I am going talk about Yam Cake (Yu Tou Gao), one of my favorite Chinese dim sum. If you have no idea what Yam Cake is, you may think it is sweet dessert, like Cheese Cake, Chocolate Cake, some sweet stuff that Yam is added in, since its name is “Cake”. Though it is a cake, but it is not sweet at all, in fact it’s salty and a bit fishy.

Yam Cake is usually consumed during breakfast or tea time, like Nasi Lemak or Roti Canai, one plate of Yam Cake and a cup of TehTarik already a substantial meal for the Chinese in Southeast Asia. It is very rare to find Yam Cake is consumed during lunch or dinner, simply because it is not a dish. Like other dim sum, Yam Cake is mainly consumed by Chinese, unless it is sold in a Halal restaurant.

Prawn Noodle Recipe(Har Mee)

well known prawn noodle (Har Mee)

I had Har Mee for my dinner yesterday, since it was my very first time to cook my own Har Mee, I wasn’t so sure whether it can taste like one. But after I took the first sip of the Har Mee soup, oh boy oh boy, this is so Real, as good as the Har Mee I had in Penang!

Well, if you have no idea what Har Mee is, then let me do some basic introduction here. “Har” means prawn, and “Mee” means noodle, so literally Har Mee means Prawn Noodle. Har Mee is one of the must try food if you travel to Malaysia, especially Penang ( one of the state in Malaysia), beside Asam Laksa, Char Keuh Tiau and Ais Kacang.

Penang Har Mee

You may think Prawn Noodle is just a noodle in soupy form with some prawns and vegie, nothing special. Yes, you are right, there is no any superb ingredient in it, but what makes this Prawn Noodle different from other noodle is its special soup base, with no doubts, the soup base is the secret weapon of the whole dish! Want to know what so special about the soup? Let’s join me to make this dish then! Read more

Quick Chinese Recipes – Fried Wonton

super delicious fried wonton

Quick Chinese Recipes – Fried Wonton

Today, i am going to make fried wonton for my family and, of course for myself too ( i love fried wonton so much!) Fried wonton, wonton wrappers filled with marinated minced pork and minced prawn, deep fry till golden, give a crispy and savory taste. When you put the deep fried wonton into your mouth, you will think that you are eating crispy potato chips, but after a while, a short while, you will feel the savory filling melt in your mouth! Once started, hard to stop, what is this called? Oh yeh, it’s called irresistible! If you love food, then you won’t want to miss this! Please don’t miss this quick Chinese recipes! Read more

Recipes for Chinese Food – Clay Pot Tofu

Claypot Tofu -it's still boiling when served

Most Chinese cuisines needed to be served hot, not only because this will make the dish taste better, but also because Chinese believe food served while hot is more healthier than is served cold. In Chinese restaurant, you won’t be surprised to find a customer complaining about their dish is not hot when served, because it is expected to be hot! Therefore, one of the many ways the Chinese use to keep their dishes hot is by using clay pot to make their dishes.

One of the common clay pot dish you can easily find in Southeast Asia is Clay Pot Tofu – tofu or bean curds, prawn, chicken, chinese cabbage and mushroom cooked in clay pot. Read more

Curry Chicken with Potato

creamy curry chicken

Curry, definately not something new to you, in fact, it is a famous cuisine known by the whole world. Although curry is originated from India, it is so popular in Southeast Asia country, like Green Curry Chicken in Thailand, Cà Ri Gà in Vietnam and Kaeng Kee Lek in Laos. Especially in Malay society, curry is a must in their daily meal, you won’t be surprised that they have curry everyday, every meal start from breakfast to dinner or even supper! Wonder how could their stomach take it? Well, I think just because they already get used to it.

curry chicken served in claypot

One of the famous curry beside Curry Korma is Curry Chicken with Potato, which I am going to share with you today. To make a good curry, we need to use Read more

Green Curry Chicken Recipe(Gaeng Kiew Wan Gai)

famous thai green curry chicken (Gaeng Kiew Wan Gai)

Green Curry Chicken or Gaeng Kiew Wan Gai in Thai, is a famous Thai Cuisine originated from Central Thailand. Green Curry Chicken is loved by most people, especially those who can’t take hot stuff or don’t enjoy “mouth-burning” feeling but want to eat Thai food, because it is not as hot as other Thai dish, in fact it is pretty sweet.

Green Curry Chicken is very much different from other curries, beside not as hot and spicy like others, it also contains a lot more vegetable, like eggplant, green bell pepper, onion, carrot and cauliflower. You will definitely love it if you are a veggie lover! Well, maybe because so many vegetables are added in, therefore it turns to not so hot and spicy, but sweet in taste. (You see, carrot, green bell pepper, eggplant are quite sweet.)

Whether you believe or not, you can make a delicious Thai Green Curry Chicken in less than ½ hour! Read more.

Kuih Koci Recipe

kuih koci with grated coconut paste

Kuih Koci, a steamed glutinous rice flour filled with brown sugar grated coconut or sweet peanut paste, wrapped in banana leaf, the shape is like a pyramid or cone, is a delicious and famous Malay dessert that suitable for breakfast or tea time. Usually, the color of Kuih Koci is either white or green (the color green is obtained from pandan leaf or pandan paste), it is very rare to find in other color. ( except those who are very creative)

wrapped in banana leaf, like a pyramid

Well, today I am going to make the grated coconut Kuih Koci, perhaps I will make the other type later, doesn’t mean the grated coconut type is better than the peanut paste, both are same delicious actually, just that I feel like eating some sweet grated coconut stuff! That’s it, so let’s see what we need to make Kuih Koci! Read more

Tang Yuan(Glutinous Rice Ball)

tang yuan

DongZhi, is one of the important festival for Chinese, like any other festival, there must be a special food to accomplish the happiness and specialty of the day, one good example is, mooncake for mooncake festival! Can you imagine Mooncake festival without mooncake? Ah, it doesn’t seems right! So for DongZhi, the special food is Tang Yuan, or in English is called Glutinous Rice Ball in ginger soup. Tang Yuan itself is not sweet, but the soup is, and usually it is very sweet, well, in fact it is meant to be sweet.

The traditional Tang Yuan is pretty simple, is just made by plain glutinous rice flour and cook in sweet ginger soup. However, Tang Yuan now a days are much much different from the traditional one, some are stuffed with peanut, some with glated coconut, some with red bean… cooked in soy bean soup, in red bean soup, in anchovy soup(salted one)….many many more, you name it! All thanks to the creativity power of human! Ah, things changed, society changed, people changed, so what’s wrong if food changed also? Read more

Wat Tan Hor Recipe

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Wat Tan Hor

It is never difficult to find Wat Tan Hor in Singapore and Malaysia, whether is in restaurant, food court or hawker stall, because it is just simply so popular. It also called Cantonese Style Hor Fen or Gong Fu Chow Hor Fen, slightly fried Hor Fen with thick egg starch gravy, plus some pork meat, vegie, prawn and squid. Its presentation is superb, and with its unique savory smell, is pretty hard for one to resist its temptation.

Although Wat Tan Hor can be found everywhere, but it seems not easy for me to find a good one( maybe I am too picky?!) To be able to meet my own expectation and to minimize the disappointment, I have found a good solution, which is “make my own Wat Tan Hor!” Read more

Kuih Lompang Recipe

Kuih Lompang -yummy Malay dessert

Kuih Lompang, is one type of dessert that similar to the chinese “Bu Zai Kow”, literally means Cup Cake. They are similar because both also made using same method, using cup as the mold and steamed till cooked. But what make Kuih Lompang different from Bu Zai Kow are, Kuih Lompang added in coconut milk and topped with grated coconut while the other don’t.

Coconut again? You may ask.

Yes, since coconut can be found in abundance in Southeast Asia, and it goes really well with sweet stuffs, it is not surprising that coconut is always found in Southeast Asia dessert. In fact, it does make SEA dessert “outstanding” and have it own speciality.

There are two type of Kuih Lompang commonly found in this region, which are: Kuih Lompang Pandan and Kuih Lompang Gula Melaka(Palm Sugar). Obviously, the former is added in Pandan flavour while another used Palm Sugar.

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Drunken Prawn Recipe

healty and delicious Chinese Cuisine

Sometimes, you cannot deny that Chinese food have a pretty humor name, like the dish I am going to share with you today: Drunken Prawn. If you like Chinese Kung Fu, you must have watched or heard this famous Chinese Kung Fu Movie called ”Drunken Master” or Zhui Quan before, is a very famous Hong Kong movie starred by Jakie Chen. Well, don’t get confused, there is no connection between Drunker Master and Drunken Prawn here, the Drunken Master definately not get drunk because he has eaten Drunken Prawn, no no, of course not! I mentioned Drunken Master in my post here just because Drunken Prawn have led my thought to this famous Kung Fu movie, hehe, since both are “Drunk”!

Actually, Drunken Prawn got its name through its making process: put the live prawns into a wine pot, let the prawns swim for a while, so that the alcohol can get into the prawn body and make it drunk, then, cook them! See, this is how Drunken Prawn is made!

Durian Cream Puff Recipe

mouth-watering durian cream puff

Do you like Durian? Well, I must agree that Durian is an “extreme” fruit, is either you superb love it or you superb dislike it, all thank to it “wonderful” smell! Maybe because of the culture in Southeast Asia, or perhaps the influence from the elderly people, most Southeast Asian love Durian, they even called it “King of the Fruits”! Why it got such a great nick name? I guess for those people who love Durian, they will properly say it’s all because of its wonderful taste and irresistible smell; while for those dislike it, maybe they will say it’s because of its “tough” outlook, full of thorn, like a King’s crown….

Since Durian is abundance in this region, many dessert have been created using Durian paste, for example, Durian Ice-cream, Durian cake, Durian Dodo, and even Durian Mooncake (pretty famous now a days). Actually, Durian meat is very creamy and sticky, which is very suitable for making dessert, don’t you think so?

Like most of the Southeast Asian, I am a big fans of Durian too. Especially when Durian is chilled and eaten under the hot sun, it gives a indescribable satisfaction! And now, I want to share with you the recipe of this great dessert: Durian Cream Puff. If you like Durian, you should try to make this at home. You won’t regret! Read more

Claypot Chicken Rice Recipe

Famous Southeast Asia Cuisine

I like to use claypot in my cooking, well, not just me actually, most of the Southeast Asian love to use claypot in their cooking, therefore many “Claypot dishes” can be found in this region. The benefits of using claypot in cooking is mentioned in my previous post : Claypot Tofu Recipe, please read it if you want to know more about the benefits, and if you already read it, thank you!

Beside Claypot Lao Shu Fen, another famous single meal dish that served in claypot is Claypot Chicken Rice, a substantial and delicious meal that loved by Southeast Asian. Well, not like Claypot Lao Shu Fen, where we need to use pan to fry the garlic, meats and other ingredients, Claypot Chicken Rice is prepared in claypot, yes, no pan or wok is used, and no stir fry is needed, just claypot alone. Cannot imagine how? I will share with you step by step on how to make this yummy dish.

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Shrimp Paste Chili Sauce

shrimp paste chili sauce

Let’s talk about Belacan or Terasi first, Belacan or Terasi is one type of toasted shrimp paste that gives a very strong notoriously pungent aroma, it is sold in pale liquid or in solid dark-colored blocks. Belacan or Terasi is widely used in Southeast Asian cooking, actually it is a very important ingredient in SE Asian cooking.

We all know Chili Sauce is hot and a little bit sweet, while Belacan is salty and tangy, so when Chili Sauce mix with Belacan, the result is, a special condiment called Sambal Belacan is created.

To make this well known sauce is not difficult at all, and if you do not have a stone mortal, never mind, you can use blender to pound it, the result is almost the same as using stone mortal.

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Mak Zuk Tong Sui

creamy and smooth chinese dessert

There are so many type of Tong Sui in Southeast Asia, and I have introduced the most famous one in my previous post, Red Bean Soup. Now, let’s make another Tong Sui, how about Mak Zuk Tong Sui? Mak Zuk literally mean Wheat Porridge, it looks like a porridge as it is white, thick and sticky, but it is not salty, of course, it is a Tong Sui (sweet water), how can it be salty?

Coconut milk is used in making this dessert so that it gives a creamy and aromatic taste. Well, since coconut is abundance in this region, it is not surprise that most Tong Sui or dessert in Southeast Asia have coconut milk inside. Actually, coconut milk does enhance the sweetness of the dessert and make it more smoother and creamier, though it is quite fattening, but most desserts are, right?!

Mak Zuk Tong Sui is pretty easy to make, Read more

Crystal Dumpling Recipe