Coconut jam, also called kaya or srikaya is a spread for food like bread, biscuits and crackers. The main ingredients are usually coconut milk, sugar or palm sugar, eggs and pandan (screwpine) leaves. Kaya means rich in Malay language, it is sweet and has a curd like rich creamy texture …
This Vegan Curry Puffs or often called karipap by the Malays. In fact, they made these stuffed pastry into semi-circular shape. Moreover, we can fill them with a wide varieties of fillings. Likewise, it is one of the most popular snack in South East Asia, namely Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand …
Bubur Cha Cha or Bo Bo Cha Cha is a very popular sweet Peranakan Nonya dessert in South East Asia. Peranakan are the descendants from intermarriages between the early Chinese immigrants and the local Malay women in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Peranakan cuisine or Nonya cuisine is the fusion of …
Dahlia butter cookies, also called dahlia biscuits or biskuit semperit in Malay language are delightful “melt in the mouth” cookies that are not only very easy to make but look pretty and appealing as they are shaped like Dahlia flowers. Other names commonly used are piping biscuits, cherry biscuits or …
Fried Fish with sambal or sambal ikan is a very popular Malay dish in Malaysia. There are many variations of sambal sauce, with a range of hot chilli pepper used as primary ingredients and other secondary ingredients including spices, garlic, ginger, shallot, onion, spring onion (scallion), sugar, lime juice, lemon …
Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical and subtropical plant with numerous palatable fruitlets called coalesced berries, each fruitlet is the eye of the pineapple. It belongs to the Bromeliaceae family. Pineapples can be eaten fresh, cooked, juiced, preserved or as jam spread. Pineapples can also be eaten as a snack …
These custard butter cookies are an old fashioned favourite for festive seasons like Chinese New Year and Hari Raya in Malaysia. Daisy shaped cookies are one of the most customary cookies served up in the 1970s and 1980s during the festive seasons. The commercially available gluten version of these cookies …
Prawns and pineapple curry is another very popular Nonya (Peranakan) cuisine, fusion of Chinese and Malay cuisines. Peranakan are people whose ancestors were the initial Chinese migrants who inhabited in the states of Penang and Melaka in Malaysia and Singapore. Intermarriages between these Chinese migrants and local Malays created Nonya …
This is my own gluten free take on the fragrant turmeric rice or often referred to as yellow rice using basmati rice. I tend to use basmati rice on a daily basis as it is healthier due to its low glycaemic index (GI). The adding of spices like turmeric and …
Sago or sago pearls is commonly known as tapioca pearls and are made from tapioca or cassava roots. They are normally white in colour and opaque and become translucent when steamed or boiled. Both terms of Sago and Tapioca pearls are often used interchangeably in Southeast Asia. Small pearls are …
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