Instant Pot Braised Beef and Ginger Wine

This simple and aromatic instant pot Braised Beef and Ginger Wine dish is of my home cooking Chinese braising dishes. Besides, the popular home confinement dish called Chicken and Ginger Wine has inspired this dish. Similarly, braising ingredients include meat, light and dark soy sauce, rock sugar, five spice powder, …

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Instant Pot Cantonese Braised Beef

Instant Pot Cantonese Braised Beef

Cantonese Braised Beef like its name suggests, originated from Guangdong province of Southern China. Overall, the main ingredients used for this popular Cantonese Braised Beef are beef brisket and daikon. Then slow cooked in a flavourful sauce. Besides, Chinese chefs will make the fragrant sauce with garlic, ginger, chu hou …

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Mongolian Beef with Zucchini

Mongolian Beef with Zucchini Gluten Free

Many people consider Mongolian Beef as the most popular Chinese restaurant take out dish in Australia and the United States. Chef traditionally prepare Mongolian beef using beef slices. Stir-fried with spring onion (scallions), ginger and garlic, in a savoury and pungent brown sauce. They make the sauce with soy sauce, …

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Mango Mochi

Mango Mochi Vegan Gluten Free

Mango Mochi dessert is a well-liked traditional Japanese rice cake. They make mochi with glutinous rice (also called sticky rice or sweet rice). And they fill this mango mochi dessert with fresh mango pieces. Most commonly, they mold mochi into shapes either rectangles or circles. Moreover, they usually eat mochi …

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Cantonese Salt and Pepper Chicken

Salt and pepper dish is a signature dish of Cantonese cuisine, also known as Guangdong cuisine and commonly named as Yue cuisine throughout China. As its name suggest, it originated from Guangdong, the Southern region of China. Cantonese cuisine is well known for its novel and delicate flavour, as well …

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Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou)

Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou) Gluten Free

In China, they make Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou) as plain steamed buns with no fillings. Traditionally, they consume mantou in Northern China as a staple food. In contrast to rice as a staple food in Southern China. They normally eat these buns plain or commonly serve it as a side …

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Baked Pumpkin Buns with Cinnamon Pumpkin Filling

Chinese buns (baozi or mantou) typically are small bread or bread roll that can be either sweet or savoury and most common methods of cooking these buns are steamed, baked or even deep fried. The resulting bread dough is usually light and fluffy. There are myriad types of buns with …

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Pumpkin and Coconut Layered Cake (Kuih Talam)

Kuih talam is another well-liked Nyonya or Peranakan cake in Southeast Asia. Peranakan cuisine is the fusion of Chinese and Malay cuisines due to intermarriages between the Chinese and Malay population. Nonya or Peranakan cuisines are reknown for their colourful, flavourful and delicious kuihs. These kuihs are usually made from …

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Vegan Curry Puffs (Karipap)

Vegan Curry Puffs (Karipap) Gluten Free

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 …

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Lychee Sorbet

Sorbet is a very popular icy dessert created from mixing water and sugar, classically made with flavouring like fruit juice or fruit puree added. With the popularity of raw and healthy desserts emerging, fresh fruits are often used and refined sugar are excluded. Instead honey, agave syrup or maple syrup …

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