Grilled Curry Chicken Thighs

These easy, aromatic, spicy and sticky grilled curry chicken thighs are made with Malaysian curry powder that is full of nutritional values. Curry powder is a mixture of an assortment of spices, typically the mixture can include chilli pepper, coriander, cumin, fenugreek and turmeric. Depending on the recipe and the …

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Chinese Cashew Nut Cookies

Cashew nuts cookies are yet another favourite Chinese New Year cookies that are extremely popular in Malaysia and Singapore. They are normally given as gifts and/or served at home to family and friends during their Chinese New Year visits. There are many variations of this popular cookies depending on the …

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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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Braised Beef with Shiitake Mushrooms and Black Fungus

Chinese braises (similar to stews or casseroles) is a very popular way of cooking in Southern Chinese cuisines, namely Cantonese and Fujian. This method of cooking is also well-liked all over China. Chinese braising, also referred to as red cooking, normally involves slow cooking main ingredients like meat, seafood, tofu, …

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Chinese Peanuts Cookies

Peanuts cookies are one of the many Chinese New Year cookies and they are no doubt the most popular and traditional cookies. They are also easy to make, temptingly delicious and melt in your mouth. With Chinese New Year just less than one month away, these cookies will be one …

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Gua Bao with 5 Spice Pulled Beef (Steamed Sandwich Buns)

Gua Bao (literally means “cut bun”), also called sandwich bun or foldover bun, is a typical Taiwanese street food that originated from Fujian in Southeastern China. It is also commonly called Taiwanese hamburger or “tiger bites pig” in Taiwan as the bun resembles the mouth of a tiger. Traditionally, the …

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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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Coconut Water and Mixed Berries Jelly

Agar-Agar Jelly always reminds me of many fond childhood memories of consuming different types of homemade Jelly with lots of different fresh fruits and flavours. There are also many store bought jellies with different colours and flavourings that really have great appeal to young children. Some of my favourites jelly …

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Baked Osmanthus and Oolong Tea Doughnuts

There are endless types of doughnuts in all types of international cuisines worldwide. For Chinese doughnuts, the most popular types of doughnuts are: sweet egg-shaped doughnuts in Cantonese cuisine that are deep-fried and then rolled in granulated sugar or powdered sugar while still warm from cooking. This type of Chinese …

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Fried Five Spice Chicken with Special Chilli Sauce

Fried chicken has many worldwide variations in different countries and in all types of cuisines with endless twists to the recipes to cater to local tastebuds. For Chinese cuisines, the most popular will be crispy skin chicken and salt and pepper chicken that originated from Southern China, specifically considered as …

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