Nasi Lemak is a rich and creamy rice cooked in coconut milk. Traditionally it is accompanied with sambal tumis (sauteed sambal), ikan bilis and peanuts, cucumbers and a hard boiled-egg. I can say that Nasi Lemak is our national dish. It is a versatile dish, can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner and for the…
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Sambal Tumis (Sauteed Sambal)
Here is a recipe that is a basic building block to many Malaysian dishes – the sambal tumis. It literally means Sauteed Sambal, sambal being a chilli paste/sauce and you can find the basic sambal paste recipe here. For sambal tumis though, I add a bit of garlic and shallots (or red onions) in the…
Gemista (Stuffed Vegetables)
Gemista is a great dish to have during the summer, the tomatoes and peppers are excellent during this season. This is one of the first few Greek dishes that I mastered cooking – it isn’t as time-consuming as moussaka, and when I do make it, I make a lot so that it will last us…
Easy Lassi
Fruit Lassi (like the Mango one) is very tasty. But in Malaysia, what I usually go for is the Savoury Lassi. It is flavoured with cumin, and it is one of my favourites when I go and have Indian food. It goes really well when you are eating curries and biryanis. I have also tried…
Asian Beef and Noodle Salad
Its summer time now in Greece, and the weather can get extremely hot. But there are times I miss the stir-fried noodles like Mee Mamak, which I would squeeze lime juice all over and mix while its hot. Or Pad Thai, and my Achilles heel of all stir-fries, Char Kuey Teow. It’s too hot (and…
Momofuku-inspired Sauce
David Chang is a genius. I have tried quite a few of his recipes from his Momofuku cookbook and they were heavenly. The technique of how to slowly poach eggs is one that I will always use, and his ginger and scallion sauce is the ‘mother sauce’ as he calls it. One of my dreams…
Rendang Ayam Pah (Pah’s Chicken Rendang)
It was Raya earlier this month, and as usual, with Raya comes ‘all the food from home that I miss’. Chicken Rendang is chicken simmered in coconut milk with spices. It takes a long time to cook, but oh my its worth the wait. It smells heavenly and the coconut, lemongrass and ginger infused chicken…
Simple Sambal Chilli Paste
This is simple, really. A simple sambal paste that you will use for cooking. It’s simple (if you use the food processor), but I am a big fan of pounding the chillies in the lesung (pestle and mortar). It’s quite cathartic, and you get an amazing red paste of . I usually add more ingredients…
Cucur Ikan Bilis (Fishy Fritters)
Cucur, which means fritters in Malay, is one of those ‘easy to make with essential store cupboard staples’ snacks that I always make, with variations. Add small prawns to the basic batter and it becomes cucur udang, add ikan bilis and it becomes cucur ikan bilis, or with extra onions/shallots and spring onions (vegetarian option!)…
Mango ‘Lassi’ Drink
Ah Mango Lassi. Such a refreshing drink, and you can make even the saddest looking mango out there (which is quite often than not) into something extremely delicious. Most (if not ALL) of the mangoes in the market here in Greece are from South America. Not to say that they are sub-par mangoes….but the mangoes…
Easy Iced Tea
This is actually a request from my friend Eleni. We were at Starbucks the other day and contemplated about iced tea and how GREAT it is on a hot summer’s day (which happens everyday from June til September here in Greece). I don’t use sugar in any of my drinks, but please add accordingly to…
Sugo alla Puttanesca
The Puttanesca pasta sauce is a tasty mix of tangy, salty and spicy hot flavours. Puttanesca literally means ‘whore’ and Sugo alla Puttanesca means ‘Whore’s style Sauce’. Although the origin of the name may not be as ‘sinful’ as you think. From Wikipedia: According to Annarita Cuomo, writer for Il Golfo, a daily newspaper serving the…
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