Rasa Malaysia: Easy Asian Recipes

Otak-Otak

Spicy Fish Custard

Kuih Kosui

My favorite Nyonya sweetcake

Bunga Kantan

Torch Ginger Bud

Fried Spring Rolls Recipe

November 13, 2006

(Chinese recipes, prepare authentic Chinese food now!)
On weekends when I have all the sweet time in the world, I like puttering around the kitchen–flipping through my cookbooks, digging out ingredients–you know productive activities. Never mind the plants need pruning, the house needs cleaning. Then I’ll finally get around to cooking up something pleasant and satisfying–such [...]

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Guess What?

November 11, 2006

I would like to ask you a riddle; I received some fruit from a friend here in California but I couldn’t tell immediately what they were (I haven’t had these for the longest time!). I finally figured out after I cut them up and tasted them.
Do send me your answer(s) by posting in the “Comments” [...]

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Butter Cookies Recipe

November 9, 2006

As my previous post stated, recently I am hooked on flour-loaded foods; last night, my craving for Carbohydrates hit me once again and the end results were these butter cookies with sliced almonds.
Yum.
Now I have to make a little confession–I have never made cookies before–so I make no pretense to be a patissier (I didn’t [...]

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Breakfast Pancakes Recipe

November 9, 2006

Lately, I am really into Carbohydrates: breads, cakes, beans, pastas, noodles, and then more flour-loaded stuff. I blame it on the weather as the temperatures drop lower, the days get shorter, and the mornings get colder.
On a chilly morning, nothing beats some warm, fluffy, and soft home-made pancakes. Pancakes are very easy to make and [...]

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Stir-fried Bean Curd with Leeks Recipe

November 4, 2006

Some of the greatest dishes call for really simple ingredients, such as this Hokkien delicacy “Stir-fried Bean Curd with Leeks.” While I love fancy Chinese food that entails scarce and expensive ingredients such as abalone, scallops, sea cucumber, and live seafood, sometimes I like my food very plain, simple, yet nostalgic.
This Hokkien dish is my [...]

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Masala Turmeric Squid with Coconut Cream Recipe

November 2, 2006

(S has since started a food blog; for other original recipes from her, head over to Melting Wok now!)
Since my last post about Potluck Party, Malaysian Style, I have had no less than five inquires about this slurpylicious and jilatable dish (yes, I almost terjilat aka “licked” my plate dry when I first tried them [...]

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Potluck Party, Malaysian Style

October 31, 2006

Last weekend, I hosted a DeepaRaya potluck party celebrating the two festive occasions of Deepavali (Hindus’ festival of lights) and Hari Raya (Muslims’ Aidilfitri); as promised, here are the droolicious foods we had.
Sotong Kunyit prepared by S. These tumeric squid with sambal paste and kaffir lime leaves were cooked in light coconut cream sauce. Five [...]

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Nyonya Kuih Pie Tee Recipe (Top Hats)

October 29, 2006

Great things do come in small packages–such is true when it comes to Nyonya Kuih Pie Tee. Alluringly gorgeous in presentation and rank high in the taste and flavor department, Nyonya Kuih Pai Tee are virtuous snacks that showcase clean flavors and brilliant combination of fresh ingredients–it’s undeniably one of the most inventive and vividly [...]

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