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Bean Sprouts with Tofu Puff

Rasa Malaysia — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:38:29 +0000

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has had a fun and festive celebration and I wish you all a great 2010. Following my Teochew porridge post on preserved turnip eggs (菜圃蛋), I would like to share with you yet another simple dish that goes well with porridge—bean sprouts with tofu puff. My father loved bean sprouts with bean curd (tofu) but...

Pineapple Fried Rice

Rasa Malaysia — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:08:07 +0000

Chinese invented fried rice but I think it’s the genius of the Thais that make fried rice sinfully delicious—they concocted pineapple fried rice. With the addition of fresh pineapple, flavored with shrimp paste, fish sauce, and comes in a hollowed out pineapple, pineapple fried rice is the only fried rice I really wanted to eat. Not only does it look...

Fried Eggs with Preserved Turnip (菜圃蛋)

Rasa Malaysia — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:19:31 +0000

Teochew Porridge Series (潮州粥): Preserved Turnip with Eggs (菜圃蛋) It’s hard to believe but this time of year, it does get rather cold even here in sunny Southern California. When it’s chilly, I love foods that keep me warm—hot pots, soups, or clay pot dishes. I need the extra warmth to get me through the winter blues…I am a tropical island...

Beech Mushrooms Recipe

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:25 +0000

In my Asian market, there are always abundant choices when it comes to mushrooms—shiitake, enoki, button, portobello, buna shimeji, chicken drumstick/king oyster mushrooms, etc. I love mushrooms as they are one of the healthiest foods to eat, plus they are low in calories and are often organically grown. This week, both white and brown beech mushrooms (buna shimeji mushrooms) are on...

Mushroom Chicken (蘑菇鸡)

Rasa Malaysia — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:31:09 +0000

As much as I love cooking, I don’t—and can’t—cook every day. If you are a home cook, I am sure you understand what I mean. Some days, you wake up, open the refrigerator, look at the ingredients you have, and your mind just goes blank. You either feel like you run out of cooking ideas, don’t know what to...

Pad Thai Recipe from The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook

Rasa Malaysia — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:47 +0000

Two years ago, about this time, Jaden was in Los Angeles. It was the second time we met in person, and she had just gotten an offer to write a cookbook from Tuttle Publishing. She was teaching a cooking class in LA and I was there to help (and also to learn from her about teaching a cooking class!). We...

Garlic Shrimp

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:44:26 +0000

Inspired by my recent trip to Hawaii, I made garlic shrimp today. It’s not quite the shrimp scampi I had, but it’s a close cousin done in Chinese style and without too much grease. Garlic and shrimp are two of my favorite ingredients and I love pairing them together whenever I feel like having a shrimp dish. Most people in the...

Seared Scallops Recipe

Rasa Malaysia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:37:24 +0000

Easy seared scallops recipe with a cream sauce infused with Tahitian vanilla and whiskey. Simple, delicious, and almost restaurant-worthy. The recipe is adapted from I Heart Vanilla, who kindly posted me the fabulous Tahitian vanilla beans. I never thought that vanilla pairs so well with savory dishes; seared scallops with vanilla, is a perfect marriage of flavors in heaven… Judge it yourself...

Yakisoba (Japanese Fried Noodles/焼きそば)

Rasa Malaysia — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:11:55 +0000

When I was in Oahu, other than stuffing my face with malassadas (malasadas), sampling local Hawaiian cuisine, and feasting on shrimp, I ate Japanese food almost every day. Oahu is a real gem for Japanese food, thanks to the many Japanese tourists and also locals who are obsessed with Japanese cuisine. There are countless authentic Japanese restaurants dotting Waikiki Beach: ramen...

Thai Curry

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:36:35 +0000

Thai curry is gaining popularity thanks to the many great Thai restaurants in the United States. Making a great bowl of Thai curry to go with soft and fluffy jasmine rice is easier than you think, even though you might not be familiar with Thai ingredients. I love all sorts of curry but I find Thai curry one of the easiest...