Rasa Malaysia » Chinese Recipes

Yam Rice (芋头饭)

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:14:17 +0000

Yam or taro is a root vegetable that I love to eat. There are quite many ways to make yam (taro)—sweet as in Bubur Cha Cha, sweet yam paste (or nee), or savory as in Yam Rice. My late parents loved Yam Rice and I am glad that I’d acquired the liking for this dish. In my family, we almost never...

Stir-Fried Brussels Sprouts and Pork in Black Bean Sauce

Rasa Malaysia — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:19:34 +0000

I admire people who can write beautifully, especially about food, and that’s one of the reasons why I admire Carolyn Jung, A.K.A. Food Gal, a food and wine writer extraordinaire. Food Gal is an award-winning food blog about recipes, restaurants, celeb chefs, and everything food and wine related. I love great food writing and that’s why I am often glued...

Stir-Fry Pine Nuts with Corn and Peas (金玉满堂)

Rasa Malaysia — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:35:34 +0000

This is the last of my Chinese/Lunar New Year series. To end it on a healthy note, I have invited my good friend Tigerfish at Teczcape to share a vegetarian dish—stir-fried pine nuts with corn and peas, 金玉满堂, or literally means “full of gold and jade.” Tigerfish is one of the very first friends I made through blogging and we...

Szechuan/Sichuan Roasted Chicken

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:05:02 +0000

I can’t believe it’s only four days before Chinese (Lunar) New Year. I can totally feel the festivities at the Asian stores here, a lot of red decorations. Today, my guest writer is Elaine of Kitchen Experiments, a food blogger and also a proud online entrepreneur at I Heart Vanilla. Elaine is a fellow Malaysian and spent a lot of...

Broccoli and Scallops

Rasa Malaysia — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:38:23 +0000

Please welcome Wiffy of Noob Cook to Rasa Malaysia today. She is sharing with us a Chinese New Year recipe called 花开富贵, or stir-fried broccoli and scallops, which means richness and abundance. Noob Cook is a great Singaporean food blog with many delicious home-cooked recipes, I have to say that Wiffy is certainly no noob in the kitchen as she...

Crab Noodles

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:53:39 +0000

Noodles are commonly served at Chinese New Year dinner, after all, Chinese live on rice and noodles. If not steamed rice, there is always a noodle dish to go with all the fabulous dishes prepared for Chinese New Year. In Malaysia, whenever my family celebrates Chinese festivities, we would always make a big serving of noodle dish—either egg noodles or...

Soy Sauce Chicken (豉油鸡)

Rasa Malaysia — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:59:07 +0000

My Chinese New Year recipes continues today with everyone’s favorite Cantonese Soy Sauce Chicken (豉油鸡)—a staple chicken dish commonly found at Chinatown BBQ joints here in the United States and around the world—dark and glossy whole chicken dunked in a soy sauce mix with meat so tender, silky, and juicy that they are one of the must-have’s for Cantonese-style BBQ rice...

Sweet and Sour Fried Tofu

Rasa Malaysia — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:11:54 +0000

To celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, I will be sharing a series of Chinese recipes with you on Rasa Malaysia, and it started with my ginger and scallion fish recipe a few days ago. Today, I have Christine of Christine’s Recipes here with her “Rainbow Fried Tofu” dish—or sweet and sour fried tofu. Christine’s Recipes offer a great selection...

Ginger and Scallion Fish (姜葱鱼片)

Rasa Malaysia — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:15:20 +0000

Chinese (Lunar) New Year falls on February 14 this year. In less than three weeks time, Chinese all over the would will be ushering in the year of Tiger. According to Chinese zodiac, this is the year of Golden Tiger, which signifies a prosper, courageous, and fearless year. I am personally looking forward to the year of Tiger and pray...

Taiwanese-style Clams (台式炒蛤蜊)

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:33:19 +0000

I haven’t been traveling for a while, well, not since my trips to China and Malaysia last June and Hawaii in last August. I miss traveling a lot, mostly, I miss eating local foods and exploring local cooking styles. It’s amazing to me that even with the same ingredients, different places have their own signature ways of preparing the ingredients. Even...