Recipes & Cooking : Malaysian Recipes

Mee Rebus

Mee Rebus

If you read food blogs, I am sure you already know the fabulous food blog PigPig’s Corner authored by the lovely Ann and Jeff, a Malaysian couple based in the United Kingdom. Pig Pig’s Corner covers both recipes and also restaurant reviews; regardless of what they post, I am always drooling over their foods. This week, I started off the…

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Penang Curry Mee

Penang Curry Mee

Recently, I have been craving for Penang hawker food (street food). I haven’t been home to Penang for well over eight months so it’s hard not to miss all the great foods of my hometown. Curry Mee—otherwise known as curry laksa, or laksa—is a noodle dish with a coconut milk curry gravy. (This is not to be confused with Penang…

KL Hokkien Mee

KL Hokkien Mee

Remember I told you that there are many talented Malaysian food bloggers? Today, I would like to introduce you to Citrus and Candy—a fantastic and gorgeous food blog by the very talented Karen Low, who is based in Sydney. Citrus and Candy is choked full of beautiful food photography and her dessert recipes are to-die-for. Anyway, for this guest post,…

Braised Pork Belly in Soy Sauce (Tau Yew Bak)

Braised Pork Belly in Soy Sauce (Tau Yew Bak)

Since my second sister came into town, we have been cooking up a storm. (Previously, we have made pineapple fried rice and salted fish bones curry.) We have also been reminiscing our fond memories of our late parents—sharing the stories of our times with them and those days when we were growing up. Naturally, we talked about the delicious foods…

Cooking with Chef Robert Danhi

Cooking with Chef Robert Danhi

As a home cook without any formal culinary training, I have always intrigued by the thought of cooking side-by-side with a chef, a real chef. As a “Top Chef” and “Iron Chef” TV junkie, I watch with envy when the crew help the chef churning out dishes upon dishes of seriously good eats, despite the frantic pace and sometimes chaotic…

Char Kuey Teow (炒粿條/Penang Fried Flat Noodles)

Char Kuey Teow (炒粿條/Penang Fried Flat Noodles)

When it comes to Penang hawker food/street food, there are a few dishes that are chart-toppers: Penang Assam Laksa, Hokkien Prawn Noodles, and Char Kuey Teow. It’s hard to decide which one is the most popular, but if you go to Penang, you won’t—and don’t want to—miss these three stellar hawker food. Char Kuey Teow is basically flat rice noodles…

Curry Clams Recipe

Curry Clams Recipe

Whenever I go back to Penang, I would never miss out ordering this dish at the “Ikan Panggang” (grilled fish) hawker stall. Even though ikan, a Malay word that literally means fish, you can find all sorts of grilled seafood. One of my favorite this this curry clams, which is basically clams seasoned with some curry powder and seasonings, and…

Sambal Telur Recipe (Egg Sambal)

Sambal Telur Recipe (Egg Sambal)

Sambal—precisely cooked sambal—is a notably versatile and robust component in traditional Malaysian cooking. It’s the building block of many scrumptious and colorful Malay and Nyonya dishes and marries well with wide array of ingredients: seafood, tofu, eggs, and vegetables. Once you master the skill of making a great sambal, you can prepare numerous variations of lusciously addictive sambal-laden dishes, for…

Nasi Goreng Recipe (Indonesian Fried Rice)

Nasi Goreng Recipe (Indonesian Fried Rice)

Nasi goreng or Indonesian fried rice is one of the most requested recipes on Rasa Malaysia. I have received many emails from readers requesting for a nasi goreng recipe. For those who are anxiously awaiting a nasi goreng post, wait no more as I have gotten just the perfect nasi goreng recipe for you. Adapted from James Oseland’s Cradle of…

Calamansi

Calamansi

Look what I found today? Calamansi. Or Calamondin, or sometimes spelled as kalamansi. I didn’t find the tree, because calamansi or calamondin trees are everywhere here in SoCal and can be bought at Home Depot and many Asian grocery stores. I don’t have the patience nor do I have a green thumb to grow my own calamansi tree. I found…

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