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Tamarind Prawn (Assam Prawn)

Rasa Malaysia — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:57:49 +0000

Tamarind prawn or assam prawn is a Malaysian-Nyonya recipe, one that I grew up eating as my late mother made a killer dish of assam prawn, or “assam heh/亚参虾” (in Hokkien dialect). While most Nyonya recipes call for long list of ingredients and tedious preparations, tamarind prawn (assam prawn) is surprisingly easy to make and takes only a few ingredients: tamarind,...

Chicken Curry with Potatoes

Rasa Malaysia — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:21:00 +0000

There are many variations of chicken curry in Malaysia: Indian, Chinese, Nyonya, Malay, but chicken curry with potatoes is possibly the most common chicken curry in Malaysia. Everywhere you go where curries are served, you will probably find this type of chicken curry. For the Nyonyas in Penang, chicken curry is especially popular and often served with nasi kunyit (coconut milk...

Sweet and Sour Fish Recipe

Rasa Malaysia — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:10:00 +0000

(Chinese recipes, prepare authentic Chinese food now!) Please meet Piggy at Piggy’s Cooking Journal–a beautiful food blog that I absolutely adore and constantly drool over. A fellow Malaysian–from my hometown Penang–Piggy cooks, bakes, and writes about Asian food and other good eats. Please welcome her as a guest writer on Rasa Malaysia with the following serving of sweet and sour fish....

Chicken Curry Recipe

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:08:00 +0000

Chicken curry has always been my favorite, but I hardly make chicken curry from scratch. But this past weekend, I felt motivated and wanted to make chicken curry properly, without cheating with instant curry paste. And so I did. There are many different varieties of chicken curry available in Malaysia: Indian, Muslim-Indian (Mamak), Chinese, Malay, and Nyonya. There are many chicken...

Nyonya Kuih Pie Tee Recipe and Step-by-Step Guide

Rasa Malaysia — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:49:00 +0000

Here is the Nyonya kuih pie tee step-by-step cooking guide: Making Nyonya Kuih Pie Tee is a two-step process: 1) the making of the cases/shells, and 2) the preparation of the filling and toppings… Now, please click on my step-by-step picture guide to making Nyonya Kuih Pie Tee below. I wanted to warn you that the cooking process is long (read: it will take...

Penang Assam Laksa Recipe (Nyonya Hot and Sour Noodles in Fish Soup)

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:16:00 +0000

Before I start writing this post, I have a confession to make. I have an Asian (Chinese/Malaysian) mouth. In my gastronomic dictionary, it simply means that I can’t live without rice and noodles, soy sauce, sambal belacan, spicy and pungent food–the foods of my Chinese-Malaysian root. Just this past week, I had a massive Asian mouth attack. Granted, I savored some...

Balitong Curry (Gulai Balitong)

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:39:00 +0000

As a big fan of shellfish, there is a ritual that I always practice whenever I go home to Penang–scouting for the scarce shellfish species and had a fix or two (or three) of them. They are the kind of shellfish that I constantly crave in the United States, but could never make them here because they are simply unavailable...

Belacan Yam Leaf (Sweet Potato Leaf) Recipe

Rasa Malaysia — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:17:00 +0000

I do eat vegetables and other foods. I really do. I just don’t post them that much on this blog (which I intend to change soon) because seafood dishes are a lot more photogenic than, say, tofu, beans, turnip, chicken with skin and bones. I am partial to seafood, but I also love my greens, poultry/pork, eggs, soy products, and...

Stir-fried Pork with Cincaluk Recipe (Heh Ya Kay Char Bak)

Rasa Malaysia — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:34:00 +0000

A few months ago, I introduced cincaluk (preserved shrimp) to the world my readers with a special Nyonya dish “steamed eggs with cincaluk.” Today, I am giving you the second installment of this unique ingredient with stir-fried pork with cincaluk. Known in Hokkien dialect as Heh Ya Kay Char Bak, this Nyonya creation graced my family’s dining table very...

Malaysian Sweet and Sour Eggs Recipe (Eggs Masak Branda/Belanda)

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:22:00 +0000

After my brief but intense love affair with Japanese food, I am ready to get back to my culinary root. I miss my savory, fiery, rich, sweet, sour, salty, and pungent Malaysian food. As much as I love other cuisines and am constantly infatuated with various exotic dishes from other countries, I am not about to ditch the color and...