Recipes & Cooking : Coconut Milk

Southeast Asian Chicken Wings

Southeast Asian Chicken Wings

It’s May! The temperature is definitely rising and the sun has been coming out to play. In Irvine, we have been getting really warm days. Today, the highest temperature is in the low 90′s, and in the past few days, the mouthwatering smell of barbeque has been wafting in the air around my neighborhood. It’s never too early to break…

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Coconut Lime Noodle Soup

Coconut Lime Noodle Soup

Even though Southern California enjoys warmth and eternal sunshine most of the year, it’s beginning to get colder, especially in the mornings and nights. In colder days, I love preparing myself a piping hot noodle soup or rice dishes. The warmth from cooking in the kitchen and the noodles or rice never fail to warm me up. One of the…

Beef Curry with Pumpkin

Beef Curry with Pumpkin

This is the season of pumpkins. Everywhere you turn to, you see pumpkins as everyone is gearing up for Halloween in a few days. I love pumpkins, I use it to make pumpkin noodles, which is rather delicious. I also use it to make the best mashed potatoes (try adding a little pumpkin or kabocha to your mashed potatoes and…

Cassava Cake with Shredded Coconut

Cassava Cake with Shredded Coconut

Once in a while, I have sudden cravings for kuih, or Malaysian sweet cake, which is a delicacy found in Malaysia. I usually crave for onde-onde and kuih bingka ubi (cassava cake). However, making kuih is laborious and takes a long time, and I have no patience to make these two cakes to fix my cravings, so I usually combine…

Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Spicy Tomato Sauce)

Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Spicy Tomato Sauce)

Tomorrow is Hari Raya or Eid, the biggest Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, or the Islamic holy month of fasting. As a Malaysian, we celebrate all festivities (regardless of our race and ethnicity) with food, food, and more food, and that’s why I invited one of my favorite Malaysian food bloggers Lisa at My Lemony Kitchen to…

Grilled Coconut Chicken with Lemon Basil (Ayam Panggang Sulawesi)

Grilled Coconut Chicken with Lemon Basil (Ayam Panggang Sulawesi)

When it comes to cooking (and eating), I am all about embracing global flavors. Today, I wanted to introduce you to One Tribe Gourmet, a gorgeous new food blog dedicated to global cuisine. Sara, the author, is very talented and One Tribe Gourmet is loaded with her culinary creations from all over the world. All the dishes Sara made are…

Nasi Lemak (Malaysian Coconut Milk Rice)

Nasi Lemak (Malaysian Coconut Milk Rice)

My breakfast this morning–Nasi Lemak or Malaysian Coconut Milk Rice. Nasi Lemak is the de-facto national dish of Malaysia. Nasi Lemak is usually served in the morning as breakfast. The toppings include anchovies sambal, hard-boiled eggs, fried fish and shrimp. Other common toppings include roasted peanuts and cucumber slices. This pack of banana leaf-wrapped Nasi Lemak is fiery and very…