Recipes & Cooking : Mushrooms

Pork and Shiitake Gyoza

Pork and Shiitake Gyoza

Gyoza or Japanese potsticker is a crowd pleaser. These pan-fried dumplings are very versatile as you can use different ingredients as the filling. The filling ranges from ground pork, chicken, beef, shrimp, fish, seafood, or a combination of the different proteins. Vegetable such as shredded napa cabbage or regular cabbage is often added to enhance the flavor. Even though gyoza…

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Bell Pepper Chicken

Bell Pepper Chicken

There are three main elements to Chinese cooking: color, aroma, and taste, or in Chinese 色香味. Color is very important as food is supposed to appeal visually to the eyes, and hence stimulates one’s appetite. When I was making this bell pepper chicken, I made sure that I incorporated the element of color into this dish, and used both green…

Sukiyaki Donburi

Sukiyaki Donburi

Other than bentos, rice bowls are very popular in Japan. Japanese fast food chains such as Yoshinoya and many curry house restaurants offer simple and delicious rice bowls such as beef bowl, curry rice bowls, chicken and egg rice bowls, etc. Known as donburi in Japanese, these rice bowls are very popular especially for the working professionals. As I mentioned…

Steamed Fish with Ponzu

Steamed Fish with Ponzu

Lunar New Yearis lurking around the corner and 10 days away. (Lunar New Year or the year of Dragon falls on January 23 this year.) Our family will be celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year and I’m sure many of my readers will be observing the festivities. Chinese Lunar New Year is all about non-stop eating. Throw in fire crackers, lion…

Clay Pot Chicken with Mushroom (冬菇滑鸡煲)

Clay Pot Chicken with Mushroom (冬菇滑鸡煲)

Recently, my friend told me that I should be sharing more everyday recipes on Rasa Malaysia—meaning homey recipes that can be served on a constant basis. Truth be told, I cook and eat mostly everyday dishes at home. I mean, blog aside, most of the recipes I make are humble, everyday dishes that you will want to eat over and…

Mushroom Tikka Masala

Mushroom Tikka Masala

I have many readers who are vegans or vegetarians, and they would always request me to post more vegetarian dishes. So, today, we have Sala of Veggie Belly sharing this mushroom tikka masala recipe with us. Mushroom tikka masala is one of my favorite dishes when I have Indian buffet. The combination of fresh mushrooms and the treasure trove of…

Steamed Chicken in Lotus Leaf

Steamed Chicken in Lotus Leaf

I have always loved sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf (荷叶饭), commonly available at Cantonese dim sum restaurants. I love the earthy aroma lotus leaves impart to the dish, and most of all, I love it that the leaves retain the moisture and natural flavors of the ingredients. The leafy nuance and fragrance complement and not compete with the preparation….

Beech Mushrooms Recipe

Beech Mushrooms Recipe

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…

Mushroom Chicken (蘑菇鸡)

Mushroom Chicken (蘑菇鸡)

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 cook,…

Nabe (Yosenabe/Japanese Hot Pot)

Nabe (Yosenabe/Japanese Hot Pot)

Fall is in the air, even here in Southern California. Days are getting shorter and cooler. These past few days, the sky has been dull and wintry and this morning, it rained. I start craving foods that keep me warm—soups, hearty stews, and hot pots. To me, nothing tastes quite as invigorating and uplifting than a meal of simmering hot…

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