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Taro Swirl Bread

Taro Swirl Bread

Today, I am sharing a recipe to make taro swirl bread. I use taro paste from my previous taro paste recipe, so if you want to make this bread, please refer to …

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Purple Sweet Potato Rose Steamed Buns

Purple Sweet Potato Rose Steamed Buns

Purple rose shaped Chinese steamed buns (mantou) recipe, with a step-by-step guide on how to create the purple dough and shape the buns.

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Almond Tofu

Almond Tofu

An easy recipe for Chinese almond tofu, a great dessert that is gluten-free and vegan friendly.

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Codonopsis & Red Dates Pork Ribs

Codonopsis & Red Dates Pork Ribs

Codonopsis (dang shen) and red dates (hong zao) are two of the more commonly used Chinese herbs. Codonopsis is said to help increase appetite and immune system, …

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Char Siew Bao - Pork Roast Steamed Buns

Char Siew Bao - Pork Roast Steamed Buns

One of Asian grocery stores that I frequent is Marina, and they always give out food coupon for your purchase, which can be used in exchange for take out items …

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Steamed Chinese Herbal Chicken

Steamed Chinese Herbal Chicken

Chinese herbs are most commonly prepared as soup, but they can be made into healthy, easy, and delicious dish by steaming.

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Butternut Nikuman

Butternut Nikuman

Asian steam buns with ground pork/meat filling come with many names. It is called rou bao (肉包) in Chinese, nikuman (肉まん) in Japanese, and in Indonesia where I …

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Steamed Chicken with Salted Soy Beans

Steamed Chicken with Salted Soy Beans

Steaming chicken or fish with a simple salted soy beans sauce (Indonesian: tauco) is a healthy way to prepare a quick dish for lunch or dinner. Salted soy beans …

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Chongqing (Chunking) Chicken

Chongqing (Chunking) Chicken

Most Chinese food lovers are probably aware that Sichuan cuisine is well known for its spicy dishes, but Chongqing (Chunking) has many famous spicy dishes as …

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Steamed Chicken with Shiitake, Wood Ear, and Lily Flowers

Steamed Chicken with Shiitake, Wood Ear, and Lily Flowers

Perusing through the dried Chinese ingredients in my local Asian groceries can be a fun time. It is messy and the organization is not always perfect, sometimes …

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Sekba Babi - Peranakan Pork Stew

Sekba Babi - Peranakan Pork Stew

Sekba babi is a very famous Indonesian-Chinese peranakan dish. A peranakan dish typically means that the dish that has been adapted over time and has evolved …

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Lapis Legit - Thousand Layers Cake

Lapis Legit - Thousand Layers Cake

Lapis legit/spekkoek/Indonesian thousand layers cake is a must for special celebrations such as Chinese New Year, Christmas, or Eid. Traditional recipes use 40 egg yolks, but this recipe with 12 eggs still yields a very rich and very tender cake, and full of aroma of spekkoek seasoning.

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