Daily Cooking Quest

All Recipes

Homemade Tempeh

Homemade Tempeh

Learn how to make Indonesian tempeh with my complete step-by-step guide, with a detailed explanation to culture tempeh, and tricks to dehull soybean skins.

Read More

Rendang Sapi Padang - Padang Style Beef Rendang

Rendang Sapi Padang - Padang Style Beef Rendang

Recreate the world's most delicious food (beef rendang) in your kitchen. Now you don't have to visit Indonesia or Malaysia to sample authentic rendang.

Read More

白糖糕 Bai Tang Gao - Steamed Rice Cake

白糖糕 Bai Tang Gao - Steamed Rice Cake

Rice flour, sugar, and instant yeast are the only three ingredients you need to prepare this classic Chinese steamed rice cake (bai tang gao), and a steamer!

Read More

Tori Misoyaki Miso Glazed Grilled Chicken

Tori Misoyaki Miso Glazed Grilled Chicken

Tori misoyaki is Japanese grilled chicken with a miso-mirin glaze. Don't forget to prepare the onion miso soy sauce to serve with the grilled chicken.

Read More

Malaysian Assam Fish Curry

Malaysian Assam Fish Curry

Learn how to cook Malaysian assam fish curry that tastes just like the one served in Malaysian Mamak stalls. Don't forget to serve this with steamed rice.

Read More

Hup Toh Soh Chinese Walnut Cookies

Hup Toh Soh Chinese Walnut Cookies

Greet Chinese New Year (or any holiday) with homemade hup toh soh (Chinese walnut cookies), and my recipe uses walnut and sesame seed for extra nuttiness.

Read More

Semur Ayam - Chicken in Nutmeg and Sweet Soy Sauce

Semur Ayam - Chicken in Nutmeg and Sweet Soy Sauce

Indonesian semur ayam is a delicious way to prepare bone-in chicken pieces and potatoes in a blend of spices, nutmeg, and kecap manis (sweet soy sauce).

Read More

Taro Paste

Taro Paste

Learn how to prepare taro paste with three ingredients: taro, coconut milk, and sugar. Taro paste is a great filling for bread, mooncake, mochi, or pastry.

Read More

Steamed Chicken with Red Dates

Steamed Chicken with Red Dates

Master this easy Chinese steamed chicken with red dates, then take it up a notch by adding even more ingredients such as ginger, shiitake, and goji berries.

Read More

Bean Curd and Shiitake Pork Ribs Soup

Bean Curd and Shiitake Pork Ribs Soup

Learn how to prepare delicious and healthy Chinese bean curd and shiitake pork ribs soup using pork ribs, shiitake, bean curd, and jujube/red dates.

Read More

Bingka Labu - Kabocha Pumpkin and Coconut Milk Cake

Bingka Labu - Kabocha Pumpkin and Coconut Milk Cake

Learn to bake Indonesian bingka labu (a kabocha pumpkin cake), where one batter splits into a softer custard filling and a firm outer crust, an instant pie.

Read More

No Mi Fan - Savory Sticky Rice

No Mi Fan - Savory Sticky Rice

Learn how to cook simple three ingredients no mi fan (Chinese savory sticky rice) in a rice cooker, essentially an easy version of bak cang, or lo mai gai.

Read More