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Soto Ayam Ambengan - Ambengan Chicken Soup

Soto Ayam Ambengan - Ambengan Chicken Soup

The naming of a soto is pretty simple, usually we just append the location it hails from after soto. For example, soto Betawi comes from Betawi, which is …

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Nasi Uduk Bayam - Fragrant Coconut Rice with Spinach

Nasi Uduk Bayam - Fragrant Coconut Rice with Spinach

This is something of a twist from my basic nasi uduk recipe, by adding some spinach and turn it into something exquisitely different, yet still delicious, and …

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Chicken and Black Soy Bean Soup

Chicken and Black Soy Bean Soup

This is a variation of my chicken and red bean soup, but using black soy bean instead of red bean. I am not a nutritionist, but soy bean has a higher fat and …

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Tom Kha Kai - Chicken Galangal Soup

Tom Kha Kai - Chicken Galangal Soup

Aside from tom yam kung, tom kha kai is a really close runner up as my favorite Thai soup. This is another super refreshing soup, and it does feel heavier than …

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O-Hitashi - Spinach Tower with Sesame Seeds

O-Hitashi - Spinach Tower with Sesame Seeds

Healthy and delicious is not complicated. Create beautiful Japanese spinach tower with three ingredients: spinach, soy sauce, and toasted sesame seeds.

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Tom Yam Kung - Hot and Sour Prawn Soup

Tom Yam Kung - Hot and Sour Prawn Soup

Wonderful thing happened the other day. As I said, every time I moved I seemed to be loosing some of my recipe books. Well, apparently some of them ended up …

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Nametake - Enoki in Mirin and Soy Sauce

Nametake - Enoki in Mirin and Soy Sauce

This is a really really really simple way to cook enoki mushroom, or you can also use nameko or shimeji :) First, cut to remove the moldy end of the mushroom, …

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Pandan Coconut Ice Cream

Pandan Coconut Ice Cream

Pandan leaves and coconut milk is a match made in heaven and they are perfect in this homemade ice-cream. The recipe works without an ice-cream machine!

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Tempe Tumis Cabe Gendot - Tempeh Stir Fry with Habanero

Tempe Tumis Cabe Gendot - Tempeh Stir Fry with Habanero

For a really long time, I thought the hottest chili in Indonesia is bird eye chili, a.k.a. cabe rawit. Then one day I saw habanero being sold, and lo and …

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Pineapple Jam

Pineapple Jam

One of the most quintessential Chinese jam is pineapple jam, which is widely used as filling for pineapple tarts. Though these tarts are traditionally served …

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Es Cincau Sirup Coco Pandan - Grass Jelly in Coco Pandan Syrup

Es Cincau Sirup Coco Pandan - Grass Jelly in Coco Pandan Syrup

You may wonder what to do with the canned grass jelly in your Asian market, but now you know you can have amazing grass jelly drink with little effort.

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Coco Pandan Syrup

Coco Pandan Syrup

Not your ordinary simple syrup. Indonesian coco pandan syrup is infused with the fragrance of pandan leaves and the sweetness of coconut water.

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